PROBABILITY BASED WHITELIST

摘要

A system and method are disclosed for maintaining a whitelist, including: obtaining message data based on an email message sent by a user; extracting recipient information from message data; updating the whitelist using the recipient information.

主权项

1. A method for maintaining a probability based whitelist, the method comprising:
storing information regarding an address in memory, wherein the address is associated with a group blacklist count and a group whitelist count; receiving a message sent to the address over a communication network sent by a user identified as being in a defined group; executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor:
extracts the information regarding the address from the message,increments the group whitelist count based on the message being sent by the user identified as being in the defined group, andcalculates a probability that the address is associated with a spammer, wherein the probability calculated is a function of the group blacklist count and the group whitelist count; and sending a message from the address to the group based on the calculated probability.