JP2713278B2 - Automatic email address registration - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for automatically registering a mail address, and more particularly to a method for automatically registering a mail address when a plurality of mail systems are used in combination.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an electronic mail system, it is necessary to specify a destination address when sending a mail. However, address information generally used in an electronic mail system is a combination of alphabets and numbers, and has a drawback that it is difficult to remember. In particular, when transmission is performed between different types of mail systems via a gateway, the number of characters of the address information is increased, so that inputting is troublesome and input errors are likely to occur.

As a method of overcoming such a drawback, a correspondence list file of addresses and organization names / person names is prepared, and once registered as data, a destination is selected from the list thereafter. Thus, a method of specifying a destination address or a method of automatically extracting and storing source address data at the time of mail reception and setting a destination by referring to the data at the time of transmission (for example, And Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-22339) are known.

[0004] Further, there is a system in which a mail application corresponding to a plurality of mail systems is prepared in each terminal, and a mail system is selectively used according to a destination, so that mail can be transmitted without passing through a gateway.

[0005]

In a mail system having a mail application corresponding to a plurality of mail systems, address data is automatically extracted and stored at the time of mail reception, and the address is referred to at the time of transmission to refer to the address data. Attempting to make the settings causes the following problems.

That is, when a sender's mail address is extracted and stored from a mail received via a gateway, the extracted mail address has an identifier indicating the gateway of the receiver's mail system in the sender's mail system. Information is added. Such identifier information is unnecessary information in a system having a mail application that realizes the same system as the sender's mail system, and the unnecessary information is deleted from the extracted mail address. From the beginning, and there is a problem that it takes time and effort.

In order to save such trouble, the extracted e-mail address is stored as it is, and when the e-mail address is used at the time of transmission, the same e-mail system as at the time of reception, that is, a system via a gateway is used. Compared to sending via an email application without going through a gateway.
There is a problem that the cost is high and the delivery time is slow.

According to the present invention, a mail address included in an arrived mail is not registered as it is as a destination address. Even if multiple mail systems are used by registering them separately, the original mail system (the same mail system as the mail system of the other party) can be used with simple operability and without impairing the communication efficiency. System) to enable transmission.

[0009]

According to the present invention, in a mail address automatic registration method for extracting sender address information from a received mail and automatically registering the same, header information is extracted from the received mail, Referring to a gateway database, which is an information group indicating the relationship between the gateway and the header information, the type of the original mail system that sent the mail by removing the information added by the gateway included in the header information is analyzed. Thereafter, a mail address automatic registration method is provided, in which the original mail system type is registered together with the address information extracted from the header information.

Further, according to the present invention, a communication means capable of handling a plurality of types of mail systems, a mail receiving means for receiving a mail from a mail server via the communication means, and the mail receiving means Mail document storage means for storing mail, gateway database storage means for storing a gateway database, header information is extracted from the mail stored in the mail document storage means, and the mail is sent by referring to the gateway database. Mail system analyzing means for analyzing the type of the original mail system, an address data extracting unit for extracting address data from the header information, address data storing means for storing the address data, and The above address together with the type of mail system Mail sending and receiving terminal device is obtained which is characterized by comprising an address data registration means for storing in the storage means.

The mail receiving means, the mail system analyzing means, the address data extracting means, and the address data registering means can be realized by software.

[0012]

The mail system analysis unit refers to the gateway database, analyzes the gateway of the mail system through which the received mail has passed, and extracts the type of the system from which the mail was originally sent. Further, from the extraction result, the address data extraction unit extracts the address information on the mail system originally sent, and the address data registration unit registers the extracted mail system type and mail address in the address information storage unit. .

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a method for automatically setting a mail address according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a mail system that employs a method for automatically setting a mail address according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The mail system shown in FIG. 1 has various mail servers 11 and a mail transmitting / receiving terminal 12. And
The mail transmitting / receiving terminal 12 includes a communication unit 13 and a mail receiving unit 1
4, mail document storage unit 15, mail system analysis unit 1
6, a gateway database storage unit 17, an address data extraction unit 18, an address data registration unit 19, and an address data storage unit 20. The communication unit 13
Has a mail application that can handle a plurality of types of mail systems. Also, the mail receiving unit 1
4. The mail system analysis unit 16, the address data extraction unit 18, and the address data registration unit 19 can be realized by software. Hereinafter, the operation will be described.

The mail data received by the mail receiving unit 14 from the various mail servers 11 via the communication unit 13 is stored in the mail document storage unit 15. The mail system analysis unit 16 extracts gateway information from the stored mail data, and refers to the gateway database stored in the gateway database storage unit 15 to analyze the gateway information of the mail system through which the received mail has passed. I do. Then, as a result of the analysis, the type of the system that sent the mail is extracted. Here, the gateway database is a group of information indicating what kind of header information the gateways of various mail systems add to other mail systems, and the mail system analysis unit 16 refers to this group of information. And analyzes the header information added by the gateway from the mail header data in reverse order,
Only the header information of the original mail system from which the mail was sent is extracted, and the type is specified.

Next, the address data extracting unit 18 receives the analysis result from the mail system analyzing unit 16 and extracts address information on the mail system originally sent. The extracted address information is output to the address data registration unit 19, and the address data registration unit 19
It is stored and registered in the address data storage unit 20.

For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the address data storage section 20 stores information necessary for transmission of a destination name, a mail system type to which the destination belongs, and address data of the destination. Store in a format that allows easy reference and selection.

Thus, in the mail system shown in FIG.
The mail system type separated from the received mail and the mail address information can be automatically extracted and stored. When performing transmission, the transmission may be performed using a mail system (mail application) to which the mail address originally belongs.

[0019]

According to the present invention, the type of the original mail system that sent the mail is analyzed from the mail received using the gateway database, and the mail system is automatically registered with the extracted mail address of the sender. By doing so, at the time of transmission, the registered address information can be transmitted using the same mail system as the other party's mail system without reworking. Thereby, labor and cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of a mail system employing a mail address automatic registration method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a storage format in an address data storage unit in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Various mail server 12 Mail transmission / reception terminal 13 Communication part 14 Mail reception part 15 Mail document storage part 16 Mail system analysis part 17 Gateway database storage part 18 Address data extraction part 19 Address data registration part 20 Address data storage part

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A mail address automatic registration method for extracting sender address information from a received mail and automatically registering the same, extracting header information from the received mail, and displaying information indicating a relationship between the gateway and the header information. With reference to the gateway database as a group, the information added by the gateway included in the header information is removed, the type of the original mail system that sent the mail is analyzed, and then the address extracted from the header information A method of automatically registering a mail address, wherein the type of the original mail system is registered together with the information. 2. A communication means capable of handling a plurality of types of mail systems, a mail receiving means for receiving a mail from a mail server via the communication means, and a mail document storing the mail received by the mail receiving means. Storage means, a gateway database storage means for storing a gateway database, and header information extracted from the mail stored in the mail document storage means, and referring to the gateway database, the original mail system of the original mail system that sent the mail. A mail system analyzing means for analyzing a type, an address data extracting unit for extracting address data from the header information, an address data storing means for storing the address data, and the address data together with the original mail system type. Store in address storage means A mail transmitting / receiving terminal device comprising: address data registration means. 3. The mail transmitting / receiving terminal device according to claim 2, wherein the mail receiving means, the mail system analyzing means, the address data extracting means, and the address data registering means are realized by software.