Authors:
Charles Krupinski, Andrew Menezes, Charles Messina
Abstract:
This disclosure proposes a a new filter be created to filter and limit access to corporate email servers. There are already available ways to block or filter emails coming into a mail server before being sent to the clients. I am proposing that a new filter be created.
The filter will allow the owner of the server to charge a fee to release emails to their local clients. ie If a sender, CompanyX, wants to send out invites blindly to a corporate mail server to solicit activity for their product, it will cost X (suggest $.001 ) per email to release it to the client.
We can integrate the use of internal tools such as Elera and Elera Pay to enable to payment notification process back to the sender, and provide the secure payment method.
Once the payment is confirmed, this will unlock the emails from quarantine and release them to the corporate server.
Background:
The problem that is being addressed is that we still get spammed from companies that are relevant to our business, yet are also sending large amounts of sales, promotional, or invites to training offerings. If these "free" emails are deemed as important as the company wants them to be, then paying a small amount of money to the receiving company should be seen as an expectable cost of getting their messages in front of our employees.
Description:
We would install a new filtering component to corporate emails filters. This would work basically like the existing filters, allowing the organization to setup blocks and move these emails into a separate holding inbox for the company.
The next step would be where we are adding value. We would provide back a note to the sender ( even if the email is unmonitored ) that we are holding these emails to be released only if the sender would like to pay a small fee. The fee, the frequency and the formatting of the email should all be customizable. We can make it once they agree to pay, and provided a payment method ( using something like EleraPay ) that they have a monthly accounts payable, that gets pulled at the end of each month.
Once payment has been agreed upon, the emails will be released from holding, and tallied towards the bill.
The process should allow for exclusions of whom this apply to, as an example all internal corporate level emails should come though, with no question.
TGCS Reference 3076
