JPH02183646A - Electronic mail system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To confirm the extraction of an individual electronic mail from an individual mail box independently of an individual address electronic mail representing the confirmation by the recipient itself by informing automatically the extraction confirmation of the individual electronic mail from the individual mail box to a sender. CONSTITUTION:When the extraction of the individual electronic mail is required to be confirmed, an individual mail processing section 7 requests the transmission of the individual electronic mail for extraction confirmation to a sender to an individual mail extraction confirmation transmission section 8. The individual mail extraction confirmation transmission section 8 sends the sender the extraction confirmation individual electronic mail upon the request. The sent extraction confirmation individual electronic mail is processed by an individual mail processing section 7 and stored in an individual mail box 5. Thus, the sender of the individual electronic mail can confirms the extraction of the individual electronic mail from the individual mail box 5 by the recipient of the individual electronic mail without transmission of the individual electronic mail for extraction confirmation to the sender.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] This invention dynamically confirms the retrieval of an e-mail addressed to two individuals from a personal mailbox in response to a request from the sender of the e-mail addressed to the individual. It is related to an e-mail system that can.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, this type of system has been proposed by Tadao Saito, e-mail and group communication (Information Processing Society of Japan Information Processing Vol. 12).
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FIG. 2 is a block diagram of such a conventional e-mail system. In the figure, (1) is an e-mail device that processes e-mails, and (2) is a terminal device for using the e-mail service. , (3) is an e-mail message? t(1)
This is a communication line connecting the terminal device (2) and the terminal device (2).

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the internal logic circuit of a conventional e-mail device, and (4) is a terminal device (2) connected to the e-mail device (1), sending and receiving e-mails and commands, and processing. The processing unit (5) is a personal mailbox that stores e-mails addressed to individuals.

Next, the operation will be explained.

The processing unit (4) performs processing for storing e-mail addressed to individuals sent from the terminal device (2) connected to the e-mail device (1) into the corresponding personal mailbox (5).

To retrieve e-mail addressed to an individual from the personal mailbox, the recipient sends the e-mail addressed to the individual from the personal mailbox to the processing unit (4) from the terminal device (2) connected to the e-mail device (1). Send a command requesting the retrieval of the . The processing unit (4) retrieves the e-mail addressed to the individual from the personal mailbox and transmits the e-mail addressed to the individual to the recipient's terminal device (2).

dffff- Confirmation of retrieval of personal e-mail from personal mailbox 2 After the recipient of personal e-mail retrieves personal e-mail from personal mailbox, confirm with the sender of the corresponding personal e-mail. This is done by sending an email to the address.

[External points to be solved by the invention] Conventional e-mail systems are configured as shown below, so even if the recipient retrieves an e-mail sent to one individual from his or her personal mailbox, There was a problem in that unless a personal e-mail indicating confirmation was sent to the sender, the sender would not know that the recipient had retrieved the personal e-mail from the personal mailbox7.

This invention was made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and in response to a request from the sender of an e-mail addressed to an individual, the recipient of the e-mail addressed to the individual automatically sends the e-mail addressed to the individual. To provide an e-mail system capable of transmitting confirmation of retrieval from an individual's mailbox to a sender of an e-mail addressed to the individual.

Section [Means for Solving the Problems] The e-mail system according to the present invention manages e-mails addressed to one individual, checks the retrieval confirmation of e-mails addressed to two individuals from the personal mailbox, and checks the sender of the e-mail addressed to the individual. The configuration includes a personal mail management section that notifies the sender of the e-mail addressed to the individual in response to a request from the person.

[Effect]

In this invention, the personal mail management department 9 confirms the retrieval of an e-mail addressed to an individual from the personal mailbox of the receiver of an e-mail addressed to two individuals in response to a request from the sender of the e-mail addressed to the individual. Since the sender is notified of the retrieval of the e-mail addressed to the individual from the personal mailbox, the recipient can confirm the retrieval of the e-mail addressed to the individual from the personal mailbox without having to send an e-mail addressed to the individual for retrieval confirmation to the sender.

[Embodiment 1 of the Invention Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described based on FIG. 1. FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of the configuration of the e-mail system according to the present embodiment, and in the figure, the e-mail system according to the present embodiment is connected to a plurality of terminal devices (2) via communication lines (3). , a processing section (4) that processes e-mails sent from the terminal device (2), and a personal mailbox for managing e-mails addressed to individuals processed by the processing section (4); Personal email management to notify you of retrieval confirmation from? A(6), a personal mailbox that stores e-mails addressed to individuals! (5).

In addition, 1 personal mail management department (6) and 9 personal mail processing department (
7) and a personal mail retrieval confirmation transmitting section (8).

Next, the operation of the system of this embodiment based on the above configuration will be explained. Regarding the e-mail addressed to an individual sent by the sender and processed by the processing section (4), if there is a request for retrieval confirmation from the sender of the e-mail addressed to the individual, the personal mail processing section (7) sends the e-mail to the individual. Information indicating the e-mail is added to the e-mail and the e-mail addressed to the individual is stored in the personal mailbox (5). When the recipient of the personal e-mail retrieves the personal e-mail from the personal mailbox (5), the personal mail processing unit (7) transfers the retrieved personal e-mail to the person who needs to confirm the retrieval. Determine whether the email is addressed to the recipient. If the e-mail addressed to the individual is an e-mail addressed to an individual that requires retrieval confirmation, the 2-individual mail processing section (7) sends the 2-individual mail retrieval confirmation transmission section (8).
, the sender of the e-mail addressed to the individual is requested to send an e-mail addressed to the individual to confirm the retrieval. The personal mail retrieval confirmation transmitting unit (8) transmits a retrieval confirmation e-mail addressed to the individual to the sender in accordance with the request in the mail.

A personal e-mail was sent confirming the withdrawal.

It is processed in the personal mail processing section (7) and stored in two personal mailboxes (5).

Therefore, the sender of the e-mail addressed to the individual must confirm that the recipient of the e-mail addressed to the individual has retrieved the e-mail from the personal mailbox (5), and the recipient sends the e-mail addressed to the individual confirming that the recipient has retrieved the e-mail from the personal mailbox (5). This is something that can be known without having to send it to someone else.

In the embodiment described above, the four personal mail management units (6) are provided after the processing unit (4), but they may also be provided between the terminal device (2) and the seven e-mail devices (1). This embodiment has the same effect as the embodiment described above.

[Effects of the Invention] As described below, according to the present invention, the sender can be automatically notified of confirmation of retrieval of e-mail addressed to two individuals from the personal mailbox, so that the personal mailbox of the e-mail addressed to two individuals is automatically notified. This has the effect that confirmation of retrieval from the server can be performed without relying on e-mails addressed to individuals indicating confirmation of receipt of Aozora.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the structure of an e-mail system according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the e-mail system, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the structure of a conventional e-mail system. In the figure, (1) is an e-mail device, (2) is a terminal device, (3) is a communication line, (4) is a processing unit, (5) is a personal mailbox, and (6) is a personal mail management unit. , (7) is a personal mail processing section, and (8) is a personal mail retrieval confirmation transmitting section. Note that the same reference numerals in each figure indicate the same or corresponding parts.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A processing unit that is connected to a plurality of terminal devices via communication lines and processes e-mails sent from the terminal devices, and a personal mailbox that stores e-mails addressed to individuals processed by the processing unit. The e-mail system includes a personal e-mail management section that manages e-mails addressed to individuals processed by the processing section, and in response to a request from a sender of an e-mail addressed to an individual, the recipient of the e-mail addressed to the individual is An electronic mail system characterized in that the personal mail management section notifies the sender of the electronic mail addressed to the individual that the electronic mail addressed to the individual has been retrieved from the personal mailbox.