Prioritized e-mail servicing to reduce non-spam delay and loss: a performance-cost analysis
This paper proposes a prioritized e-mail servicing on e-mail servers to reduce the delay and loss of non-spam e-mails due to queuing. Using a prioritized two-queue scheme, non-spam e-mails are queued in a fast queue and given higher service priority than spam e-mails that are queued in a slow queue....
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| author | Marsono, Muhammad Nadzir El-Kharashi, M. Watheq Gebali, Fayez |
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| description | This paper proposes a prioritized e-mail servicing on e-mail servers to reduce the delay and loss of non-spam e-mails due to queuing. Using a prioritized two-queue scheme, non-spam e-mails are queued in a fast queue and given higher service priority than spam e-mails that are queued in a slow queue. Four prioritized e-mail service strategies for the two-queue scheme are proposed and analyzed. We modeled these four strategies using discrete-time Markov chain analysis under different e-mail traffic loads and service capacities. Non-spam e-mails can be delivered within a small delay, even under heavy e-mail loadings and high spam-to-non-spam a priori. Results from our analysis of the two-queue scheme show that it gives non-spam delay and loss probability two orders of magnitude smaller than the typical single-queue approach during heavy spam traffic. Moreover, prioritized e-mail servicing protects e-mail servers from spam attacks. |
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| spelling | utm-86682009-07-27T05:00:30Z http://eprints.utm.my/8668/ Prioritized e-mail servicing to reduce non-spam delay and loss: a performance-cost analysis Marsono, Muhammad Nadzir El-Kharashi, M. Watheq Gebali, Fayez TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering This paper proposes a prioritized e-mail servicing on e-mail servers to reduce the delay and loss of non-spam e-mails due to queuing. Using a prioritized two-queue scheme, non-spam e-mails are queued in a fast queue and given higher service priority than spam e-mails that are queued in a slow queue. Four prioritized e-mail service strategies for the two-queue scheme are proposed and analyzed. We modeled these four strategies using discrete-time Markov chain analysis under different e-mail traffic loads and service capacities. Non-spam e-mails can be delivered within a small delay, even under heavy e-mail loadings and high spam-to-non-spam a priori. Results from our analysis of the two-queue scheme show that it gives non-spam delay and loss probability two orders of magnitude smaller than the typical single-queue approach during heavy spam traffic. Moreover, prioritized e-mail servicing protects e-mail servers from spam attacks. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2007 Article PeerReviewed Marsono, Muhammad Nadzir and El-Kharashi, M. Watheq and Gebali, Fayez (2007) Prioritized e-mail servicing to reduce non-spam delay and loss: a performance-cost analysis. International Journal of Network Management, 18 (4). pp. 325-344. ISSN 1055-7148 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nem.664 10.1002/nem.664 |
| spellingShingle | TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Marsono, Muhammad Nadzir El-Kharashi, M. Watheq Gebali, Fayez Prioritized e-mail servicing to reduce non-spam delay and loss: a performance-cost analysis |
| title | Prioritized e-mail servicing to reduce non-spam delay and loss: a performance-cost analysis |
| title_full | Prioritized e-mail servicing to reduce non-spam delay and loss: a performance-cost analysis |
| title_fullStr | Prioritized e-mail servicing to reduce non-spam delay and loss: a performance-cost analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prioritized e-mail servicing to reduce non-spam delay and loss: a performance-cost analysis |
| title_short | Prioritized e-mail servicing to reduce non-spam delay and loss: a performance-cost analysis |
| title_sort | prioritized e-mail servicing to reduce non-spam delay and loss: a performance-cost analysis |
| topic | TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
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