Electronic message delivery with estimation approaches

A method of facilitating transmission of a message from a sender to a receiver, comprising:

• receiving a query about whether the sender of the message satisfies specified sending criteria;
• creating and storing information relating to whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria;
• providing an administrative panel as part of a graphical user interface that displays the information;
• and
• providing a company statistics panel as part of the graphical user interface.

A method of facilitating transmission of a message from a sender to a receiver, comprising:

• receiving a query about whether the sender of the message satisfies specified sending criteria;
• creating and storing information relating to whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria;
• providing an administrative panel as part of a graphical user interface that displays the information;
• providing a complaints panel as part of the graphical user interface;
• and
• providing a statistics by IP address panel as part of the graphical user interface.

A method of facilitating transmission of a message from a sender to a receiver, comprising:

• receiving a query about whether the sender of the message satisfies specified sending criteria;
• creating and storing information relating to whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria;
• providing a bond group alerts panel as part of a graphical user interface that displays the information;
• providing an IP alerts panel as part of the graphical user interface;
• and
• providing a selectable processing mechanism.

A method of facilitating transmission of a first message from a sender to a receiver, comprising:

• associating a user with a particular sender-related event;
• storing sender identification information in association with a penalty that the sender is willing to incur for the first message that is unwanted by the receiver;
• receiving a query about whether the sender satisfies specified sending criteria;
• determining whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria;
• determining whether the particular sender-related event has occurred;
• if the particular sender-related event has occurred, sending an alert message to the user;
• and
• sending a second message specifying whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria, for use by the receiver in determining whether to accept the first message.

A method of facilitating transmission of a first message from a sender to a receiver, comprising:

• associating a particular sender-related event with disabling the sender;
• storing sender identification information in association with a penalty that the sender is willing to incur for the first message that is unwanted by the receiver;
• receiving a query about whether the sender of the first message satisfies specified sending criteria;
• determining whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria;
• determining whether the particular sender-related event has occurred;
• if the particular sender-related event has occurred, disabling the sender;
• and
• if the sender is not disabled, sending a second message specifying whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria, for use by the receiver in determining whether to accept the first message.

A machine-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions for facilitating transmission of a message from a sender to a receiver, which instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to carry out the steps of:

• receiving a query about whether the sender of the message satisfies specified sending criteria;
• creating and storing information relating to whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria;
• providing a complaints panel as part of a graphical user interface that reports the information;
• providing a bond panel as part of the graphical user interface;
• and
• providing a statistics by IP address panel as part of the graphical user interface.

A machine-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions for facilitating transmission of a message from a sender to a receiver, which instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to carry out the steps of:

• receiving a query about whether the sender of the message satisfies specified sending criteria;
• creating and storing information relating to whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria;
• providing an administrative panel as part of a graphical user interface that displays the information;
• and
• providing a company statistics panel as part of the graphical user interface.

A machine-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions for facilitating transmission of a message from a sender to a receiver, which instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to carry out the steps of:

• receiving a query about whether the sender of the message satisfies specified sending criteria;
• creating and storing information relating to whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria;
• providing an administrative panel as part of a graphical user interface that displays the information;
• providing a complaints panel as part of the graphical user interface;
• and
• providing a statistics by IP address panel as part of the graphical user interface.

A machine-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions for facilitating transmission of a message from a sender to a receiver, which instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to carry out the steps of:

• receiving a query about whether the sender of the message satisfies specified sending criteria;
• creating and storing information relating to whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria;
• providing a bond group alerts panel as part of a graphical user interface that displays the information;
• providing an IP alerts panel as part of the graphical user interface;
• and
• providing a selectable processing mechanism.

A machine-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions for facilitating transmission of a first message from a sender to a receiver, which instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to carry out the steps of:

• associating a user with a particular sender-related event;
• storing sender identification information in association with a penalty that the sender is willing to incur for the first message that is unwanted by the receiver;
• receiving a query about whether the sender satisfies specified sending criteria;
• determining whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria;
• determining whether the particular sender-related event has occurred;
• if the particular sender-related event has occurred, sending an alert message to the user;
• and
• sending a second message specifying whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria, for use by the receiver in determining whether to accept the first message.

A machine-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions for facilitating transmission of a first message from a sender to a receiver, which instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to carry out the steps of:

• associating a particular sender-related event with disabling the sender;
• storing sender identification information in association with a penalty that the sender is willing to incur for the first message that is unwanted by the receiver;
• receiving a query about whether the sender of the first message satisfies specified sending criteria;
• determining whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria;
• determining whether the particular sender-related event has occurred;
• if the particular sender-related event has occurred, disabling the sender;
• and
• if the sender is not disabled, sending a second message specifying whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria, for use by the receiver in determining whether to accept the first message.

An apparatus for facilitating transmission of a message from a sender to a receiver, comprising:

• means for receiving a query about whether the sender of the message satisfies specified sending criteria;
• means for creating and storing information relating to whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria;
• means for providing a complaints panel as part of a graphical user interface that reports the information;
• means for providing a bond panel as part of the graphical user interface;
• and
• means for providing a statistics by IP address panel as part of the graphical user interface.

An apparatus for facilitating transmission of a message from a sender to a receiver, comprising:

• means for receiving a query about whether the sender of the message satisfies specified sending criteria;
• means for creating and storing information relating to whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria;
• means for providing an administrative panel as part of a graphical user interface that displays the information;
• and
• means for providing a company statistics panel as part of the graphical user interface.

An apparatus for facilitating transmission of a message from a sender to a receiver, comprising:

• means for receiving a query about whether the sender of the message satisfies specified sending criteria;
• means for creating and storing information relating to whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria;
• means for providing an administrative panel as part of a graphical user interface that displays the information;
• means for providing a complaints panel as part of the graphical user interface;
• and
• means for providing a statistics by IP address panel as part of the graphical user interface.

An apparatus for facilitating transmission of a message from a sender to a receiver, comprising:

• means for receiving a query about whether the sender of the message satisfies specified sending criteria;
• means for creating and storing information relating to whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria;
• means for providing a bond group alerts panel as part of a graphical user interface that displays the information;
• means for providing an IP alerts panel as part of the graphical user interface;
• and
• means for providing a selectable processing mechanism.

An apparatus for facilitating transmission of a first message from a sender to a receiver, comprising:

• means for associating a user with a particular sender-related event;
• means for storing sender identification information in association with a penalty that the sender is willing to incur for the first message that is unwanted by the receiver;
• means for receiving a query about whether the sender satisfies specified sending criteria;
• means for determining whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria;
• means for determining whether the particular sender-related event has occurred;
• means for, if the particular sender-related event has occurred, sending an alert message to the user;
• and
• means for sending a second message specifying whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria, for use by the receiver in determining whether to accept the first message.

An apparatus for facilitating transmission of a first message from a sender to a receiver, comprising:

• means for associating a particular sender-related event with disabling the sender;
• means for storing sender identification information in association with a penalty that the sender is willing to incur for the first message that is unwanted by the receiver;
• means for receiving a query about whether the sender of the first message satisfies specified sending criteria;
• means for determining whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria;
• means for determining whether the particular sender-related event has occurred;
• means for, if the particular sender-related event has occurred, disabling the sender;
• and
• means for, if the sender is not disabled, sending a second message specifying whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria, for use by the receiver in determining whether to accept the first message.

An apparatus for facilitating transmission of a message from a sender to a receiver, comprising:

• a network interface that is coupled to a data network for receiving one or more packet flows therefrom;
• a processor;
• one or more stored sequences of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to carry out the steps of:
• receiving a query about whether the sender of the message satisfies specified sending criteria;
• creating and storing information relating to whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria;
• providing a complaints panel as part of a graphical user interface that reports the information;
• providing a bond panel as part of the graphical user interface;
• and
• providing a statistics by IP address panel as part of the graphical user interface.

An apparatus for facilitating transmission of a message from a sender to a receiver, comprising:

• a network interface that is coupled to a data network for receiving one or more packet flows therefrom;
• a processor;
• one or more stored sequences of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to carry out the steps of:
• receiving a query about whether the sender of the message satisfies specified sending criteria;
• creating and storing information relating to whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria;
• providing an administrative panel as part of a graphical user interface that displays the information;
• and
• providing a company statistics panel as part of the graphical user interface.

An apparatus for facilitating transmission of a message from a sender to a receiver, comprising:

• a network interface that is coupled to a data network for receiving one or more packet flows therefrom;
• a processor;
• one or more stored sequences of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to carry out the steps of:
• receiving a query about whether the sender of the message satisfies specified sending criteria;
• creating and storing information relating to whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria;
• providing an administrative panel as part of a graphical user interface that displays the information;
• providing a complaints panel as part of the graphical user interface;
• and
• providing a statistics by IP address panel as part of the graphical user interface.

An apparatus for facilitating transmission of a message from a sender to a receiver, comprising:

• a network interface that is coupled to a data network for receiving one or more packet flows therefrom;
• a processor;
• one or more stored sequences of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to carry out the steps of:
• receiving a query about whether the sender of the message satisfies specified sending criteria;
• creating and storing information relating to whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria;
• providing a bond group alerts panel as part of a graphical user interface that displays the information;
• providing an IP alerts panel as part of the graphical user interface;
• and
• providing a selectable processing mechanism.

An apparatus for facilitating transmission of a first message from a sender to a receiver, comprising:

• a network interface that is coupled to a data network for receiving one or more packet flows therefrom;
• a processor;
• one or more stored sequences of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to carry out the steps of:
• associating a user with a particular sender-related event;
• storing sender identification information in association with a penalty that the sender is willing to incur for the first message that is unwanted by the receiver;
• receiving a query about whether the sender satisfies specified sending criteria;
• determining whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria;
• determining whether the particular sender-related event has occurred;
• if the particular sender-related event has occurred, sending an alert message to the user;
• and
• sending a second message specifying whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria, for use by the receiver in determining whether to accept the first message.

An apparatus for facilitating transmission of a first message from a sender to a receiver, comprising:

• a network interface that is coupled to a data network for receiving one or more packet flows therefrom;
• a processor;
• one or more stored sequences of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to carry out the steps of
• associating a particular sender-related event with disabling the sender;
• storing sender identification information in association with a penalty that the sender is willing to incur for the first message that is unwanted by the receiver;
• receiving a query about whether the sender of the first message satisfies specified sending criteria;
• determining whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria;
• determining whether the particular sender-related event has occurred;
• if the particular sender-related event has occurred, disabling the sender;
• and
• if the sender is not disabled, sending a second message specifying whether the sender satisfies the specified sending criteria, for use by the receiver in determining whether to accept the first message.