Summary of the invention
The technical problem that the present invention will solve provide a kind of support to receive and dispatch a plurality of E-mail addresses mail act on behalf of Mail Gateway, system and method, can support any mail server with local mailbox and any outside mailbox binding by disposing the present invention, realize freely receiving and sending the function of a plurality of mailbox mails.
One aspect of the present invention provides a kind of Mail Gateway of acting on behalf of of supporting to receive and dispatch a plurality of E-mail addresses mail, this is acted on behalf of Mail Gateway and comprises: configuration database, the address corresponding relation, the current binding email address that is used to send mail that are used to store master mailbox and bind mailbox; Receive the configuration information of mail from each binding mailbox, and pass through the configuration information that each binding mailbox sends mail; The configuration interface module is used for providing the interface of access configuration database and the interface of revising the configuration database configuration information; The mail reception module is used for according to the polling interval automatic regular polling binding mailbox that sets in advance; Find that the binding mailbox has new mail to reach, and then reads new mail from the binding mailbox; The transmission destination address of reception mail is changed to the master mailbox address, and the delivery of mail that will change destination address is to master mailbox; Mail sending module is used for the mail that receipt mail server is transmitted, and the outbox address of the mail that received is changed to the current binding email address that is used to send mail, and be sent to destination address by corresponding mail server.
Support provided by the invention is received and dispatched among the embodiment who acts on behalf of Mail Gateway of a plurality of E-mail addresses mail, and the configuration information that receives mail from each binding mailbox comprises: server name, port numbers, host-host protocol, mailbox account number, password, the polling interval that mails at least any one.
Support provided by the invention is received and dispatched among the embodiment who acts on behalf of Mail Gateway of a plurality of E-mail addresses mail, and the configuration information that sends mail by each binding mailbox comprises: in server name, port numbers, host-host protocol, mailbox account number, the password at least any one.
Support provided by the invention is received and dispatched among the embodiment who acts on behalf of Mail Gateway of a plurality of E-mail addresses mail, the polling interval is the system default appointment, by user's customization voluntarily in the scope that system provides, or can dynamically adjust.
Support provided by the invention is received and dispatched among the embodiment who acts on behalf of Mail Gateway of a plurality of E-mail addresses mail, and the mail reception module further comprises: the poll submodule is used for according to the polling interval automatic regular polling binding mailbox that sets in advance; Find that the binding mailbox has new mail to reach, and then reads new mail from the binding mailbox; Address change submodule, the destination address that is used for mail that the poll submodule is received changes to the master mailbox address; And the transmission submodule, be used for according to the destination address after the change of address change submodule the delivery of mail to master mailbox.
Support provided by the invention is received and dispatched among the embodiment who acts on behalf of Mail Gateway of a plurality of E-mail addresses mail, and mail sending module further comprises: receive submodule, be used for the mail that receipt mail server is transmitted; Address change submodule, the outbox address that is used for receiving the mail of submodule reception changes to the current binding email address that is used to send mail; And the transmission submodule, be used for and with binding email address corresponding mail server negotiation communication, the mail of the address being changed behind the submodule change destination address by described mail server is sent to destination address.
Support provided by the invention is received and dispatched among the embodiment who acts on behalf of Mail Gateway of a plurality of E-mail addresses mail, and the address of mail sending module change submodule also is used for: whether the mail head who judges mail carries in-band information; If the mail head carries in-band information, then in-band information is used for determining the current binding email address that is used to send mail, address change submodule is revised the mail that is received according to this in-band information outbox address; Otherwise, use the outbox address that sets in advance as the current binding email address that is used to send mail, address change submodule is revised the mail that is received according to the outbox address that sets in advance outbox address.
Another aspect of the present invention provides a kind of mailing system of acting on behalf of of supporting to receive and dispatch a plurality of E-mail addresses mail, and this system comprises: any as described above described Mail Gateway of acting on behalf of; And main mail server, be used to receive mail, and be saved to corresponding user's master mailbox from acting on behalf of the Mail Gateway relaying; And mail to be sent is sent to acts on behalf of Mail Gateway.
Support provided by the invention is received and dispatched among the embodiment who acts on behalf of mailing system of a plurality of E-mail addresses mail, acts on behalf of mailing system and also comprises: with the corresponding mail server of binding mailbox, be used for sending mail to acting on behalf of Mail Gateway; And receive and to act on behalf of the mail of Mail Gateway relaying, and be sent to the target bind mailbox.
Another aspect of the present invention provides a kind of mail method of acting on behalf of of supporting to receive and dispatch a plurality of E-mail addresses mail, and this method comprises: receive mail by acting on behalf of Mail Gateway from the binding mailbox, and with the delivery of mail to master mailbox; Send mail by acting on behalf of Mail Gateway from client; Wherein, acting on behalf of Mail Gateway is selected from as preceding any described Mail Gateway of acting on behalf of.
Support provided by the invention is received and dispatched among the embodiment of the mail method of acting on behalf of of a plurality of E-mail addresses mail, step " receive mail from the binding mailbox by acting on behalf of Mail Gateway, and with the delivery of mail to master mailbox " further comprises: act on behalf of Mail Gateway according to the polling interval automatic regular polling binding mailbox that sets in advance; Find that the binding mailbox has new mail to reach, and then reads new mail from the binding mailbox; The transmission destination address of the new mail collected is changed to the master mailbox address, and the delivery of mail that will change destination address is to master mailbox.
Support provided by the invention is received and dispatched among the embodiment of the mail method of acting on behalf of of a plurality of E-mail addresses mail, and step " is sent mail from client by acting on behalf of Mail Gateway " and further comprised: act on behalf of the mail that the Mail Gateway receipt mail server is transmitted; The outbox address of the mail that received is changed to the current binding email address that is used to send mail, and be sent to destination address by corresponding mail server.
Support provided by the invention is received and dispatched among the embodiment of the mail method of acting on behalf of of a plurality of E-mail addresses mail, and step judges whether the mail head of mail carries in-band information after " acting on behalf of Mail Gateway and receive the mail of transmitting from mail server "; If the mail head carries in-band information, then in-band information is used for determining the current binding email address that is used to send mail, acts on behalf of Mail Gateway is revised the mail that is received according to this in-band information outbox address; Otherwise, use the outbox address that sets in advance as the current binding email address that is used to send mail, act on behalf of Mail Gateway is revised the mail that is received according to the outbox address that sets in advance outbox address.
Support provided by the invention is received and dispatched among the embodiment of the mail method of acting on behalf of of a plurality of E-mail addresses mail, and this method also comprises: the user is by the client-side editing mail; Wait in the mail being ready for sending, select the current binding email address that is used to send mail; Client sends to mail server with mail; Mail server is forwarded to the mail that is received and acts on behalf of Mail Gateway.
Support provided by the invention is received and dispatched among the embodiment of the mail method of acting on behalf of of a plurality of E-mail addresses mail, step " waits in the mail being ready for sending; select the current binding email address that is used to send mail " and further comprise: if use in-band method change outbox address, then client active user that the user the is selected binding email address that sends mail embeds the mail head; If use out-band method change outbox address, then the interface that provides by mail proxy gateway of client is provided with the binding email address that the active user sends mail.
The Mail Gateway of acting on behalf of of a plurality of E-mail addresses mail is received and dispatched in support provided by the invention, system and method, by support the Mail Gateway of acting on behalf of of a plurality of E-mail addresses of transmitting-receiving mail in mail server sidepiece administration, solved since some particular restriction (as the software and hardware restriction of user mail client device, the restriction of the security configuration of network of living in or reception mail protocol) cause the user mail client to communicate by letter with single mail server, can only receive and send the problem of the mail of an E-mail address, satisfy the demand that the user freely received and sent a plurality of E-mail addresses mail.
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With reference to the accompanying drawings the present invention is described more fully, exemplary embodiment of the present invention wherein is described.
Fig. 2 illustrates a kind of structural representation of acting on behalf of Mail Gateway of supporting to receive and dispatch a plurality of E-mail addresses mail that the embodiment of the invention provides.
As shown in Figure 2, support the Mail Gateway 200 of acting on behalf of of a plurality of E-mail addresses of transmitting-receiving mail to comprise: configuration database 202, configuration interface module 204, mail reception module 206 and mail sending module 208, wherein
Configuration database 202, the address corresponding relation, the current binding email address that is used to send mail that are used to store master mailbox and bind mailbox; Receive the configuration information of mail from each binding mailbox, and pass through the configuration information that each binding mailbox sends mail.For example, store master mailbox: frank@blackberryhome.com.cn in the configuration database, the binding mailbox comprises: frank@foxmail.com, frank@gmail.com, frank@hotmail.com or the like; And the corresponding relation between master mailbox and the binding mailbox.In one embodiment of the present of invention, the configuration information that receives mail from each binding mailbox comprises: server name, port numbers, host-host protocol, mailbox account number, password, the polling interval that mails at least any one, the configuration information that sends mail by each binding mailbox comprises: in server name, port numbers, host-host protocol, mailbox account number, the password at least any one.
Configuration interface module 204 is used for providing the interface of access configuration database and the interface of revising the configuration database configuration information.For example, the configuration interface that the configuration interface module can be supported includes but not limited to: based on the configuration management interface of Web browser, the user can check and revise corresponding configuration; Web Service interface allows the user to call Web Service interface change configuration etc. by the third party.By aforementioned interface or interface, the user can carry out following setting voluntarily: add and deletion bound mail address, be the configuration of each bound mail address setting mail reception and transmission, set the current bound mail address that is used to send mail; Wherein, set the current mode that is used to send the bound mail address of mail and can adopt following two kinds of strategies:
In-band method (in-band): mail itself comprises the used bound mail address information of this mail of transmission, and this information can be included in mail head's information of Email, also can be arranged in the special field of Mail Contents.
Out-band method (out-of-band), the user is provided with or revises the current bound mail address that is used to send voluntarily by visual configuration interface or interface.
Mail reception module 206 is used for according to the polling interval automatic regular polling binding mailbox that sets in advance; Find that the binding mailbox has new mail to reach, and then reads new mail from the binding mailbox; The transmission destination address of reception mail is changed to the master mailbox address, and the delivery of mail that will change destination address is to master mailbox.Specifically, the mail reception module can support the mail of present main flow to collect agreement, include but not limited to: POP3, IMAP, WebDAV (Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning, distributed creation of Web and version management), other Web mail based on HTTP is collected agreement, as Yahoo! YMail APIs etc.The workflow of mail reception module mainly comprises: step 1), startup; Step 2), read the configuration information of collecting of specific user's mailbox from configuration database; Step 3), calling party binding mailbox mail; Step 4), wait for polling time interval, and then since 1) poll next time.
Mail sending module 208 is used for the mail that receipt mail server is transmitted, and the outbox address of the mail that received is changed to the current binding email address that is used to send mail, and be sent to destination address by corresponding mail server. YMail APIs etc.The workflow of mail sending module mainly comprises: step 1), monitoring SMTPTCP 25 ports; Step 2), when sending mail requests, read mail outbox address, to obtain user's main addresses of items of mail; If step 3) mail head comprises (in-band) outbox address information in the band, then according to the outbox address of this information change mail, and read configuration database, obtain the transmission configuration information of appropriate address, send mail; Step 4), obtain the current bound mail address of this user and send configuration information accordingly from configuration database, the outbox address of change mail, and send mail according to relevant configuration information.Those skilled in the art can clearly know according to instruction of the present invention, the user can not be subjected to limit when the mailbox of pre-editing mail when sending mail, no matter be to use master mailbox editor's mail also to be to use the mail of binding the mailbox editor, can send this mail to other mailbox by revising outbox address freedom.
Support provided by the invention is received and dispatched among the embodiment who acts on behalf of Mail Gateway of a plurality of E-mail addresses mail, the polling interval is the system default appointment, by user's customization voluntarily in the scope that system provides, or can dynamically adjust.Specifically, the polling interval that mails can be specified by system default, also can be formulated voluntarily in the scope that system provides by the user.This interval can be fixed, and also can dynamically adjust according to certain algorithm.For example, receive mail after the polling interval reduce automatically, no mail then polling interval progressively increases, and is increased to certain predetermined value (as 15 minutes) and then no longer changes; Again for example night the polling interval longer, daytime, then the polling interval was shorter.
The Mail Gateway of acting on behalf of of a plurality of E-mail addresses mail is received and dispatched in the support that one embodiment of the present of invention provide, and is a separate network functional unit that is independent of mail server, can dock with any mail server; By support the Mail Gateway of acting on behalf of of a plurality of E-mail addresses of transmitting-receiving mail in mail server sidepiece administration, solved because some particular restriction (as the security configuration of the software and hardware restriction of user mail client device, network of living in or the restriction of reception mail protocol), cause the user mail client to communicate by letter with single mail server, can only receive and send the problem of the mail of an E-mail address, satisfy the demand that the user freely received and sent a plurality of E-mail addresses mail.
Fig. 3 illustrates the structural representation that another embodiment that acts on behalf of Mail Gateway of a plurality of E-mail addresses mail is received and dispatched in support provided by the invention.
As shown in Figure 3, support the Mail Gateway 300 of acting on behalf of of a plurality of E-mail addresses of transmitting-receiving mail mainly to comprise: configuration database 302, configuration interface module 304, mail reception module 306 and mail sending module 308, wherein; Wherein configuration database 302, configuration interface module 304 and mail sending module 308 can be to have same or analogous functional module with configuration database 202 shown in Figure 2, configuration interface module 204 and mail sending module 208; For for purpose of brevity, repeat no more here.
As shown in Figure 3, mail reception module 306 further comprises: poll submodule 3061, address change submodule 3062 and transmission submodule 3063; Wherein
Poll submodule 3061 is used for according to the polling interval automatic regular polling binding mailbox that sets in advance; Find that the binding mailbox has new mail to reach, and then reads new mail from the binding mailbox.
Address change submodule 3062, the destination address that is used for mail that the poll submodule is received changes to the master mailbox address.
Transmit submodule 3063, be used for according to the destination address behind the address change submodule change destination address the delivery of mail to master mailbox.
Fig. 4 illustrates the structural representation that another embodiment that acts on behalf of Mail Gateway of a plurality of E-mail addresses mail is received and dispatched in support provided by the invention.
As shown in Figure 4, support the Mail Gateway 400 of acting on behalf of of a plurality of E-mail addresses of transmitting-receiving mail mainly to comprise: configuration database 402, configuration interface module 404, mail reception module 406 and mail sending module 408, wherein; Wherein configuration database 402, configuration interface module 404 and mail reception module 406 can be to have same or analogous functional module with configuration database 202 shown in Figure 2, configuration interface module 204 and mail reception module 206; For for purpose of brevity, repeat no more here.
As shown in Figure 4, mail sending module 408 further comprises: receive submodule 4081, address change submodule 4082 and transmit submodule 4083; Wherein
Receive submodule 4081, be used for the mail that receipt mail server is transmitted.Specifically: the user is by the client-side editing mail; Wait in the mail being ready for sending, select the current binding email address that is used to send mail; Client sends to mail server with mail; Mail server is forwarded to the mail that is received and acts on behalf of Mail Gateway, thereby receives the mail that the submodule reception server is transmitted by this.
Address change submodule 4082, the outbox address that is used for receiving the mail of submodule reception changes to the current binding email address that is used to send mail.In one embodiment of the present of invention, address change submodule also is used for: whether the mail head who judges mail carries in-band information; If the mail head carries in-band information, then in-band information is used for determining the current binding email address that is used to send mail, address change submodule is revised the mail that is received according to this in-band information outbox address; Otherwise, use the outbox address that sets in advance as the current binding email address that is used to send mail, address change submodule is revised the mail that is received according to the outbox address that sets in advance outbox address.
Transmit submodule 4083, be used for and with the corresponding mail server negotiation communication of binding email address, the mail of the address being changed behind the submodule change destination address by described mail server is sent to destination address.
Residing network limited at client, for example the enterprise network at client place can only receive and send the mail of this enterprises mailbox, can't receive and send the problem of the mail between the inner mailbox of nonbusiness, the Mail Gateway of acting on behalf of of a plurality of E-mail addresses mail is received and dispatched in the support that one embodiment of the present of invention provide.By implementing the present invention, the employee can collect and send the mail of other mail server by enterprise's mailbox.Because these mails all will be through the mail server of enterprise, the public network mailbox mail that anti-virus that corporate mail server is implemented and monitoring function are equally applicable to the user, thus solved the worry of enterprise to network security; Also satisfied simultaneously the demand that the employee receives and dispatches public network mailbox mail.
Limited at function of client own or mechanism, only support the POP3 agreement to receive mail as client, can't receive the mail of IMAP or Web mailbox, or be that this client can only be bound the problem of (as common enterprise wireless delivery email client) with some mailboxes, the Mail Gateway of acting on behalf of of a plurality of E-mail addresses mail is received and dispatched in the support that one embodiment of the present of invention provide.By in the present invention of its mail server sidepiece administration, can allow the user to be implemented in portable terminal and receive and send the mail that other does not possess the E-mail address of wireless delivery email function, satisfy user's transmitting/receiving wireless mail demand.
Next a specific embodiment acting on behalf of Mail Gateway of a plurality of E-mail addresses mail is received and dispatched in concise and to the point description support provided by the invention.Four modules acting on behalf of Mail Gateway of many mailboxes can adopt following specific implementation respectively:
1, configuration database uses total relation type database software to realize, as MySQL, and Microsoft SQL Server etc.
2, mail reception module, this module is embodied as independent process, regularly reads configuration database, according to the configuration of binding mailbox, adopts the corresponding protocol poll to mail.
3, mail sending module, this module is embodied as independent process.Monitor SMTP standard TCP25 port and obtain the mail that transmits from mail server,, send mail according to the current binding mailbox configurations that is used to send.
4, configuration interface module, this module adopts Web server, and as Apache, lighttpd etc. are by dynamic script language php, and jsp etc. realize relevant Web browser configuration interface and Web Service interface.Wherein, a Web configuration interface should be realized following part or all of function menu:
For example, at user's master mailbox, possess following function menu:
(1). add the binding mailbox: for the user adds any binding mailbox;
(2). deletion binding mailbox: a binding mailbox is deleted from user account;
(3). select to specify the binding mailbox of current use: from user's binding mailbox, specify a user to send mail.
At a binding mailbox, possess following function menu:
(1). revise the addressee setting: comprise the addressee server, port numbers, use agreement, whether connection safe in utilization, number of the account, password, information such as polling interval;
(2). revise the outbox setting: comprise the outbox server address, port numbers, use agreement, whether connection safe in utilization, number of the account, information such as password.
More than four modules logically separate, both can concentrate to be deployed on the station server, also can be distributed on the multiple servers.Simultaneously each module also can be to dispose the module group that a plurality of instantiation constituted (the receiver module group that constitutes as a plurality of mail reception modules) realizing the equilibrium of redundant and load, thereby the lifting performance, raises the efficiency, and obtains high availability performance.
Fig. 5 illustrates a kind of structural representation of acting on behalf of mailing system of supporting to receive and dispatch a plurality of E-mail addresses mail that the embodiment of the invention provides.
As shown in Figure 5, support the mailing system 500 of acting on behalf of of a plurality of E-mail addresses of transmitting-receiving mail to comprise: to act on behalf of Mail Gateway 502 and main mail server 504, wherein
Act on behalf of Mail Gateway 502, be selected from Fig. 2-4 illustrated embodiment any one the Mail Gateway of acting on behalf of; Comprise configuration database 5022, configuration interface module 5024, mail reception module 5026 and mail sending module 5028.The function that each module realized specifically referring to the description of aforementioned specific embodiment, just repeats no more at this.
Main mail server 504 is used to receive the mail from acting on behalf of the Mail Gateway relaying, and is saved to corresponding user's master mailbox; And mail to be sent is sent to acts on behalf of Mail Gateway.Specifically, the main mail server 504 corresponding with master mailbox is used to receive the mail from acting on behalf of the Mail Gateway relaying, and mail is saved to user's master mailbox; And mail to be sent is sent to acts on behalf of Mail Gateway.
Support provided by the invention is received and dispatched among the embodiment who acts on behalf of mailing system of a plurality of E-mail addresses mail, and the described mailing system of acting on behalf of also comprises: with the corresponding mail server of binding mailbox, be used for sending mail to acting on behalf of Mail Gateway; And receive and to act on behalf of the mail of Mail Gateway relaying, and be sent to the target bind mailbox.
Support provided by the invention is received and dispatched among the embodiment who acts on behalf of mailing system of a plurality of E-mail addresses mail, act on behalf of between Mail Gateway and the mail server Internet Mail Transfer protocol SMTP exchange mail by standard, guarantee to act on behalf of Mail Gateway can with almost mail server butt joint arbitrarily.In order to realize many mailboxes agent functionality, mail server can be done following configuration: unconditionally accept the mail from many mailboxes proxy gateway; The mail of all transmissions need pass through many mailboxes proxy gateway relaying (Relay); In addition, gateway and mail server allow mailbox proxy gateway more than that the service of many mailbox bindings is provided for a plurality of mail servers simultaneously by the integration mode of SMTP.
The mailing system of acting on behalf of of a plurality of E-mail addresses mail is received and dispatched in the support that one embodiment of the present of invention provide, by support the Mail Gateway of acting on behalf of of a plurality of E-mail addresses of transmitting-receiving mail in mail server sidepiece administration, solved because the software and hardware restriction of user mail client device, the reasons such as restriction of the security configuration of network of living in or reception mail protocol cause the user mail client to communicate by letter with single mail server, can only receive and send the problem of the mail of an E-mail address, satisfy the demand that the user freely received and sent a plurality of E-mail addresses mail, also can guarantee enterprise network security simultaneously.
Fig. 6 illustrates the structural representation that another embodiment that acts on behalf of mailing system of a plurality of E-mail addresses mail is received and dispatched in support provided by the invention.
As shown in Figure 6, act on behalf of Mail Gateway (can be described as many mailboxes proxy gateway) by disposing among the present invention, allow user frank that its master mailbox (frank@example.com) is bound two mailboxes (alice@abc.com and david@test.com) simultaneously at mail server example.com.On the one hand, the proxy gateway of many mailboxes is collected agreement by mail and is mailed from the binding mailbox, and sends to master mailbox (frank@example.com), realizes that many mailboxes receive; On the other hand, the mail that user frank sends by the client of loading PC all needs through too much mailbox proxy gateway, and can choose in three email addresses being bound any one as the outbox address, and send agreement by mail and send, thereby realize that many mailboxes send mails by the respective mail server.
The mailing system of acting on behalf of of a plurality of E-mail addresses mail is received and dispatched in the support that one embodiment of the present of invention provide, cooperate by acting on behalf of Mail Gateway and mail server, with an E-mail address on the mail server (as master mailbox, corresponding addresses of items of mail is main addresses of items of mail) and a plurality of Email (as bound mail, the respective mail address is called the binding email address) carry out address binding, make single E-mail address act on behalf of a plurality of E-mail addresses, realize to receive the mail of a plurality of binding mailboxes and send mail with one of e-mail address of binding.
By the Exchange of enterprise mail server 1 is disposed the BlackBerry enterprise servers, can provide the delivery email service for the BlackBerry terminal; Dispose Direct Push server by the Exchange of enterprise mail server 2, can provide the delivery email service for terminals such as iPhone, Windows Mobile.Yet the user can only collect and send its enterprise's mailbox mail by portable terminal.
Fig. 7 illustrates the structural representation that a specific embodiment acting on behalf of mailing system of a plurality of E-mail addresses mail is received and dispatched in support provided by the invention.
As shown in Figure 7, by being two exchange servers deployment mailbox proxy gateways more than, can realize that then BlackBerry and iPhone receive and send the function of any mailbox mail by the delivery email passage of corporate mail server, make single E-mail address (as Gmail) act on behalf of a plurality of E-mail addresses (as Hotmail, Yahoo), realize to receive the mail of a plurality of binding mailboxes and send mail with one of e-mail address of binding.
A kind of mail method of acting on behalf of of receiving and dispatching a plurality of E-mail addresses mail of supporting provided by the invention comprises: receive mail by acting on behalf of Mail Gateway from the binding mailbox, and with the delivery of mail to master mailbox; Send mail by acting on behalf of Mail Gateway from client; Wherein, act on behalf of Mail Gateway be selected from as in Fig. 2-4 illustrated embodiment any one act on behalf of Mail Gateway.
Fig. 8 illustrates a kind of flow chart of acting on behalf of the mail method of supporting to receive and dispatch a plurality of E-mail addresses mail that the embodiment of the invention provides.
As shown in Figure 8, support the mail method 800 of acting on behalf of (receiving from the mail of binding mailbox) of a plurality of E-mail addresses of transmitting-receiving mail to comprise by acting on behalf of Mail Gateway:
Step 802 is acted on behalf of Mail Gateway according to the polling interval automatic regular polling binding mailbox that sets in advance.
Step 804 finds that the binding mailbox has new mail to reach, and then reads new mail from the binding mailbox.
Step 806 changes to the master mailbox address with the transmission destination address of the new mail collected, and the delivery of mail that will change destination address is to master mailbox.
Support provided by the invention is received and dispatched among the embodiment of the mail method of acting on behalf of of a plurality of E-mail addresses mail, and the polling interval is the system default appointment, by user's customization voluntarily in the scope that system provides, or can dynamically adjust.Specifically, the polling interval that mails can be specified by system default, also can be formulated voluntarily in the scope that system provides by the user.This interval can be fixed, and also can dynamically adjust according to certain algorithm.For example, receive mail after the polling interval reduce automatically, no mail then polling interval progressively increases, and is increased to certain predetermined value (as 1S) and then no longer changes; Again for example night the polling interval longer, daytime, then the polling interval was shorter.
Fig. 9 illustrates a kind of flow chart of supporting to receive and dispatch another embodiment that acts on behalf of the mail method of a plurality of E-mail addresses mail provided by the invention.
As shown in Figure 9, support the mail method 900 of acting on behalf of (sending mail) of a plurality of E-mail addresses of transmitting-receiving mail to comprise from client by acting on behalf of Mail Gateway:
Step 902 is acted on behalf of the mail that the Mail Gateway receipt mail server is transmitted.
Step 904 judges whether the mail head of mail carries in-band information; If the mail head carries in-band information, then execution in step 906; Otherwise execution in step 907.
Step 906, in-band information are used for determining the current binding email address that is used to send mail, act on behalf of Mail Gateway is revised the mail that is received according to this in-band information outbox address.
Step 907 uses the outbox address that sets in advance as the current binding email address that is used to send mail, acts on behalf of Mail Gateway is revised the mail that is received according to the outbox address that sets in advance outbox address.
Step 908 is by being sent to destination address with the current corresponding mail server of binding email address that is used to send mail.
Figure 10 illustrates the flow chart that another embodiment that acts on behalf of the mail method of a plurality of E-mail addresses mail is received and dispatched in support provided by the invention.
As shown in figure 10, support the mail method 1000 of acting on behalf of of a plurality of E-mail addresses of transmitting-receiving mail to comprise: step 1001a-1001d, 1002,1004 and 1006-1008, wherein step 1002,1004 and 1006-1008 can carry out respectively and step 902 shown in Figure 9,904 and the same or analogous technology contents of 906-908, for for purpose of brevity, repeat no more its technology contents here.
As shown in figure 10, also comprised respectively before step 1002: step 1001a, the user is by the client-side editing mail.
Step 1001b waits in the mail being ready for sending, and selects the current binding email address that is used to send mail.In one embodiment of the present of invention, select the current binding email address that is used to send mail further to comprise: if use in-band method change outbox address, then client active user that the user the is selected binding email address that sends mail embeds the mail head; If use out-band method change outbox address, then the interface that provides by mail proxy gateway of client is provided with the binding email address that the active user sends mail.
Step 1001c, client sends to mail server with mail.
Step 1001d, mail server are forwarded to the mail that is received and act on behalf of Mail Gateway.
With reference to the exemplary description of aforementioned the present invention, those skilled in the art can clearly know the present invention and have the following advantages:
What 1, a plurality of E-mail addresses mail was received and dispatched in the support that provides of one embodiment of the present of invention acts on behalf of Mail Gateway, system and method, can support any mail server with local mailbox and any outside mailbox binding by disposing the present invention, realize freely receiving and sending the function of a plurality of mailbox mails.
2, the Mail Gateway of acting on behalf of of a plurality of E-mail addresses mail is received and dispatched in the support that one embodiment of the present of invention provide, system and method, by support the Mail Gateway of acting on behalf of of a plurality of E-mail addresses of transmitting-receiving mail in mail server sidepiece administration, solved since some particular restriction (as the software and hardware restriction of user mail client device, the restriction of the security configuration of network of living in or reception mail protocol), cause the user mail client to communicate by letter with single mail server, can only receive and send the problem of the mail of an E-mail address, satisfy the demand that the user freely received and sent a plurality of E-mail addresses mail.
3, residing network limited at client, for example the enterprise network at client place can only receive and send the mail of this enterprises mailbox, can't receive and send the problem of the mail between the inner mailbox of nonbusiness, what a plurality of E-mail addresses mail was received and dispatched in the support that one embodiment of the present of invention provide acts on behalf of Mail Gateway, system and method.By implementing the present invention, the employee can collect and send the mail of other mail server by enterprise's mailbox.Because these mails all will be through the mail server of enterprise, the public network mailbox mail that anti-virus that corporate mail server is implemented and monitoring function are equally applicable to the user, thus solved the worry of enterprise to network security; Also satisfied simultaneously the demand that the employee receives and dispatches public network mailbox mail.
4, limited at function of client own or mechanism, only support the POP3 agreement to receive mail as client, can't receive the mail of IMAP or Web mailbox, or be this client can only with the problem of some mailboxes binding (as common enterprise wireless delivery email client), what a plurality of E-mail addresses mail was received and dispatched in the support that one embodiment of the present of invention provide acts on behalf of Mail Gateway, system and method.By in the present invention of its mail server sidepiece administration, can allow the user to be implemented in portable terminal and receive and send the mail that other does not possess the E-mail address of wireless delivery email function, satisfy user's transmitting/receiving wireless mail demand.
Description of the invention provides for example with for the purpose of describing, and is not exhaustively or limit the invention to disclosed form.Many modifications and variations are obvious for the ordinary skill in the art.Selecting and describing embodiment is for better explanation principle of the present invention and practical application, thereby and makes those of ordinary skill in the art can understand the various embodiment that have various modifications that the present invention's design is suitable for special-purpose.