| 摘要 |
A method for moderating an e-mail distribution list includes: storing a plurality of e-mail profiles, each profile including data related to an e-mail address including the related e-mail address and one or more permissions, each permission associated with at least one entity and a restriction on sharing; receiving an e-mail distribution list from a mailing entity, the list including plurality of e-mail addresses and source data associated with each e-mail address, the source data indicating how the address was obtained; identifying a specific e-mail profile for each of the plurality of e-mail addresses that includes the respective address; and identifying one or more unauthorized e-mail addresses where the permissions included in the corresponding e-mail profile (i) are not associated with the mailing entity or an entity associated with the source data, or (ii) are associated with a restriction on sharing indicated as being violated by the associated source data. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method for moderating an e-mail distribution list, comprising:
storing, in a profile database, a plurality of e-mail profiles, wherein each e-mail profile includes data related to an e-mail address including at least the related e-mail address and one or more permissions, each permission associated with at least one entity and a restriction on sharing; receiving, by a receiving device, an e-mail distribution list from a mailing entity, wherein the e-mail distribution list includes at least plurality of e-mail addresses and source data associated with each of the plurality of e-mail addresses, the source data indicating how the associated e-mail address was obtained; identifying, by a processing device, a specific e-mail profile stored in the profile database for each e-mail address of the plurality of e-mail addresses that includes the respective e-mail address; and identifying, by the processing device, one or more unauthorized e-mail addresses where the one or more permissions included in the corresponding specific-e-mail profile (i) are not associated with the mailing entity or an entity associated with the associated source data, or (ii) are associated with a restriction on sharing indicated as being violated by the associated source data. |
