JP2000330882A - Electronic equipment and recording medium recording electronic mail program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily grasp an electronic mail concerned and to effectively utilize storage capacity. SOLUTION: In an electronic equipment for transmitting/receiving electronic mails, a CPU 20 previously adds self-mail ID (identification information) to a transmitting mail at the time of transmitting the mail through a communication part 23. At the time of receiving a mail, the CPU 20 judges whether the self-mail ID is added to the received mail or not, and when the self-mail ID is added, judges that the received mail is a replay mail to the transmitted mail and collectively manages the transmitted mail and the received mail based on the self-mail ID. In the case of preparing the contents of a mail on the basis of collectively managed mails, free capacity is secured by deleting the mails used for the preparation of the transmitting mail and collectively managed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic device provided with a function of transmitting and receiving an electronic mail, and a recording medium on which an electronic mail program is recorded.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, e-mail has been widely used, and e-mail software for managing transmission / reception of e-mail has various functions for facilitating the use of e-mail. One of them stores the transmitted e-mail and the e-mail received through the network, and the contents can be arbitrarily referred to thereafter. Also, the contents of the received e-mail are quoted as they are in the reply e-mail, and are also used for creating an e-mail for transmission.

[0003]

However, in the prior art, the transmitted and received e-mails are simply stored as they are. When the number of stored e-mails increases, for example, the transmitted mail and the reply It has not been possible to easily grasp which related e-mail such as the received e-mail is.

[0004] Further, even when the same content exists in a plurality of e-mails as in the case where a reply e-mail is created by citing the contents of a received e-mail, the same contents must be stored as they are, and the storage capacity is not sufficient. Even when there is no such message, it was not possible to secure the storage capacity by, for example, selectively deleting e-mails having duplicate contents.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an electronic apparatus and an electronic mail program capable of easily grasping related electronic mails and making effective use of storage capacity have been recorded. It is an object of the present invention to provide a recorded recording medium.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided an electronic device for transmitting and receiving an electronic mail, comprising: a mail transmitting unit for transmitting a mail; and a mail receiving unit for receiving a reply mail to the transmitted mail transmitted by the mail transmitting unit. A management means for managing the mail transmitted by the mail transmission means and the reply mail to the transmission mail received by the mail reception means in association with each other. In addition, related outgoing mail and received mail can be easily grasped.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit of an electronic device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The electronic device 10 is configured by a computer that reads programs recorded on various storage media, and whose operation is controlled by the read programs.

The electronic device 10 is connected to another computer 14 via a network 12 such as the Internet, for example, a server device that provides an electronic mail service, and can transmit and receive electronic mail through this server device. The electronic device 10 of the present embodiment can collectively manage transmitted and received related electronic mails.

[0010] As shown in FIG.
U20 is mutually connected with the input unit 21, the display unit 22, the communication unit 23, the storage medium reading unit 24, and the memory 26.

The CPU 20 controls the overall operation of the electronic device 10 and executes various processes by executing a program stored in the memory 26. CPU 20
By executing the e-mail program stored in the memory 26, the e-mail can be transmitted and received. Further, a management function for collectively managing the outgoing mail and the related received mail based on the electronic mail program is realized.

The input unit 21 includes a keyboard, a pointing device such as a mouse, and is used to input data and various instructions.

The display section 22 is for displaying various information, and displays a screen for creating, transmitting and receiving electronic mail by executing an electronic mail program.

The communication unit 23 controls communication with another computer 14 via the network 12 under the control of the CPU 20.

The storage medium reading section 24 has a storage medium 25 in which programs, data, and the like are recorded in advance.
This storage medium 25 is constituted by a magnetic or optical storage medium or a semiconductor memory. The storage medium 25 is fixedly provided in the recording medium reading unit 24 or is detachably mounted. The program, data, and the like stored in the storage medium 25 may be configured to be received and stored from another device connected via a communication line or the like. A storage device having a storage medium may be provided on another device side, and the program and data stored in the storage medium may be used via a communication line.

The memory 26 stores information on programs and data accessed by the CPU 20 as needed. In the present embodiment, for example, an electronic mail program 27, a self-mail address 28, a designated mail 2
9, a work area for temporarily storing work data in addition to the own mail ID maximum value 30, the mail data 31, and the like are set.

FIG. 2 shows details of the mail data 31 stored in the memory 26. The mail data 31 shown in FIG. 2 shows an example of the data format of an e-mail that is collectively managed by a management function realized based on an e-mail program. That is, based on the self-mail ID, which is identification information for identifying an e-mail to be transmitted, a received mail returned to the transmitted mail is associated and managed collectively. The own mail ID is a value (1, 2, 2, 3) for identifying each mail, in addition to information for identifying the sender of the electronic mail (omitted in the following description).
…). For example, in the example shown in FIG.
2 indicates that the received mail was received. For the outgoing mail of the own mail ID 1, data of "subject" representing the contents of the e-mail, "source / destination" data representing the source and destination, and "date / time" data representing the date and time of transmission / reception are included. , Data of “contents” which is the content of the mail. In addition to the data indicating whether the contents of the received mail have already been confirmed (“opened” and “unopened”), the “source / destination”, “date and time”, Each data is stored.

In addition, a plurality of received mails can be converted into a "collective mail" by performing a grouping process (details will be described later) on the received mail, and can be treated as one electronic mail. In the example shown in FIG. 2, the received mails 21 and 22 which are collectively managed in association with the outgoing mail of the own mail ID 2 are converted into the collective mails 21 and 22.

It should be noted that the received mails received individually, not the received mails replied to the transmitted mails, are stored as individual received mails on a case-by-case basis. "Subject", "Sender / Destination", "Date and time"
Each data of "content" is stored.

Next, an operation of transmitting and receiving an e-mail by the electronic device according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to flowcharts shown in FIGS.

First, when execution of processing relating to e-mail is input from the input unit 21, the CPU 20
Starts the e-mail program 27 stored in the storage unit 2 and displays a screen for executing processing relating to e-mail on the display unit 2.
Indicate a display finger in 2. On the screen displayed on the display unit 22, commands are provided which can instruct execution of various functions realized by executing the e-mail program 27. For example, the functions that can be executed include "Create new mail", "Check for new mail", "Display mail list", "Reply to mail", "Transfer mail", and "Send", and the corresponding buttons are set in the screen. ing.

Here, when there is an input for selecting "create new mail" from the input unit 21, the CPU 20 causes the display unit 22 to display a screen for creating a new electronic mail (step A1).

On the screen for creating an e-mail, for example, a “destination” for setting an e-mail transmission destination address, a “subject” for setting an e-mail title, and a “body” of the e-mail are displayed. A field for input is provided.

The CPU 20 inputs a subject, designates a transmission destination, and sets the contents of a mail text in response to an instruction from the input unit 21 using a screen for creating an e-mail (step A).
2, A3, A4, A5). FIG. 6A shows an example of a screen for creating an e-mail when the “body” of the new e-mail is set. After the necessary information is set in this way, when execution of transmission of an e-mail is instructed (step A
5) The CPU 20 sets a transmission date and time for the e-mail to be transmitted (step A6).

Further, the CPU 20 increases the value of the self-mail ID maximum value 30 stored in the memory 26 by 1 (step A7) so that it becomes identification information unique to the e-mail to be transmitted. The CPU 20 adds the current value of the own mail ID maximum value 30 to the e-mail to be transmitted as identification information (step A8), and
In the mail area secured in the mail data 31 of the memory 26 in correspondence with the "Subject", "Sender / Destination", "Date and time", "Content"
Are transmitted, and the transmission mail to which the own mail ID is added is transmitted via the communication unit 23 (steps A9 and A10). Once the email has been sent,
The CPU 20 sends “transmission completed” as shown in FIG.
Is displayed on the display unit 22 to notify the completion of transmission.

In this way, when sending an e-mail, in order to add the value of the own mail ID maximum value 30 while updating it, a reply mail to any e-mail is required based on the own mail ID. Can be identified.

Next, "Confirm new mail" from the input unit 21.
A case will be described where there is an input to select. In this case, the CPU 20 requests the server device to confirm the new mail through the communication unit 23 (step A16). Here, if new mail that has not been received remains in the server device (step A17), the CPU 20
One new e-mail is received through the communication unit 23 and temporarily stored in the memory 26 (step A1).
8).

The CPU 20 determines whether a self-mail ID has been added to the newly arrived electronic mail temporarily stored in the memory 26 (step A19). That is, the e-mail program operating on the receiving computer receives the e-mail with the self-mail ID added thereto, and when a reply mail to the received mail is created, the self-mail added to the received mail It is assumed that a function of adding the ID directly to the reply mail and returning the reply mail is provided.

The CPU 20 adds the own mail I to the received mail.
When D is added (step A19), the mail data 31 stored in the memory 26 is collectively stored in a mail area corresponding to the own mail ID added to the received mail (step A20). ).

For example, when an e-mail shown in FIG. 6 (a) is added with its own mail ID 1 and transmitted, and there is a received mail to which the own mail ID 1 corresponding to this transmitted mail is added, the CPU 20 In the mail area of the own mail ID 1 in the mail data 31, the data of “source / destination”, “date and time”, and “contents” of the received mail are stored as the mail 11.

On the other hand, when the own mail ID is not added to the received mail (step A1).
9) The mail data 31 is individually stored in the mail area without its own mail ID (step A21). For example, as shown in FIG.
Each data of “subject”, “source / destination”, “date and time”, and “contents” is stored.

When the CPU 20 stores the data of the received mail in a predetermined mail area of the mail data 31, for example, as shown in FIG. 6C, the message "There is a new mail from Mr. Saito. Do you want to open it?" Such a notification of the transmission source and a message inquiring whether to open (display) the mail content are displayed on the display unit 22 (step A22).

If there is no key input for opening the mail by operating the input unit 21 (step A2)
3), the CPU 20 returns to step A16 and makes a request for confirmation of a new mail to the server device via the communication unit 23 in the same manner as described above. That is, when the own mail ID is added to the received data, the mail data corresponding to the own mail ID is collectively stored in the mail area, and the own mail ID is added.
If D is not added, it is individually stored as an individual received mail. If the mail is not opened, “unopened” data is set for the received mail stored in the mail data 31.

On the other hand, if there is a key input for opening the mail by operating the input unit 21 (step A23), C
The PU 20 sets the designated mail 29 in the memory 26 as the main mail (step A24), and displays the contents of the received mail set in the main mail (step A25). For example, with the message shown in FIG.
When there is an input to select opening of the mail (for example, a key input of “Y”), the CPU 20 proceeds to FIG.
As shown in (d), the content of the received mail is displayed on the display unit 22. When the mail is opened, the received mail stored in the mail data 31 is “opened”.
Is set.

Thereafter, the CPU 20 returns to the initial state and waits for input of an instruction to execute various functions. As a result of requesting the server device to check for new mail (step A16), even if no new mail remains, the process returns to the initial state and waits for input of an instruction to execute various functions.

After the reception of the electronic mail addressed to itself stored in the server device by the new arrival mail confirmation function, the input unit 21 responds to the input for selecting the "mail list display" function. To display the mail list.

In this case, the CPU 20 reads mail data from the mail data 31 stored in the memory 26 for each mail ID (step A12).
A mark indicating whether the received mail is “unopened” or “opened”, the contents of the “subject” stored first, the number of received mails (specified ID mails) saved in a lump, and the latest mail The date and time (latest date and time) and the sender of the outgoing mail (latest mail partner) are displayed (step A13).

The CPU 20 similarly reads out data of all data stored in the memory 26 as the mail data 31 in the unit of its own mail ID and displays the contents to display a mail list (step A).
14, A12, A13).

FIG. 7A shows an example in which a mail list is displayed. In the example shown in FIG. 7A, whether the received mail is “unopened” or “opened” is indicated by a mark indicating a sealed letter, and the first and second mails are “unopened” and the third mail is displayed. This indicates that the email has been "opened". In addition, as for the e-mail whose content of the "title" displayed in the first case is "request for patent seminar participation", it indicates that there are three received e-mails to which the same self-mail ID is added.

Here, when a mail list is displayed as shown in FIG. 7 and a mail is arbitrarily specified by an operation on the input unit 21 (step A26), the CPU
Reference numeral 20 designates a designated mail 29, which designates a mail in which a plurality of mails are collectively stored, and determines whether or not it is necessary to display a sub-item representing the contents of each mail (step A27). .

If the plurality of e-mails are not the designation of the e-mails stored in a lump, the CPU 20 confirms whether or not to display the contents of the e-mails (step A35). It is read from the mail data 31 and displayed on the display unit 22 (step A36).

On the other hand, when it is necessary to display sub-items,
The CPU 20 determines whether or not there is a collective mail in the collectively stored mails (step A28). The summary mail is a mail in which the contents of a plurality of mails have been integrated into one mail by a summary process described later (FIGS. 9 and 1).
0). Note that the mail list display processing when there is a summary mail (steps A29 and A30) is as follows.
This will be described after the details of the summary mail are described.

When there is no summary mail, for example, FIG.
In the case of (a), when the first mail in which three mails are collectively stored is designated, the transmission destination, the transmission destination,
The transmission date is read from the data of “date and time”, and displayed in the left column of the sub-item list display format (step A31).

For the received mail returned to the transmitted mail, the sender is read from the “source / destination” data of the received mail stored in the mail data 31 and the transmission date is read from the “date and time” data. The sub-items are displayed in the right column in the list display format (step A32).
At this time, a mark indicating whether the received mail is “opened” or “unopened” is added.

Further, when there is another received mail,
Similarly, the sender and the date of transmission are extracted from the data of the received mail and displayed in the right column of the sub-item list display format (step A32). Hereinafter, the sender and the sending date for each of all the received mails are extracted and displayed in the right column (steps A33 and A34).

FIG. 7B shows a display example of a mail list in which sub-items are displayed. In the example shown in FIG. 7 (b), the content of the "subject" of the outgoing mail is displayed at the top, and in the left column below it, "Saito"
A display indicating that the mail has been sent to each of "Shiraishi" and "Ueda" is displayed. In the right column, “Saito” responded to “Intellectual Property Tanaka” on Jan. 8, “Shiraishi” on Jan. 10, and “Ueda” on Jan. 9 for outgoing mail. The display indicates that there was an email. In addition, it indicates that the reply mail from “Shiraishi” is “unopened”. As described above, when there is a reply mail that is “unopened”, a mark indicating “unopened” is also displayed in the list of transmitted mails displayed in the left column.

When an instruction to select an arbitrary mail is input to the mail list display in which these sub-items are displayed (steps A26, A27 to A35), the CPU 20
Confirms whether to display the contents of the mail (step A
35) If the content is to be displayed, the data of the selected mail is read from the mail data 31 and displayed on the display unit 22 (step A36). For example, FIG.
In FIG. 7B, when the item indicating the received mail from “Shiraishi” in the list of the received mails displayed in the right column is selected, as shown in FIG. Is displayed. At this time, the CPU 20 sets the mail data 3
The data of "open" is set for the corresponding mail of 1. The display of the contents of the received mail can be arbitrarily returned to the mail list display of the sub item.

As described above, when all of the received mails have been opened, the collective processing is performed on the outgoing mail and the received mail related to the common self-mail ID.
Can be integrated into one email. When the mail list of the sub item is displayed, the CPU 20 checks whether all the mails of the common self-mail ID displayed in the current list have been opened (step A37).

Here, when all the mails have been opened and there are ungrouped mails (step A
38), the CPU 20 displays a message inquiring whether or not to execute the grouping process in the sub-item mail list display (step A39). FIG. 7D shows a message inquiring whether or not to execute the summarizing process.
For example, an example of a screen on which “Do you want to perform the batch processing?” Is shown.

Here, when there is an input for instructing the execution of the collective processing (for example, a key input of “Y”), the CPU
20 adds the contents of the "subject" in the mail list display of the sub-item and the data of the outgoing mail displayed in the left column as the mail contents of the collective mail (step A40). That is, the data of the transmission mail includes the data of the transmission source, the transmission date and time, the transmission destination, and the data of the mail content.

Next, the CPU 20 adds the data of the received mail displayed in the right column of the mail list display of the sub-item as the mail content of the collective mail (step A4).
1). That is, the data of the received mail includes the data of the transmission source, the transmission date and time, the transmission destination, and the data of the mail content. Further, when there is a received mail in the right column (step A42), the CPU 20 similarly sequentially adds the data of the received mail as mail contents of the collective mail. FIG. 8 shows an example of a mail list display of sub-items when the grouping process is executed. FIG. 9 shows the contents of the mail that has been subjected to the collective processing. In the example shown in FIG. 9, the content of "subject" is displayed at the top, and mail data is added in the order of received mail and transmitted mail.

The CPU 20 corrects the data to be consolidated in the mail data 31 into the data of the mail contents that have been subjected to the collective processing (step A43). For example, in the mail data 31 shown in FIG.
2 shows that the received mail 21 and the received mail 22 to which the 2 has been added are subjected to the collective processing, and the data of the collective mails 21 and 22 including the data of the two received mails has been corrected.

It is assumed that the contents of the mail that has been processed are displayed by pointing to the part where the contents of the "subject" are displayed in the mail list display of the sub-items. When a collective mail including the contents of the outgoing mail is created, each data of the previously stored outgoing mail is deleted from the mail data 31 to store the duplicated data. May be secured.

For example, when a summary mail is created as shown in FIG. 9, when displaying a mail list of sub-items (steps A27 and A28), the CPU 20
Extracts the contents of the "subject" at the top from the contents of the summary mail and displays it at the top of the mail list, and extracts the destination and date corresponding to the sent mail from the contents of the summary mail, The item is displayed in the left column in the list display format (step A29). The CPU 20
Extracts the transmission destination and transmission date corresponding to the received mail from the contents of the summary mail, and displays them in the right column in the sub-item list display format (step A30). As a result, as in the case where there is no summary mail, FIG.
A mail list of sub-items as shown in (b) can be displayed.

Next, a case where an input for selecting "mail reply" or "mail transfer" is made from the input unit 21 will be described (steps A44, A47). In this case, CP
U20 determines whether or not the content of the received mail is currently displayed (steps A45 and A4).
8). If the content of the mail is displayed, the CPU 20
A screen for creating an e-mail is displayed, and in the case of an e-mail reply, the reply source (send destination) of the e-mail is set as the source of the received e-mail (step A46). (Step A4)
9).

The CPU 20 sets the transmission source to itself (step A51), and quotes by copying the previous contents (the original received mail to be returned) to the current mail contents (step A51). A52), input unit 2
The mail content of the new part is additionally input by the operation for 1 (step A53). For example, when the grouping process is performed on the received mail, the grouped mail that has been grouped becomes the original received mail to be returned.

FIG. 10 shows an example of the contents of a transfer mail created based on the summary mail. FIG.
In the example shown in FIG. 5, "Yamaguchi" is set as the mail transfer destination, and the mail content "Participants in each group are as follows" is newly added. The contents other than the newly added mail contents are the contents of the previous time.

When the mail content is additionally input and transmission execution is instructed (step A54), the CPU 20
Sets the transmission date and time of the e-mail to be transmitted (step A55).

The CPU 20 determines whether or not the original mail has its own mail ID (step A).
56) If not added, the value of the maximum self-mail ID 30 stored in the memory 26 is incremented by 1 (step A57), so that it becomes identification information unique to the e-mail to be transmitted. The CPU 20 adds the current value of the own mail ID maximum value 30 to the transmitted e-mail as identification information (step A58). CPU 20
Transmits the updated mail content via the communication unit 23 (step A59).

At this time, the CPU 20 displays a mail list, displays a message inquiring whether or not to execute the collective processing on the updated mail contents, and inputs an answer to the message (step A59). .

FIG. 11A shows an example of a mail list display after the mail contents created based on the collective mail are collectively stored based on the own mail ID. FIG.
In the example shown in FIG. 1 (a), for a mail created based on a summary mail, a display column is provided on the right side of the received mail list display, and a source, a destination, a transmission date and time are displayed. I have.

Here, when there is an input for instructing the execution of the grouping process (for example, a key input of "Y") (step A60), the CPU 20 deletes the previous mail from the mail data 31 (step A61). ), New mail contents are additionally inputted and the updated mail contents are transferred to the mail data 31.
(Step A62).
That is, since the updated mail contents include the contents of the previous mail, even if the previous mail is deleted, the contents can be obtained from the updated mail contents. Therefore, by deleting the previous mail content that is completely duplicated with the updated mail content,
Increase the free storage capacity of

As described above, in the case where the transmission is performed by citing the previous mail that has been subjected to the batch processing, the original mail is not unconditionally deleted, but whether or not the mail contents are duplicated is determined. May be checked, and the original mail may be deleted according to the result. That is, if the contents of the previous mail and the contents of the transmitted mail are the same, the mail is deleted, and if the contents are different, the mail is not deleted. When deleting a mail, for example, a message inquiring the user of the deletion may be displayed, and the mail may be sequentially deleted according to an instruction from the user. Also, the deleted mail data may be separately stored in another storage area, for example, another storage medium.

The display format of the mail list shown in the above description is an example, and is a format in which the relationship between a plurality of sent mails and received mails stored collectively based on the own mail ID can be identified. Any other format may be used.

As described above, in the electronic device according to the present embodiment, the self-mail ID is added to the outgoing mail, so that when the mail with the self-mail ID is received, the mail is transmitted first. This is a reply to the e-mail, and the contents of the e-mail are related, and can be collectively managed based on the own e-mail ID. By displaying the mail list of the collectively managed e-mails, the relation between the transmitted e-mail and a plurality of reply e-mails to the transmitted e-mail can be easily grasped, for example, as shown in FIG. 7B. In addition, by performing collective processing on the mails managed collectively, the mail contents can be integrated into one mail (collective mail). When the mail contents are integrated by the collective processing, there are individual outgoing mails and received mails that overlap with the contents of the collective mail, and these mails with duplicated mail contents should be deleted from the memory area of the mail data 31. Can be. As for the contents of the deleted mail, there is no problem because the contents of the summary mail can be referred to. And by deleting emails with duplicate email content, you can secure enough free space,
The limited storage capacity can be used effectively.

[0066]

As described above, according to the electronic apparatus of the present invention, the outgoing mail and the reply mail to this outgoing mail are managed collectively, so that a list of the mails managed collectively is displayed. By doing so, the related e-mail can be easily grasped. Also, by integrating the mails managed collectively into one mail, it is possible to delete individual mails with duplicated mail contents. Can be used effectively.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit of an electronic device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing details of mail data 31 stored in a memory 26;

FIG. 3 is an exemplary flowchart for explaining a part of the operation of transmitting and receiving an e-mail by the electronic apparatus of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an exemplary flowchart for explaining a part of the operation of transmitting and receiving an e-mail by the electronic apparatus of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an exemplary flowchart for explaining a part of the operation of transmitting and receiving an e-mail by the electronic apparatus of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a view showing an example of a display screen when an operation of transmitting and receiving an e-mail is performed.

FIG. 7 is a view showing an example of a display screen when an e-mail transmission / reception operation is performed.

FIG. 8 is a view showing an example of a display screen when an e-mail transmission / reception operation is executed.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of a mail that has been subjected to a grouping process.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of a mail that has been subjected to a grouping process.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen when an operation of transmitting and receiving an e-mail is performed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Electronic equipment 12 ... Network 20 ... CPU 21 ... Input part 22 ... Display part 23 ... Communication part 24 ... Storage medium reading part 25 ... Storage medium 26 ... Memory 27 ... E-mail program 28 ... Self-mail address 29 ... Designated mail 30: Maximum value of own mail ID 31: Mail data

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An electronic device for transmitting and receiving an electronic mail, a mail transmitting unit for transmitting a mail, a mail receiving unit for receiving a reply mail to the transmitted mail transmitted by the mail transmitting unit, An electronic device, comprising: a managing unit that manages a mail and a reply mail to the transmitted mail received by the mail receiving unit in association with each other. 2. The mail sending means adds identification information to each sent mail, sends the sent mail, stores the sent sent mail, and the management means receives the sent mail by the mail receiving means. When the identification information of each of the transmission mails is added to the reply mail, the transmission mail and the reply mail stored by the mail transmission means having the same identification information are managed in association with each other. Item 6. The electronic device according to Item 1. 3. A display which associates and manages the outgoing mail transmitted by the mail transmitting unit with the information on the reply mail to the transmitted mail received by the mail receiving unit, and displays the list in association with each other and managed by the managing unit. 2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: means. 4. An e-mail creating means for creating an outgoing e-mail using an e-mail managed by the managing means in association with the e-mail sending means. An electronic device comprising: a mail deleting unit that stores the transmitted mail and deletes the mail managed in association with the transmitted mail. 5. A computer, comprising: a mail transmitting unit for transmitting a mail; a mail receiving unit for receiving a reply mail to the transmitted mail transmitted by the mail transmitting unit; a mail transmitted by the mail transmitting unit; A recording medium in which an e-mail program is recorded for functioning as a managing means for managing a reply mail corresponding to the transmitted mail received by the means in association with the reply mail.