Checking destination email addresses against historical address information

All apparatus, comprising:

• a storage device comprising computer executable program code;
• and
• a processor coupled to the storage device, wherein the processor executes the computer executable program code to direct the apparatus to:
• create a first email comprising a header and historical information, wherein the header comprises a first destination email address, wherein the first destination email address comprises a name of an addressed recipient of the first email and a domain name of the first email, and wherein the historical information comprises a first approved address for a previously exchanged email with the addressed recipient;
• compare the first approved address to a corresponding portion of the first destination email address;
• in response to the corresponding portion of the first destination email address being different from the first approved address, output a warning, wherein the warning comprises the first destination email address;
• receive an input to substitute a second approved address for the first destination email address;
• and
• send the first email comprising the historical information to the second approved address.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable program code when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

• create a first email comprising a header and historical information, wherein the header comprises a first destination email address, wherein the first destination email address comprises a name of an addressed recipient of the first email and a domain name of the first destination email address, and wherein the historical information comprises a first approved address for a previously exchanged email with the addressed recipient;
• compare the first approved address to a corresponding portion of the first destination address;
• and
• in response to the corresponding portion of the first destination email address being different from the first approved address as stored in a storage unit, output a warning, wherein the warning comprises the first approved address, and wherein the warning further comprises an unapproved address list that comprises the first destination email address.