GOT SPAM? Spam is the unsolicited or undesired bulk electronic messages. Spam usually contains pornography, viruses, phishing attacks, scams, trojans, spyware, worms, frauds, drugs and more. Currently, the most used method to control spam are filters. They apply several criteria to the incoming s to identify spam.

John Doe John’s MailboxSpam Filter Mail Server Uncle Albert Spammer Inbox Junk Mail SPAM FILTERS The problem is that spammers are getting smarter, and they are using a number of techniques to circumvent the filters. The result is that spam bypasses the filters and some is delivered to your inbox, and even worse, legitimate messages are also misidentified as spam.

John Doe John’s Mailbox FIGTSPAM tm Mail Server Inbox OUR APPROACH It is time to place the doorman FIGTSPAM tm at the entrance of the inbox and let only well known people in. We accomplish this by creating a list of approved senders, and by providing the user (John in this example) with the tools to keep that list updated with only people he trusts. Approved Senders Uncle Albert Sister Suzie Brother Michael Auntie Gin Spam Control System FIGTSPAM tm is a trademark of Suncoast Secure Mail tm and its acronym means Find, Grab and Terminate Spam by using a Personal Authorization Method. FIGTSPAM tm is a patent-pending innovative and efficient spam control system not based on filters.

John Doe John’s Mailbox FIGTSPAM tm Mail Server Inbox PASSCODE AND PERSONAL QUESTIONS John also needs to create a Passcode and a list of personal questions about himself. This is a one time task, and it only needs maintenance once in a while. Approved Senders Uncle Albert Sister Suzie Brother Michael Auntie Gin Passcode Spam Control System Zerimxv21 List of Personal Questions 1. City where I Live 2. My Phone Number 3. Co. Where I work

What happens with people who want to contact John, but are not in his approved list of senders? In this case the message is not initially delivered to John’s inbox. Our system returns a message to the sender, and asks him/her to access an Internet page. On that page the sender must answer one of the questions that John previously defined (e.g. city where he lives). Only people who know him will be able to answer correctly. After a correct response, John’s also previously defined Passcode will be provided to the sender along with simple instructions on how to use it. Then all the sender has to do is include this Passcode in the Subject line or in the message body and send the message again. Now our system will deliver the message to John, and add the sender's address to his approved list of senders. This will give this sender access to send messages to John in the future until he removes it from his approved list. SENDERS NOT IN THE APPROVED LIST

John Doe John’s Mailbox FIGTSPAM tm Mail Server Inbox SENDERS NOT IN THE APPROVED LIST Approved Senders Uncle Albert Sister Suzie Brother Michael Auntie Gin Passcode Spam Control System Zerimxv21 List of Perssonal Questions 1. City where I Live 2. My Phone Number 3. Co. Where I work Brother George Since George is not in John’s approved list of senders, his mail is rejected and he is directed to John’s list of personal questions. After George answers one question correctly, he will receive the Passcode

John Doe John’s Mailbox FIGTSPAM tm Mail Server Inbox SENDER ADDED TO THE APPROVED LIST Approved Senders Uncle Albert Sister Suzie Brother Michael Auntie Gin Brother George Passcode Spam Control System Zerimxv21 List of Perssonal Questions 1. City where I Live 2. My Phone Number 3. Co. Where I work Brother George Passcode in Subject or Body After a correct response, John’s also previously defined Passcode will be provided to George along with simple instructions on how to use it. Then all he has to do is include this Passcode in the Subject line or in the message body and send the message again.

John Doe John’s Mailbox FIGTSPAM tm Mail Server Inbox SENDERS NOT IN THE APPROVED LIST Approved Senders Uncle Albert Sister Suzie Brother Michael Auntie Gin Brother George Passcode Spam Control System Zerimxv21 List of Perssonal Questions 1. City where I Live 2. My Phone Number 3. Co. Where I work Spammer Most spammers make up the originator address, so they will not receive back the instructions on how to access John's defined questions. They also use automatic servers to send the same message millions of times, so they will not be typically answering questions or reading instructions. Regardless of the above, assuming that they receive the instructions and access the page with John's questions, they will not know the correct answers.

John Doe John’s Mailbox FIGTSPAM tm Mail Server Inbox ADDITIONAL FEATURES Reports Mail Rejected Mail Statistics Ans. Questions Aliases Spam Control System Alias1 Alias 2 Contact Me Web Form from Subject Message John can also create temporal alias s forwarded to his real account, so he can use them while he is shopping or communicating with unknown persons or companies. John has also access to several activity reports to help him track the non- approved senders and a personalized Internet Contact-me form. Contact Internet Shopping