1. A method of detecting if an electronic message is in a particular format, comprising the steps of: decomposing the message into a set of components according to a predetermined component size; and applying pattern recognition logic to the set of components as a function of the predetermined component size to determine if the electronic message is predominately natural language text, wherein applying pattern recognition logic includes: determining an observed phi of the electronic message; determining a plain-text phi of the electronic message as a function of the component size; and comparing the observed phi to the plain-text phi to determine if the electronic message includes data in the particular format.
1. A method of detecting if an electronic message is in a particular format, comprising the steps of: decomposing the message into a set of components according to a predetermined component size; and applying pattern recognition logic to the set of components as a function of the predetermined component size to determine if the electronic message is predominately natural language text, wherein applying pattern recognition logic includes: determining an observed phi of the electronic message; determining a plain-text phi of the electronic message as a function of the component size; and comparing the observed phi to the plain-text phi to determine if the electronic message includes data in the particular format. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of decomposing the message comprises the step of breaking the message into N-grams, wherein N equals the component size.