Patent ID: 7366764

Claim:
A method for the identification of mass unsolicited e-mail, said system including the steps of: a. providing an application to access all e-mails sent to at least one e-mail address of a first user; b. providing said application to a population of other users c. allowing said application to access all e-mails sent to at least one e-mail address of each said other users; d. retrieving, from at least one e-mail server, for said first user, and from at least one e-mail server of each said other user, by said application, at least parts of all said e-mails sent to said e-mail addresses of said users; e. converting for said first user, by said application, said at least parts of said e-mails into a subject hash code uniquely identifying said e-mail; f. converting, by said application for said other users, said at least parts of said e-mails into a target hash code uniquely identifying said e-mails; g. comparing said subject hash code to all of said target hash codes uniquely identifying said e-mails; h. counting the instances of said subject hash code being identical to said target hashcodes; and i. labeling said e-mail as mass unsolicited e-mail if said instances of said identity attains a pre-defined number.