Patent ID: 8935768
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer program product controlling client access to email, the computer program product comprising: a computer readable non-transitory storage medium having computer readable program code embodied in the non-transitory storage medium, the computer readable program code comprising: computer readable program code to determine a class level of an email responsive to defined rules for email classification, comprising: computer readable program code to identify presence of a user selectable link that is contained in a body of the email; computer readable program code to identify an address of a resource linked to the user selectable link; and computer readable program code to determine the class level of the email responsive to the address of the resource, comprising determining a first class level responsive to determining that the user selectable link is addressed to a website at which the client has a defined association, and determining a second class level responsive to determining that the user selectable link is addressed to another website at which the client does not have the defined association; and computer readable program code to determine a level of client authentication that is used to control the client's access to the email responsive to the class level.