Patent ID: 7685242

Claim:
A method for a computer system including a processor comprises receiving reports of unwanted e-mail request violations by e-mail senders from users at user e-mail addresses in the processor, wherein each unwanted e-mail request violation includes an indication of a first unwanted e-mail message initiated by an e-mail sender, an indication of a previously transmitted request to the e-mail sender from the user not to initiate any future unwanted e-mail messages to a user e-mail address, and an indication of a second unwanted e-mail message initiated by the e-mail sender in violation of the previously transmitted request; determining whether a number of reports of unwanted e-mail request violations by a specific e-mail sender exceeds a threshold number with the processor; and when the number of reports of unwanted e-mail request violations exceeds the threshold number, reporting the unwanted e-mail request violations using the processor.