USER INTERFACE FOR EMAIL INBOX TO CALL ATTENTION DIFFERENTLY TO DIFFERENT CLASSES OF EMAIL

摘要

A user interface for email users, which calls attention to one or more categories of emails in different ways, is presented. According to one aspect, at least three categories are used: senders associated with graphical marks; white list buddies; and fraudulent emails, which are either not from the domain they purport to be from or for which the email content was tampered with. Another aspect authenticates emails from senders and displays them with a sender's distinctive mark. In still another case, white list senders have either an icon or other graphic or photo that they select displayed to the left or right of the sender column with their name in the sender column. Also, fraudulent emails may have a fraud icon displayed to the left or right of the sender column with a warning in the sender column.