Method and system for dispensing and verification of permissions for delivery of electronic messages

A method for dispensing permissions for delivery of electronic messages, comprising the steps of:

• receiving, by a sender-code dispensing computer, a recipient-address from a sender;
• requesting, by the sender-code dispensing computer, a response from the sender to a human-response question;
• generating, by the sender-code dispensing computer, a sender-code when the response to the human-response question is correct, the sender-code based on an alpha-numeric seed (seed), the seed previously generated for the recipient-address by a seed-generating computer, the sender-code for inserting into an electronic message for delivery from the sender to the recipient-address;
• and
• transmitting, by the sender-code dispensing computer, the sender-code to the sender;
• whereby an incoming message-handler, that is distinct from the sender-code dispensing computer and the seed-generating computer, (a) receives the electronic message sent to the recipient-address, (b) generates a verification sender-code based on the seed previously generated for the recipient-address by the seed-generating computer, (c) verifies the sender-code inserted in the electronic message by comparing the sender-code with the verification sender-code generated by the incoming mail-handler, and (d) sorts the electronic message based on the outcome of the verification, thereby stopping delivery of unsolicited bulk electronic messages.

A method for verifying permissions for delivery of electronic messages, comprising the steps of:

• receiving, by an incoming message-handler for a recipient-address, an electronic message from a sender for delivery to the recipient-address, the electronic message comprising a sender-address and a sender-code, the sender-code previously generated by a sender-code dispensing computer, that is distinct from the incoming message-handler, the sender-code based on an alpha-numeric seed (seed), the seed generated for the recipient-address by a seed-generating computer, that is distinct from the incoming message-handler;
• generating, by the incoming message-handler, a verification sender-code based on a seed previously generated for the recipient-address by the seed-generating computer;
• accepting, by the incoming message-handler, the electronic message for delivery to the recipient-address when the sender-code comprised within the electronic message matches the verification sender-code;
• and
• rejecting, by the incoming message-handler, the electronic message for delivery to the recipient-address when the sender-code comprised within the electronic message does not match the verification sender-code.

A method for verifying permissions for delivery of electronic messages, comprising the steps of:

• receiving, by an incoming message-handler for a recipient-address, an electronic message from a sender for delivery to the recipient-address, the electronic message comprising a sender-address and a sender-code, the sender-code previously generated by a sender-code dispensing computer, that is distinct from the incoming message-handler, the sender-code based on an alpha-numeric seed (seed), the seed generated for the recipient-address by a seed-generating computer, that is distinct from the incoming message-handler;
• generating, by the incoming message-handler, a verification sender-code based on a seed previously generated for the recipient-address by the seed-generating computer;
• accepting, by the incoming message-handler, the electronic message for delivery to the recipient-address when the sender-code comprised within the electronic message matches the verification sender-code;
• and
• rejecting, by the incoming message-handler, the electronic message for delivery to the recipient-address when the sender-code comprised within the electronic message does not match the verification sender-code;
• wherein the rejecting step further comprises (a) storing the sender-address, coupled with a current date and time, into a failed-sender table and (b) sending a second message (reply message) to the sender-address, wherein the reply message comprises (c) a notification of non-delivery of the original message and (d) a URL indicating the sender-code dispensing computer, the URL for accessing a World Wide Web document for sending a third electronic message (retry message), the retry message having its “To”, “From”, “Subject” and “Body” fields filled in according to the original message, the retry message comprising a third sender-code (retry sender-code) as generated by the sender-code dispensing computer, and the World Wide Web document for causing the third message to be sent in response to only a single action being performed.

A method for processing an electronic message, the electronic message for delivery from a sender to a recipient-address, comprising the steps of:

• transmitting, by an outgoing message-handler for the sender, the recipient-address to a sender-code dispensing computer;
• receiving, by the outgoing message-handler, a sender-code from the sender-code dispensing computer, the sender-code based on an alpha-numeric seed (seed), the seed previously generated for the recipient-address by a seed-generating computer, the sender-code for inserting into the electronic message for delivery from the sender to the recipient-address;
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• inserting, by the outgoing message-handler, the sender-code into the electronic message;
• whereby an incoming message-handler, that is distinct from the sender-code dispensing computer and the seed-generating computer, (a) receives the electronic message sent to the recipient-address, (b) generates a verification sender-code based on a seed previously generated for the recipient-address by the seed-generating computer, (c) verifies the sender-code in the electronic message by comparing the sender-code with the verification sender-code generated by the incoming mail-handler, and (d) sorts the electronic message based on the outcome of the verification, thereby stopping delivery of unsolicited bulk electronic messages.

A system for dispensing permissions for delivery of electronic messages, comprising:

• a communications channel for receipt by a sender-code generating processor of a recipient-address from a sender;
• and
• a sender-code generating processor coupled to the communications channel, the sender-code generating processor for (a) generating a sender-code based on an alpha-numeric seed (seed), the seed previously generated for the recipient-address by a seed-generating computer, and (b) transmitting the sender-code to the sender for inserting into an electronic message for delivery from the sender to the recipient-address;
• whereby an incoming message-handling processor coupled to the communications channel is configured to, the incoming message-handling processor being distinct from the sender-code dispensing processor and the seed-generating computer, (a) receive the electronic message sent to the recipient-address (b) generate a verification sender-code based on the seed previously generated for the recipient-address by the seed-generating computer, (c) verify the sender-code inserted in the electronic message by comparing the sender-code with the verification sender-code generated by the incoming mail-handling processor;
• and (d) sort the electronic message based on the outcome of the verification, thereby stopping delivery of unsolicited bulk electronic messages.

A system for verifying permissions for delivery of electronic messages, comprising:

• a communications channel for receiving an electronic message from a sender for delivery to a recipient-address, the electronic message comprising a sender-address and a sender-code, the sender-code previously generated by a sender-code dispensing processor, the sender-code based on an alpha-numeric seed (seed), the seed generated for the recipient-address by a seed-generating computer;
• and
• an incoming message-handling processor coupled to the communications channel, the incoming message-handling processor being distinct from the sender-code dispensing processor and the seed-generating computer, the incoming message-handling processor for (a) receiving the electronic message from the sender, (b) generating a verification sender-code based on a seed previously generated for the recipient-address by the seed-generating computer, (c) accepting the electronic message for delivery to the recipient-address when the sender-code comprised within the electronic message matches the verification sender-code;
• and (d) rejecting the electronic message for delivery to the recipient-address when the sender-code comprised within the electronic message does not match the verification sender-code.