CONTROLLING OVERLOAD OF AN EMAIL OR VOICEMAIL MESSAGING PLATFORM

摘要

A messaging platform, for example a platform storing email or voicemail, isprovided with an overload controller which detects an overload condition andthen acts to limit the loading of the platform. The overload controller may beassociated with a control interface used, for example, for communicationbetween a service provider and the message platform, and may selectively denysome of the requests received over that interface when the overlaod conditionis detected.