Method and system for filtering electronic communications

1. A spam filtering method comprising:

analyzing compatibility of a sender and a receiver of an electronic communication, the analyzing comprising

calculating a compatibility score based on a compatibility of the sender and the receiver, the compatibility score comprising a numerical value, wherein a lower numerical value is indicative of less compatibility and a higher numerical value is indicative of greater compatibility and wherein a higher numerical value is indicative of a diminished chance of the receiver considering the electronic communication spam; and

determining whether to filter the electronic communication based, at least in part, on the compatibility score;

wherein analyzing the compatibility of the sender and the receiver further comprises:

requesting the receiver provide a response to a plurality of challenge questions, wherein the receiver can select the plurality of challenge questions; and

requesting a sender provide a response to the plurality of challenge questions, wherein the plurality of challenge questions are the same plurality of challenge questions selected and responded to by the receiver;

determining whether the response provided by the sender matches the response provided by the receiver;

wherein calculating the compatibility score comprises calculating the compatibility score to be zero if the response provided by the sender does not match the response provided by the receiver;

receiving an indication of one or more deal-breaker questions from the receiver to be sent to the sender and a preferred answer to the one or more deal-breaker questions;

receiving an answer to the one or more deal-breaker questions from the sender;

determining whether the answer from the sender to the one or more deal-breaker questions matches one or more preferred answers to the one or more deal-breaker questions selected by the receiver; and

preventing the sender from sending electronic communications to the receiver unless the answer from the sender to the one or more deal-breaker questions matches the one or more preferred answers to the one or more deal-breaker questions selected by the receivers;

allowing the receiver to receive communications from the sender if the answer from the sender to the one or more deal-breaker questions matches the one or more preferred answers to the one or more deal-breaker questions selected by the receiver and the compatibility score is below a tolerance threshold;

wherein determining whether to filter the electronic communication comprises filtering the electronic communication if the compatibility score is calculated to be zero;

wherein in analyzing the compatibility of the sender and the receiver comprises:

calculating the tolerance threshold, wherein calculating the receiver's tolerance threshold comprises:

setting a baseline tolerance threshold, wherein the baseline tolerance threshold is based, at least in part on a survey of a plurality receivers requesting information about an attribute, an attribute comprising one or more personal habits of the sender; and

adjusting the baseline tolerance based, at least in part on analyzing:

the receiver's past history, wherein the past history comprises:

 zero or more electronic communications sent by the receiver;

 zero or more electronic communications responded to by the receiver; and

 the receiver's responses to the survey; and

calculating an attribute score;

wherein the tolerance threshold is a numerical value representing the receiver's tolerance of an attribute;

wherein a lower value is indicative of a lower tolerance of the attribute and a higher value is indicative of a greater the tolerance of the attribute;

wherein the attribute score is a numerical value representing how much the attribute is exemplified;

wherein the attribute score is calculated, at least in part, by analyzing:

the sender's response to a survey requesting information on the attributes;

the electronic communication sent by the sender; and

zero or more other electronic communications sent by the sender;

wherein the challenge question is a multiple-choice question;

wherein both the receiver and the sender are requested to provide exactly one response to the challenge question; and

wherein calculating the compatibility score comprises setting the compatibility score zero if the attribute score is greater than the tolerance threshold.