Patent ID: 8161119

Claim:
A system, comprising: memory to store instructions; and one or more processors operatively coupled to the memory to execute the instructions to provide: an interface component that receives a portion of a messaging communication from a communication server directed to a client; and a tagging component that incorporates a selectable spam identifier into the messaging communication to enable spam tagging, the tagging component being in communication with both the client and the communication server within a network and is independent of the client and the communication server within the network or independent of a peer in a peer to peer communication, the tagging component to transmit the messaging communication with the incorporated selectable spam identifier to the client, receive, from the client, a selection of the selectable spam identifier incorporated into the messaging communication, the selectable spam identifier comprising a virtual member of a member list related to the messaging communication, tag the messaging communication as spam based on the received selection of the selectable spam identifier from the client, and extract data from the messaging communication identified as spam based on the received selection of the selectable spam identifier from the client.