JPH04349736A - Electronic mail system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify the operation and to simply protect the secrecy of an electronic mail by setting an exclusive mail box specifying a recipient so as to eliminate the need for the designation of a destination when the electronic mail to the specific destination. CONSTITUTION:The above system consists of a mail box processing section 101 specifying a recipient to process the transmission of an electronic mail whose recipient is specified, a mail box processing section 102 specifying a sender to process the reception of an electronic mail whose sender is specified, a general reception transmission mail box processing section 103 to process the reception transmission of a general electronic mail, and an ID processing section 104 to process the setting and check of a mail ID at the reception and transmission of the electronic mail. Then an electronic mail is sent from an exclusive mail box specifying the recipient and received by the exclusive mail box to specify the sender and the received and sent electronic mail is received by only a specific party.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention enables a user of an e-mail system to send an e-mail without specifying a recipient by setting a dedicated mailbox in which the recipient is specified. Relates to being able to secure certain e-mails so that no one else can view them.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in an e-mail system, when sending an e-mail, it is necessary to specify the recipient's destination. The recipient address must be specified each time an email is sent, and when sending an email to a specific recipient, the same recipient must be specified each time. The operation can be troublesome for some people.

[0003]Related patents related to this type of system include, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-151856 and Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-245735.

0004

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the above-mentioned conventional technology, when sending an e-mail to a specific recipient, the same destination must be specified each time the e-mail is sent, which caused problems in operability. . An object of the present invention is to improve operability by specifying a special mailbox with a specific recipient in addition to the general receiving and sending mailbox, thereby eliminating the need to specify the recipient when sending e-mail to a specific recipient. There is a particular thing.

[0005] Another object of the present invention is to set up a special mailbox in which recipients are specified in addition to the general incoming and outgoing mailboxes, thereby allowing users to send messages to specific recipients while using the general e-mail system as before. The aim is to protect the confidentiality of email addressed to the recipient.

[0006]

[Means for solving the problem] In order to achieve the above purpose, in an e-mail system, there is a dedicated mailbox for specifying the recipient, a dedicated mailbox for specifying the sender, and a general receiving and sending mailbox. When an e-mail is sent from a special mailbox that specifies the recipient, if the recipient has a special mailbox that specifies the sender, the sender will receive a special e-mail that specifies the sender. If a special mailbox for specifying the sender is not set, the e-mail will be received in a general mailbox for receiving and sending e-mails.

[0007]

[Operation] Since the e-mail is sent from a dedicated mailbox in which the recipient is specified, there is no need to specify the recipient's destination when sending the e-mail.

[0008] E-mails are sent from a special mailbox with a specified recipient, and are received in a special mailbox with a specified sender, and the received and sent e-mails can only be viewed by a specified person, making it easy to send and receive e-mails. E-mails can be kept confidential.

[0009]

[Embodiments] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a processing block diagram of an e-mail system to which the present invention is applied.

As shown in FIG. 1, the e-mail system 100 includes a mailbox processing unit 101 that processes the sending of e-mails with specified recipients, a mailbox processing unit 101 that processes the sending of e-mails with specified recipients, and a mailbox processing unit 101 that processes the reception of e-mails with specified senders. A mailbox processing unit 102 that specifies the sender, and a general mailbox processing unit 103 that processes general e-mail reception and transmission.
, an ID processing unit 104 that processes e-mail ID settings and checks when receiving and sending e-mails. Also, Figure 2
This is a detailed description of the ID processing unit 104 of the e-mail system 100.

The operation of the e-mail system 100 will be explained based on the operation flowchart of FIG.

[0013] When the process of sending an e-mail from a mailbox with a specified recipient is selected (box 301),
In the mailbox processing unit 101 that has identified the recipient, I
The sender ID set in the sender ID setting section 201 of the D processing section 104 is added to the mail, and the mail is sent. In the mailbox processing unit 102 that has identified the sender who received the email, the sender ID check unit 202 of the ID processing unit 104 determines whether the email has identified the sender, and then sends the email to the receiving side. It is determined whether a mailbox in which the user is specified has been set (box 302). If the sender of the email has been specified and the recipient has set up a mailbox that has specified the sender,
The message is received by the mailbox processing unit 102 that specified the sender into a dedicated mailbox that specified the sender (box 303). Furthermore, if a mailbox specifying the sender is not set on the receiving side, the mail is passed to the general receiving and sending mailbox processing section 103 and received in the general receiving and sending mailbox (box 304).

According to this embodiment, in the e-mail system, a dedicated mailbox with a specified recipient is set up, so when sending an e-mail to a specific recipient,
There is no need to specify the recipient's destination, and the operation is easy. Further, since a mailbox is set in which the recipient and the sender are specified, the e-mail cannot be viewed by anyone other than the specified person, so the confidentiality of the e-mail can be easily protected.

[0015]

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, in an e-mail system, a dedicated mailbox is set for a specified recipient, so when sending an e-mail to a specific recipient,
There is no need to specify the recipient's destination, and the operation is easy. Further, since a mailbox is set in which the recipient and the sender are specified, the e-mail cannot be viewed by anyone other than the specified person, so the confidentiality of the e-mail can be easily protected.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an e-mail system to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a detailed diagram of the ID processing section of the e-mail system 100.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an operation flowchart of the e-mail system 100.

[Explanation of symbols]

100... E-mail system, 101... Mailbox processing unit that specified the recipient, 10
2...Mailbox processing unit that identified the sender, 103...
General receiving/outgoing mailbox processing section, 104...ID processing section, 201...Sender ID setting section, 202...Sender ID checking section.

Claims (2)

[Claims] [Claim 1] An e-mail system, in which a special mailbox with a specified recipient is set in addition to a general mailbox for receiving and sending e-mails, so that e-mails can be sent without specifying the destination when sending e-mails. e-mail system. [Claim 2] In an e-mail system, in addition to the general incoming and outgoing mailbox, by setting up a special mailbox that specifies the recipient, only the specified recipient can view the e-mail. , an e-mail system characterized by being able to protect the confidentiality of specific e-mails.