Method for detecting and unsubscribing an address from a series of subscriptions

摘要

A method for detecting and unsubscribing one or more addresses from a series of subscriptions by examining the emails in the mailbox of the address and determining if they are from a subscription/automated mailing/list server by examining the header contents, the sender's address, the subject, the body and comparing each message to other messages to identify patterns. Then, examining each message to identify methods of unsubscribing from the Subscription. Finally, unsubscribing from the Subscriptions either automatically, or in a semi-manual method and optionally deleting all messages associated with the Subscription.

主权项

1. A method of processing subscriptions comprising:
identifying one or more email accounts; accessing the mailboxes associated with the email accounts; processing, at least a subset of the email messages in the mailboxes to identify those originating with a subscription list; processing, at least one email message associated with a subscription list to identify methods of unsubscribing from the subscription; wherein identifying methods of unsubscribing from the subscriptions further comprises: identifying list-unsubscribe headers in a message header; or identifying unsubscribe methods within the message body; presenting to the user the subscriptions previously identified: and unsubscribing from, at least a single subscription in response to a user requests; wherein identifying unsubscribe methods within the message body further comprises: collecting unsubscribe hyperlinks from the message body; and identifying those hyperlinks as potential unsubscription methods.