Mechanism for mitigating the problem of unsolicited email (also known as 'spam'

摘要

A method for reducing the reception of undesirable email is disclosed. The method includes initiating a first process for receiving email from a first server and receiving an email from the first server. The method further includes identifying the email as an undesirable email and determining an Internet Protocol (IP) address for the first server. The method further includes lowering a priority of the first process when the first process receives email from the first server identified by the IP address.