WO2006033936A3 - Self-tuning statistical method and system for blocking spam - Google Patents

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WO2006033936A3
WO2006033936A3 PCT/US2005/032819 US2005032819W WO2006033936A3 WO 2006033936 A3 WO2006033936 A3 WO 2006033936A3 US 2005032819 W US2005032819 W US 2005032819W WO 2006033936 A3 WO2006033936 A3 WO 2006033936A3
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Riel Henri H Van
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L51/00—User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
    • H04L51/21—Monitoring or handling of messages
    • H04L51/212—Monitoring or handling of messages using filtering or selective blocking
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L63/00—Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security
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A spam detection system (100) is illustrated for detecting unsolicited bulk emails (spam) according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The spam detection system (100) includes a list server (110), a database (114), a plurality to senders (116) of email, and a plurality of mail servers (118). The list server (110) is used to receive and detect both regular email and unsolicited bulk email (spam). Accordingly, the list server (110) includes a plurality of spamtrap addresses (112). According to at least one embodiment of the present invention, the spamtrap addresses (112) correspond to email addresses that are monitored only for the receipt of unsolicited bulk email (spam). The list server (110) monitors the amount of spam received at the spamtrap addresses (112) in order to identify senders (116) that transmit spam. According to other embodiments of the invention, the list server (110) can count only emails that are received at more than one spamtrap address (112). Accordingly, if a particular spam message is only received at one spamtrap address (112), it may be discarded for purposes of identifying a sender (116) as a spammer. According to one or more further embodiments of the invention, spam messages are assigned higher weight factors (as will be described in further detail below) if they are received at more than one spamtrap address (112).
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