JPS58111461A - Temporarily stopping system for mail box access - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify the time monitoring function of a host computer, comparing and processing a date of request and a designated date, when the stop request or stop release request of mail box access is given from the user. CONSTITUTION:An access stop date of a mail box 22 is designated from the user and a temporary stop is requested, then its request information is inputted to a monitor processing section 24 via a request processing section 23. A processing section 24 compares the present date from a clock 25 with a designated date included in request information. As a result of comparison, when the present date does not reach the designated date, a flag of a status display part 26 corresponding to the designated mail box is set to a stop state, and when reaches the designated date, the flag is set to the stop state. When an access request exists from the user to the box 22, the request is inputted to an access processing section 21. The section 21 inquires the state of box to the processing section 24, the designated date stored in the display 26 and the present date are compared, and when the date reaches the designated date, the access is received, and when not reaching, the access is waited for.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (1) Technical field of the invention The present invention provides an access temporary suspension system KIi for email access.
lL, 41) In the K e-mail system, in response to ** from the user, e-mail access is temporarily suspended or the suspension is canceled, and the e-mail access is temporarily suspended. Regarding the method.

(2) Background of the Technology An electronic mail system uses a mail area called a mailbox provided for each user, that is, an electronic file, for exchanging, sending and receiving mail such as various messages or data. In such an e-mail system, when one user sends an e-mail to another user, it is necessary to send an e-mail from the sending user's terminal to the receiving user's mailbox in the host computer. The mail is received by inputting the mail and by the user on the receiving side accessing his own mail-box, for example, periodically, from his own terminal and reading out the input mail-box. In addition, as one of the services in the e-mail system, it is possible for the user to temporarily suspend access from other users to his or her own email account at a specified date and time, or to cancel the suspension. There is a temporary access suspension service for nine mails.

(3) Prior Art and Problems Conventionally, when a user has specified a date and time to suspend or unpause email access, the host combinator of the email system has to wait until after receiving the specified date and time. For example, the periodic KjJ visibility is constantly monitored, and if the current date and time reaches the specified date and time, the user's email suspends or cancels the suspension of TxB access.

However, in the conventional method, if there are many requests from users to suspend or cancel temporary suspension, the amount of processing required to constantly monitor the date and time is extremely large. There is an inconvenience in that a portion of the capacity is wasted for this monitoring, resulting in so-called "overhead".

(4) Purpose of the Invention In view of the problems with the conventional type described above, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for temporarily suspending email access, and to respond to requests for suspension from users, requests for cancellation of suspension, and email access to email I-Tux. Based on the concept of time comparison at the time of access request, periodic constant time monitoring is required! The objective is to simplify the time monitoring function of the host combination Hana-Yu, etc. by eliminating the processing overhead of the host combination Hana-Yu, etc.

(5) Structure and object of the invention According to the present invention, an e-mail system suspends or unsuspends access to Txx in response to a request from a user at a date and time specified in the request. In the Tsukunu access temporary suspension method, when a user requests suspension or cancellation of suspension, the date and time at the time of the request is compared with the specified date and time, and if the requested date and time do not differ from the specified date and time, the respective email is sent to Tsukunu. If the request date and time reaches the specified date and time, the line will be in the suspended or suspended state, respectively, and if the user requests access to Mail Tox, the line will be in the stopped or waiting to be stopped state. For example, compare the access request time and the specified time, and then check 41! This is achieved by providing a temporary suspension method for mail access, which is characterized in that if the request time reaches a specified i point, the mail is set to a suspended or suspended state, respectively.

(6) Example of issuance The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

Figure 1 shows a schematic configuration of an e-mail system for implementing a method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In Oka II, 1 host company: I-Shi-1, 2 is the exchange and communication network (111M network, 3 and 4 are user terminals, respectively, 5 and AA-T- are each user 3 and 4
This is a mail area set up in response to.

In the jlllllIO system, for example, when a user of the terminal 3 sends an e-mail such as a message to a loser of Shizusuefuku, the user inputs an e-mail including destination information and a message from the terminal 3, and an :iY node.

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The email terminal 3 and the mail area 5 corresponding to the armpit terminal 3 are connected via the IA and the communication network 2, and the input email is temporarily stored in its own mail area 5, and then sent from the email area 5 to the addressee. The message is forwarded to the mail area 6 of the user. The mail thus stored in the mail area 6 corresponding to the terminal user is transmitted to the terminal 4 when the terminal user inputs a predetermined read command and accesses the terminal 4, for example, periodically.

FIG. 2 shows a processing system installed in, for example, a host computer for temporarily suspending and canceling mail access in the above-mentioned electronic mail system. Such a system can be realized by a combination of each processing section in hardware, but it can also be realized by ZOLOGRA-5 which performs the operation of each processing section. In Figure 2, 21 is a mail access processing unit, 22 is a mailbox stored in a large-capacity storage device, etc., and 23 is a mailbox that accepts requests for suspending and canceling suspension of mail access and takes necessary actions. 24 is a mail & mail status monitoring processing section, 25 is a clock, and 26 is a status II status monitoring section.

In the system shown in Figure 2, the status of the mailbox is normal, that is, the state in which access is being accepted, the state in which access reception is stopped (hereinafter referred to as "suspended"), and the state in which it is stopped when the specified date and time is reached. A standby state (hereinafter simply referred to as "stop time"), and a pause release wait state in which the access is no longer temporarily suspended when the specified date and time is reached! (hereinafter simply referred to as "when the suspension is released") 411 (hereinafter simply referred to as "when the suspension is released") is set up and the mail manages the Tx.

That is, when a user specifies the date and time of suspension and sends an e-mail requesting the temporary suspension of the service, the core request information is input to the request processing section 23. The request processing unit 23 inputs the request information to the e-mail status rainbow vision processing unit (hereinafter simply referred to as the monitoring processing unit) 24, and the monitoring processing unit 24 inputs the current date and time from the clock 25 and the information included in the request information. and the specified date and time. As a result of this comparison, if the current date and time has not reached the specified date and time, the flag in the status display section 26 corresponding to the specified mail is set to the state at the time of stopping, and if it has reached the specified date and time, the nuclear 7 lag is stopped. Set it to the state. Note that the 7 lags in the status display section 26 are, for example, 2 lags for each email.
The pits are provided in the above four states.

When the user specifies a date and time and requests to cancel the temporary suspension of the email box, the current date and time are compared with the specified date and time in the same way as described above, and if the current date and time has not reached the specified date and time, the status is displayed in S26. The flag inside is set to be the time when the stop is released, and if it has been reached, the normal state is set.

Furthermore, when a user requests to access TUX, that is, to write an email to a mailbox or read out an email, the request is input to the TUX access processing unit (hereinafter simply referred to as the access processing unit) 21. be done. The access processing unit 21 executes the monitoring processing unit 2 in response to the request.
In the monitoring process s24, which adjusts the status of the mailbox corresponding to step 4, if the status information indicates the time of suspension or the time of release of suspension, it is stored in the status display section 26 and the specified date and time, that is, the date and time of suspension. Or, compare the cancellation date and time with the current date and time, and if the current date and time has not reached the specified date and time, the status of the status display section 26 will remain the same as when stopped or stopped, and if it has reached the specified date and time, it will be in the stopped or normal state, respectively. shall be. After that, the access processing unit 21
The email displayed on the IM display s26 is received via the status information of the box. If the received status information indicates the normal status, the access processing unit 21 accesses the mailbox 22, and if the status information indicates that the mailbox 22 is stopped, it notifies the user's terminal that the mailbox 22 is stopped.

Through such processing, it is possible to cause the mailbox state to change and to deny or accept the access request.

(7) Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, there is no need to constantly monitor time periodically, and time consumption is only performed when a user requests suspension, cancellation of suspension, or access request. a
Since the time monitoring function of the host combiator can be simplified, the waste of processing power due to constant monitoring can be reduced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block circuit diagram showing an example of an e-mail system used to implement the method of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows processing for a mailbox temporary stop request, etc. in the system of FIG. This is an explanatory diagram showing a processing system for carrying out the processing. 1... Host controller, 2... Exchange and communication network, 3, 4... Terminal, 5.6... Mail area,
21...The email is sent to the Tux access processing unit, 22...
Mail is Tux, 23...Request processing section, 24...Mail l Tux status viewing processing section, 25...Clock, 26.
...Status display section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] Temporary suspension of access to Mail in an e-mail system where access to Mail is suspended or the suspension is canceled at the date and time specified by #i in the request in response to a request from a user. In this method, when there is a suspension request or suspension cancellation request from a user, the date and time at the time of the request is compared with the specified date and time, and if the request date and time does not differ from the specified date and time, an email is sent when Tsukunu is suspended or suspended. If the request date and time are different from the specified date and time, it will be considered as suspended or a suspension cancellation request, respectively, and when a user requests access to the mailbox, the friend will request access to the status of suspension cancellation samurai. Compare the time and the specified time, and if the access request time is different from the specified time, #i will be suspended or suspension cancellation letter 1, respectively. great