Message categorization
One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for defining a message behavior profile for a sender, which may be used to categorize messages from the sender. A message behavior profile may be defined based upon, for example, message distribution behavior of the sender (e.g., volume, frequency, variance in content amongst messages sent to recipients, etc.); recipient interactions with messages from the sender (e.g., message read rates, message response rates, etc.); unsubscription options comprised within messages from the sender; and/or other factors. In this way, the message behavior profile and/or features extracted from a message may be used to categorize a message from the sender (e.g., newsletter, commercial advertisements, alert, social network etc.). Categorized messages may be organized into folders, displayed or hidden within views, and/or processed based upon their respective categorizations.
1. A method, comprising:
defining a message behavior profile for a sender, the message behavior profile comprising:
a message read rate corresponding to a ratio of a number of messages sent by the sender relative to a number of the messages read by recipients;
a message response rate corresponding to a number of recipients that respond to one or more messages sent by the sender; and
a message distribution pattern corresponding to a number of messages sent by the sender to multiple recipients.
2. The method of claim 1 , comprising associating the sender with an IP address and categorizing a message from the IP address based upon the message behavior profile.
3. The method of claim 1 , comprising associating the sender with a domain and categorizing a message from the domain based upon the message behavior profile.
4. The method of claim 1 , comprising associating the sender with an email address and categorizing a message from the email address based upon the message behavior profile.
5. The method of claim 1 , comprising associating the sender with a user account and categorizing a message from the user account based upon the message behavior profile.
6. The method of claim 1 , comprising associating the sender with a digital certificate and categorizing a message associated with the digital certificate based upon the message behavior profile.
7. The method of claim 1 , comprising associating the sender with a phone number and categorizing a message from the phone number based upon the message behavior profile.
8. A system, comprising:
one or more processing units; and
memory comprising instructions that when executed by at least one of the one or more processing units perform a method comprising:
categorizing a message received from a sender based upon a message behavior profile associated with the sender, the message behavior profile comprising:
a message read rate corresponding to a ratio of a number of messages sent by the sender relative to a number of the messages read by recipients;
a message response rate corresponding to a number of recipients that respond to one or more messages sent by the sender; and
a message distribution pattern corresponding to a number of messages sent by the sender to multiple recipients.
9. The system of claim 8 , the method comprising identifying the sender based upon an IP address.
10. The system of claim 8 , the method comprising identifying the sender based upon a domain.
11. The system of claim 8 , the method comprising identifying the sender based upon an email address.
12. The system of claim 8 , the method comprising identifying the sender based upon a user account.
13. The system of claim 8 , the method comprising identifying the sender based upon a digital certificate.
14. The system of claim 8 , the method comprising identifying the sender based upon a phone number.
15. A computer readable device comprising instructions that when executed perform a method, comprising:
defining a message behavior profile for a sender, the message behavior profile comprising at least one of:
a message read rate corresponding to a ratio of a number of messages sent by the sender relative to a number of the messages read by recipients;
a message response rate corresponding to a number of recipients that respond to one or more messages sent by the sender; or
a message distribution pattern corresponding to a number of messages sent by the sender to multiple recipients.
16. The computer readable device of claim 15 , the method comprising associating the sender with an IP address and categorizing a message from the IP address based upon the message behavior profile.
17. The computer readable device of claim 15 , the method comprising associating the sender with a domain and categorizing a message from the domain based upon the message behavior profile.
18. The computer readable device of claim 15 , the method comprising associating the sender with an email address and categorizing a message from the email address based upon the message behavior profile.
19. The computer readable device of claim 15 , the method comprising associating the sender with a user account and categorizing a message from the user account based upon the message behavior profile.
20. The computer readable device of claim 15 , the method comprising associating the sender with a digital certificate and categorizing a message associated with the digital certificate based upon the message behavior profile.