Patent ID: 8271596
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for controlling transmission of messages from an originator computer system through an originating mail server to a receiving mail server, a connection between the originator computer system and the originating mail server forming a sending side, the method comprising: detecting, on the sending side, an outbound message from the originator computer system, the outbound message associated with an originator identity; verifying, on the sending side, an authenticity of the originator identity; performing a quota enforcement operation based on a message count and a message limit associated with the originator identity to produce a message transmission result; transmitting the outbound message from the originating mail server to a receiving mail server on a computer network if the message transmission result contains a transmit value; and preventing transmission of the outbound message from the originating mail server to a receiving mail server on a computer network if the message transmission result contains a no-transmit value.