Email addressee verification
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorSanjeev Sharma
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Abstract
The disclosure is directed to email addressee verification. A method in accordance with an embodiment includes: obtaining an email message including at least one email address; evaluating each email address of the email message against at least one email rule, and assigning a score to each email address based on the evaluation; and comparing the score assigned to each email address to a threshold, and flagging any suspect email address based on the comparison.
Claims16
A method for electronic mail (email) addressee verification, comprising:
- obtaining an email message including at least one email address;
- evaluating each email address of the email message against at least one email rule, and assigning a score to each email address based on the evaluation;
- and
- comparing the score assigned to each email address to a threshold, and flagging any suspect email address based on the comparison.
A system for electronic mail (email) addressee verification, comprising:
- a system for obtaining an email message including at least one email address;
- a system for evaluating each email address of the email message against at least one email rule, and assigning a score to each email address based on the evaluation;
- and
- a system for comparing the score assigned to each email address to a threshold, and flagging any suspect email address based on the comparison.
A computer program product stored on a computer readable medium, which when executed, provides electronic mail (email) addressee verification, the computer readable medium comprising program code for:
- obtaining an email message including at least one email address;
- evaluating each email address of the email message against at least one email rule, and assigning a score to each email address based on the evaluation;
- and
- comparing the score assigned to each email address to a threshold, and flagging any suspect email address based on the comparison.
A method for deploying an application for electronic mail (email) addressee verification, comprising:
- providing a computer infrastructure being operable to:
- obtain an email message including at least one email address;
- evaluate each email address of the email message against at least one email rule, and assign a score to each email address based on the evaluation;
- and
- compare the score assigned to each email address to a threshold, and flag any suspect email address based on the comparison.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.