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Computer hardware and software for identifying and filtering solicited and unsolicited e-mail messages; database software for collecting information about received and transmitted e-mail messages and compiling statistics about received and transmitted e-mail messages; and computer hardware and software for notifying a recipient of an e-mail message whether the received e-mail message is solicited or unsolicited

Application service provider services rendered in the field of computer security featuring updateable software using online communication for identifying and filtering solicited and unsolicited email messages, for collecting information about received and transmitted email messages and compiling statistics about received and transmitted email messages, and for notifying a recipient of an email message whether the received email message is solicited or unsolicited