Patent ID: 7647376
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for generating a report on an unsolicited electronic message, comprising: receiving an electronic mail message; determining whether the electronic message is an unsolicited message; if the message is an unsolicited message, examining the message to identify a network address relating to the message, identifying an authority hosting the network address, generating a report containing the identified network address and hosting authority, and transmitting the report to a central managed service provider, where the central managed service provider collects threat information from one or more organizations and reports to the hosting authority once a predetermined amount of threat information has been collected; wherein identifying the hosting authority comprises identifying an owner of a network domain; wherein reporting to the hosting authority includes the central managed service provider transmitting a hosting authority message including the collected threat information to the hosting authority; wherein the hosting authority message that the central managed service provider transmits to the hosting authority includes a hosting authority report that includes a content of the message, a date and time the message arrived on a recipient's server, an IP address and name reported during an SMTP connection associated with the message, and a full WHOIS report used to track down the hosting authority.