| 摘要 |
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for message processing based on address patterns. The invention provides a method for processing messages. The method includes maintaining rules, each rule includes an address pattern key and processing instructions. An address pattern key is an expression that specifies one or more address pattern instances. The method includes receiving a first message (302), the first message including address information associated with the sender and the intended recipient of the first message. The method includes defining an address pattern instance of the first message (304), an address pattern instance of a message being a combination of address information associated with a sender and an intended recipient of the message. The method includes selecting a rule that includes an address pattern key with which the defined address pattern instance matches (306), and processing the first message in accordance to the instructions included in the rule selected (314).
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