JP2001273206A - Device and method for transmitting mail - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To rightly transmit the contents of prepared mail with being unconscious the language environment of receiving side equipment and performing complicated setting operation or the like as much as possible. SOLUTION: This device has a CPU 11 for judging whether a set mail address is prescribed address or not from the contents of an address and domain name register part 17 of present equipment when the mail address is set as a transmission destination, converting the text of the mail to data such as image data by an image converting part 23 as needed and transmitting these data as an attached file.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mail transmitting apparatus and a mail transmitting method which are suitable particularly when an electronic mail is frequently transmitted to an area having a different language, such as an overseas country.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, electronic mail systems using personal computers and the like have been widely and widely used. However, for example, if you want to create an email in Japanese and send it to the other party such as a Japanese language learner living in the United Kingdom in Japanese, and the terminal device used by the other party is in a Japanese environment When an e-mail is sent to a foreign country where character codes and character fonts are different, as in the case where no e-mail is sent, the contents received by the e-mail may not be displayed correctly as intended by the sender.

[0003]

As described above, particularly when mail is sent to a foreign country having a different standard language, the environment of the language used in the mail to be sent by the destination terminal device is desired. It must be known in advance that it is underneath, otherwise the content of the email may not be transmitted correctly.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its object is to perform as much as possible a complicated setting operation without being aware of the language environment of the terminal device on the receiving side. An object of the present invention is to provide a mail transmitting apparatus and a mail transmitting method capable of correctly transmitting the contents of a prepared mail without performing the above.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
Address setting means for setting an e-mail address as a destination, judgment means for judging whether or not the e-mail address set by the address setting means is a predetermined address;
It is characterized by comprising conversion means for converting the mail text into predetermined data according to the result of the determination by the determination means, and transmission means for transmitting the predetermined data obtained by the conversion means as an attached file.

With such a configuration, it is determined that if the mail is sent as it is from the destination mail address, the contents of the mail body are not transmitted correctly, and, for example, text data is automatically expanded to image data. Even if it is in a language environment different from that of the mail text created by the receiving terminal device, such as converting and sending this as an attached file, the contents of the created mail can be done without performing complicated setting operations etc. Can be transmitted correctly.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the determining means determines that at least a part of the domain of the mail address set by the address setting means is the same as that of the own mail address. It is characterized in that it is determined whether or not the address is a predetermined address based on whether or not the address is different.

With this configuration, in addition to the effects of the first aspect of the invention, the language environment of the terminal device on the receiving side is determined based on, for example, the top-level domain representing the country name, and automatically if necessary. Since the mail text is converted, it is easy to determine whether or not the conversion needs to be performed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the judging means differs from the contents in which at least a part of the domain of the mail address set by the address setting means is registered in advance. It is characterized in that whether or not the address is a predetermined address is determined based on whether or not the address is a predetermined address.

With this configuration, in addition to the effect of the first aspect of the present invention, the conversion can be performed more accurately by registering and setting in advance a mail address that requires conversion of the mail text. can do.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the conversion means notifies a plurality of options, and when one of the notified options is selected and inputted, the conversion means responds to the content. To convert the data into predetermined data.

With this configuration, in addition to the effect of the first aspect of the present invention, when the conversion of the mail text is necessary, the conversion method is executed as desired while confirming the conversion method by a simple selection operation. Can be done.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect of the invention, the conversion means includes a non-conversion in the plurality of options to be notified, and when the non-conversion is selected and inputted, It is characterized in that conversion to data is not performed.

With such a configuration, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 4, it is possible to select a mail body even when the mail body need not be converted.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the address setting means sets a plurality of destination mail addresses, and the determination means sets a plurality of mail addresses for each of the plurality of mail addresses. The conversion means determines whether or not the address is a predetermined address, the conversion means converts the mail text into predetermined data as necessary according to the result of the determination by the determination means, and the transmission means uses the conversion means to convert the mail data into the predetermined data. When it is obtained, it is sent as an attached file to the e-mail address based on the judgment result of the above judgment means,
The transmission record is left.

With this configuration, in addition to the effect of the first aspect of the present invention, even when batch transmission to a plurality of destinations is performed, the mail text is converted only for the necessary destinations, In addition, since the record remains, it is possible to confirm the transmission destination that has been converted after transmission.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided an address setting step of setting a mail address as a destination, a judgment step of judging whether or not the mail address set in the address setting step is a predetermined address. It has a conversion step of converting the mail text into predetermined data according to the result of the determination in the determination step, and a transmission step of transmitting the predetermined data obtained in the conversion step as an attached file.

According to such a method, it is determined that if the mail is sent directly from the destination mail address, the contents of the mail body are not transmitted correctly, and, for example, text data is automatically expanded to image data. Even if it is in a language environment different from that of the mail text created by the receiving terminal device, such as by converting and sending this as an attached file, the contents of the created mail can be done without performing complicated setting operations etc. Can be transmitted correctly.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a personal computer will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the circuit configuration of such a personal computer (PC) 10, in which a CPU 11 controls the operation of the entire circuit. An image photographing unit 12, a liquid crystal display unit 13, a key input unit 1
4, communication unit 15, domain name check unit 16, domain name registration unit 17, ROM 18, RAM 19, hard disk drive (HDD) 20, audio input unit 21, audio output unit 2.
2, and the image conversion unit 23 are connected.

The image photographing section 12 includes an optical lens system member and C
It comprises an image sensor such as a CD and an image processing circuit for converting an image picked up by the image sensor into digital data. The obtained image data file is stored in the hard disk device 20.

The liquid crystal display section 13 comprises a color liquid crystal panel and its driving circuit, a video RAM, a backlight device and the like, and displays and outputs image data stored in the video RAM.

The key input unit 14 includes a pointing device such as a mouse.
In response to the user's operation, the user inputs various data including the e-mail address and the e-mail text and gives a command instruction.

The communication unit 15 is composed of, for example, a modem device, and is connected to a public line network (not shown) to connect other terminal devices, various servers, and the like to the personal computer 10 and to transmit and receive electronic mail. Execute communication including.

The domain name check section 16 checks a domain name to be converted.

The domain name registration unit 17 pre-registers a domain name that is not to be converted.

The ROM 18 stores the BIOS and the like of the personal computer 10 in a fixed manner.

The RAM 19 forms a work area necessary for the operation of the CPU 11.

The hard disk device 20 stores various kinds of application software including an OS (operating system) and e-mail software and user data such as address book data, schedule data and mail data. For various application software including CD-RO
It may be installed using a recording medium such as M or downloaded from a wireless communication medium via the communication unit 15 and installed. .

The voice input unit 21 is provided with a microphone and an A / D
It consists of a converter and a voice processing circuit, etc., and inputs voice required for voice communication.

The voice output section 22 is composed of a voice synthesizing circuit, a digital sound source, an amplifier section, a speaker, and the like, converts voice data into analog data, and emits sound from the speaker.

The image converter 23 converts the text data of the mail text into image data and audio data under the control of the CPU 11.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

FIG. 2 exemplifies the contents of the operation processing when the e-mail software stored in the hard disk drive 20 is started. At the beginning of the processing, the main menu is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 13 and then ( Step A01),
One of the mode names in the menu is displayed in the key input unit 14
Waits for selection by the operation in (Step A0)
2).

FIG. 4 shows an example of the main menu displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 13 at this time. "Check address book", "Register address book", "Check schedule", "Create schedule", "Check mail", "Create mail" Each mode name such as “register domain name” ‥‥ “end” is displayed together with the mode number.

When it is determined in step A02 that one of the main menus has been selected, it is first determined whether or not the selected mode is "end" (step A03).

Here, if the selected mode is "end", the e-mail software shown in FIG. 2 is ended according to the selected content, but if not, the next selection is made. It is determined whether or not the performed mode is “domain name registration” (step A04).

If it is determined that the selected mode is "domain name registration", a new domain name is added as a domain name which is already registered in the domain name registration unit 17 and is not converted. The registration process is executed to register (step A05).

FIG. 5 exemplifies a screen in the domain name registration mode displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 13 at this time, and the already registered domain name "com (a commercial entity of the United States of America) compan
The cursor C for prompting input is displayed blinking at the next line position of "top domain indicating y))" ca (top domain indicating Canada as a country name) ". A guide message such as "Register only domain names that you do not want to convert (from text data)" is displayed.

When an arbitrary domain name is input at the position of the cursor C in such a display state, the input domain name is added to the domain name registration unit 17 in addition to the two domain names.
Is performed in step A05, and then the process returns to step A01.

If it is determined in step A04 that the mode selected from the main menu is not "domain name registration", it is next determined whether or not the mode is "mail creation" (step A06). .

Here, if it is determined that the selected mode is not the “mail creation” mode, it is not directly related to the present embodiment, and the detailed description is omitted here. A process based on the contents of the selected mode is executed (step A07), and the above-mentioned step A01 is performed again.
Return to the processing from.

When it is determined that the mode selected in step A06 is the "mail creation" mode, the flow shifts to actual mail creation processing (step A08), and waits for completion of the creation thereafter. (Step A0
9) Continue creating an e-mail composed of at least the destination of the e-mail, the title, and the e-mail text.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the contents of the e-mail created in this manner. In this case, "t" is used as the destination (To).
oh @ hot. mail. th ". Among them, the top level domain “th” at the end indicates the country name of “Kingdom of Thailand”.

However, when a specific key operation for terminating the mail creation as described above is performed and it is determined in step A09, a mail menu is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 13 in order to prompt the user to select the next created mail document. It is displayed (step A10), and waits for any of the menu items to be selected (step A11).

FIG. 7 shows an example of a mail menu displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 13 at this time.
Each menu item name of “Save end” and “End” is displayed together with the item number.

If it is determined in step A11 that any item in the mail menu has been selected, then it is determined whether or not the selected item is "transmit" (step A12).

Here, if the selected item is other than "Send", since it is not directly related to the present embodiment, the detailed description is omitted here, but the selected item is not selected. A process based on the content of the item is executed (step A15), and the process returns to the process from step A01 again.

When it is determined that the item selected in step A12 is the item of "send", the domain name of the mail address of the transmission destination is checked, and the mail text is converted if necessary according to the contents. Later (Step A
13) Then, the process proceeds to the actual mail transmission process (step A1).
4) Then, the process returns to the process from step A01.

FIG. 3 is a subroutine showing the details of the process for checking the domain name in step A13. Initially, the top level domain of the mail address of the destination and the self-registered personal computer 10 are registered. It is determined whether or not the terminal device of the other party indicated by the destination mail address is in the same language environment as the own device, based on whether or not the top drain of the mail address of the device matches (step B01).

If the two top domain names do not match and it is assumed that the terminal device of the other party indicated by the destination mail address is not in the same language environment as the own device,
Next, after confirming that any domain name is registered in the domain name registration unit 17 (step B0).
2) It is determined whether any of the domain names registered in the domain name registration unit 17 match the top-level domain of the destination mail address (step B03).

However, if it is determined in step B02 that the domain name has not been registered in the domain name registration unit 17, or if the domain name has been registered in the domain name registration unit 17, the destination If it is determined that there is no match with the top-level domain of the e-mail address, if the e-mail text of the created e-mail document is sent as it is, it is judged that the e-mail document will not be correctly processed by the destination The mail body is expanded and converted into image data by the unit 23, and the converted image data of the mail body is set as an attached file of the electronic mail (step B04), and the subroutine of FIG. 3 is completed.

When converting the mail text into image data, a facsimile data file or JBIG
(Joint Bi-level Image cod
ingexpertsGroup) file or other data format that is pre-set, but automatically sets the data format that would be more prevalent in the destination area from the email address Is also good.

Therefore, when the mail body is converted into image data and attached as a file in step B04, the transmission process is executed in step A09 following the main routine, so that the terminal device of the transmission destination becomes self-attached. Even if you do not think you are in the same language environment as the machine,
Since the body of the mail is automatically converted when necessary, the contents of the created mail can be reliably delivered to the transmission destination without performing a complicated setting operation or the like.

If it is determined in step B01 in FIG. 3 that the top-level domain of the mail address of the transmission destination matches the top drain of the mail address of the personal computer registered in the personal computer 10, or it does not match. However, if it is determined in step B03 that the top-level domain of the destination e-mail address matches one of those previously registered in the domain name registration unit 17, the other party indicated by the destination e-mail address Assuming that the terminal device is in the same language environment as its own device, the conversion to the image data is not performed in step B04, and the text of the mail in the text data is transmitted as it is.

In the above embodiment, in step B01 of FIG. 3, a case is first determined based on whether or not the top-level domain of the destination mail address matches the top-level domain of the own mail address. As described above, this makes it possible to make more effective use in an environment where the language of the home country is used only in the home country, that is, an environment like Japan.

In steps B02 and B03,
A case has been described where the determination is made based on whether or not the top-level domain of the destination mail address matches one of those registered in the domain name registration unit 17 in advance.
With this, if the destination of the e-mail is often in a different language from your home country, registering a top-level domain in the same language environment as your home country may require data conversion. Can be accurately determined.

In the above-described operation, a case has been described in which the determination of the mail address is made only in the top-level domain. However, for example, in the case where the subsidiary of the company in the home country is overseas, each of the addresses excluding the top-level domain name is excluded. It is possible that the domain name such as the server name of the company is common, in which case even the foreign company may have set the processing function of the same language as its own country. The domain name registered in 17 is not limited to the top-level domain, and a domain name of an arbitrary hierarchy in the mail address is valid.

Further, although it is effective to use at least a part of the mail address, that is, only the top level drain, the entire mail address is registered, and the registered contents are compared with the mail address of the transmission destination. It may be.

This case is effective when the destination of the e-mail outside the country is limited. If the destination of the e-mail is small, the e-mail address is registered. If there are few, the top level domain name will be registered.

In the description of the operation of the above embodiment,
When data conversion is necessary, it is automatically determined and converted to unique image data.However, even if the data is not converted, the conversion contents can be selected by the user. Is also good.

FIG. 8 shows another operation example of the present invention, which is performed in step A13 in FIG. 2 in place of the subroutine in FIG. 3 when "send" is selected in the mail menu after the mail is created. Depending on whether the top-level domain of the mail address of the transmission destination initially matches the top drain of the mail address of the personal computer registered by the personal computer 10, the other party indicated by the mail address of the transmission destination It is determined whether or not the terminal device is under the same language environment as its own device (step C0).
1).

If the two top domain names do not match, and it is assumed that the terminal device of the other party indicated by the destination mail address is not in the same language environment as its own device,
Next, guidance is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 13 to prompt the user to select the format of the mail text data to be converted (step C02), and waits for the corresponding selection operation (step C03).

FIG. 9 shows an example of a screen displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 13 at this time. For example, an explanatory note "* Since the destination domain name is different from that of the machine, there is a possibility that direct transmission is not possible *" In addition, three options of "convert to image", "convert to audio", and "do not convert" are displayed with buttons.
Further, a guidance display for prompting the user to select one of them, such as “* Please select one *”, is displayed at the bottom.

When an operation of selecting one of the buttons from the state in which the guidance display is displayed is performed by the key input unit 14, the operation is performed in step C0.
After making the determination in step 4, it is first determined whether or not the selection is conversion to an image (step C04).

If it is determined that the image is to be converted, the mail body is expanded and converted into image data by the image converter 23 in accordance with the selection operation, and the converted mail body image data is converted to image data. The file is set as an e-mail attachment file (step C05), and the subroutine of FIG. 8 is completed.

If it is determined in step C04 that the selection is not a conversion to an image, then it is determined whether or not the selection is conversion to a sound (step C04).
06).

Here, when it is determined that the voice conversion is performed,
In response to the selection operation, a voice data file is created by voice synthesis using the voice output unit 22 using text data constituting the text of the mail, and the obtained voice file is set as an attached file of the email (step C0
7) Thus, the subroutine of FIG. 8 ends.

In this case, assuming that the audio output unit 22 has the sampling sound source device and the sampling data obtained by the audio input unit 21 from the utterance of the user of the personal computer 10, the user himself reads out. Voice data with such a tone can be obtained.

Further, if it is determined in step C06 that the selection is not a conversion to voice, it is determined that no selection has been made, so that no conversion processing is performed and this conversion is not performed. The subroutine of FIG. 8 ends.

As described above, when the conversion of the mail text is necessary, the conversion method can be executed as desired while confirming the conversion method by a simple selection operation. Since this can be selected, more detailed settings corresponding to the situation of the transmission destination and the user's preference can be performed.

Further, in the above description of each operation, it is described that there is only one transmission destination. However, in the electronic mail system, it is generally possible to transmit to a plurality of transmission destinations at once. A case in such a case will also be described.

FIG. 10 shows still another example of the operation of the present invention, which is performed in step A13 of FIG. 2 in place of the subroutine of FIG. Then, among a plurality of e-mail addresses initially set as transmission destinations, whether or not at least one of the e-mail addresses registered with the personal computer 10 does not match the top drain of the own e-mail address is determined. It is determined whether or not there is a terminal device of the other party indicated by a plurality of transmission destination mail addresses that is not in the same language environment as its own device (step D0).
1).

If the top domain names do not match and it is inferred that there is a terminal device of the other party indicated by a plurality of destination mail addresses that is not in the same language environment as its own device, Then, after confirming that any domain name is registered in the domain name registration unit 17 (step D02), all the top-level domains of the unmatched destination e-mail addresses are registered in the domain name registration unit 17. It is determined whether or not it matches any of the domain names registered in (step D03).

However, if it is determined in step D02 that the domain name is not registered in the domain name registration unit 17, or if the domain name is registered in the domain name registration unit 17, If it is determined that at least one of the top-level domains of the destination e-mail address that does not match the top-level domain does not match the domain name of the domain name registration unit 17, at least one of the destinations If it is determined that the e-mail text of the created e-mail document is not transmitted correctly as it is, the e-mail text is expanded and converted into image data by the image conversion unit 23 (step D04), and the subroutine of FIG. finish.

If it is determined in step D01 that none of the plurality of e-mail addresses set as transmission destinations does not match the top drama of the own mail address, or if at least one does not match,
Although it is determined that the top-level domains of the destination e-mail addresses that did not match in step D03 are all registered in the domain name registration unit 17, they are indicated by the e-mail addresses of the destinations. Assuming that all the terminal devices on the other end are in the same language environment as the own device, the conversion to the image data in step D04 is not performed.

Thereafter, in the main routine of FIG. 2, when the processing of converting the mail text into image data is executed in step D04, the mail text converted into the image data is handled as an attached file in step A14. The e-mail is transmitted using the e-mail addresses of the destinations to be transmitted, and the fact that the main body of the e-mail has been transmitted in the form of image data is recorded as a record at these destinations.

If the conversion processing in step D04 is not executed, the mail body of the text data is sent to the mail addresses of the transmission destinations in block A14.

In this way, even if any one of the plurality of destinations set as the destination is not in the same language environment as its own device, the batch transmission to the plurality of destinations is performed. To keep a record of what data format the email was sent to,
After transmission, it is possible to confirm the destination of the conversion.

In the above-described embodiment, if any one of the plurality of destination e-mail addresses does not match any of the top domain and the registered domain name of the own e-mail address, The mail body converted to image data is sent to all of the destinations. However, the plurality of destinations are sent to the group that converts the mail body to image data and sent, and the mail body is sent without conversion. Alternatively, the mail transmission may be divided into two groups, the mail transmission may be performed twice, and the data format of the mail text transmitted for each destination may be recorded.

In this way, even when batch transmission is performed to a plurality of destinations, the mail text is converted only for the necessary destinations, and the transmission is performed in any data format for each transmission. In order to leave a record as to whether the destination has been converted, it is possible to confirm the destination of the conversion after transmission.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the case where a domain name that does not need to be converted into text data (mail text) image data or audio data is registered in the domain name registration unit has been described. A necessary domain name may be registered in the domain name registration unit. In this case, it is necessary to reverse the relationship of the decision branches in step B03 and step D03.

Further, in the above embodiment, a personal computer is used for creating and transmitting an electronic mail. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a digital mobile phone or a PHS (Personal) may be used.
Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to any mobile communication device typified by a Handyphone System (second-generation cordless telephone system) and a device that transmits an electronic mail by a communication method applied thereto.

In addition, the present invention can be variously modified and implemented without departing from the gist thereof.

[0085]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is determined that the content of the mail body is not correctly transmitted if the mail is transmitted as it is from the mail address of the transmission destination, and the text data is automatically expanded, for example. In particular, even in a language environment different from that of the mail text created by the receiving terminal device, it can be created without complicated setting operations, such as converting it to image data and sending it as an attached file. It is possible to correctly transmit the contents of the e-mail.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effects of the first aspect of the present invention, the language environment of the terminal device on the receiving side is determined based on, for example, a top-level domain representing a country name and the like. Since the mail text is converted, it is easy to determine whether the conversion is necessary.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect of the present invention, by preliminarily registering and setting an e-mail address which requires conversion of a mail body, the conversion can be performed more accurately. Can be performed.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect of the present invention, when the conversion of the mail text is necessary, the conversion method can be checked as desired by a simple selection operation. Can be executed.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the fourth aspect of the present invention, even when it is not necessary to convert the mail text, it can be selected.

According to the sixth aspect of the invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect, even when performing batch transmission to a plurality of destinations, conversion of the mail text is performed only for the necessary destinations. It is possible to confirm the transmission destination that has been converted after transmission since the recording is performed and the record remains.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, it is determined that the contents of the body of the mail are not correctly transmitted if the mail is transmitted as it is from the mail address of the transmission destination. Even if it is in a language environment different from that of the mail body created by the receiving terminal device, such as converting it to data and sending it as an attached file, the created mail can be done without performing complicated setting operations etc. Can be transmitted correctly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a personal computer according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exemplary flowchart showing operation processing contents of the e-mail software according to the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the contents of a subroutine of a domain name check process in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an exemplary view showing a display screen during operation according to the embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a view exemplifying a display screen during operation according to the embodiment;

FIG. 6 is an exemplary view showing a display screen during operation according to the embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a view exemplifying a display screen during operation according to the embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the contents of a subroutine as another operation example according to the embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a view exemplifying a display screen in another operation example according to the embodiment;

FIG. 10 is an exemplary flowchart showing the contents of a subroutine as still another operation example according to the embodiment;

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 personal computer (PC) 11 CPU 12 image photographing unit 13 liquid crystal display unit 14 key input unit 15 communication unit 16 domain name check unit 17 domain name registration unit 18 ROM 19 RAM 20 hard disk Device (HDD) 21 ... Sound input unit 22 ... Sound output unit 23 ... Image conversion unit

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. An address setting means for setting a mail address as a transmission destination, a judgment means for judging whether the mail address set by the address setting means is a predetermined address, and a judgment result by the judgment means A mail transmitting apparatus comprising: a conversion unit that converts a mail text into predetermined data in accordance with the above-mentioned item; and a transmission unit that transmits the predetermined data obtained by the conversion unit as an attached file. 2. The determining means determines whether the mail address is a predetermined address based on whether at least a part of the domain of the mail address set by the address setting means is different from the same part of the own mail address. The mail transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein 3. The determining means determines whether the mail address is a predetermined address based on whether at least a part of the domain of the mail address set by the address setting means is different from the content registered in advance. The e-mail transmission device according to claim 1, wherein: 4. The conversion means notifies a plurality of options,
2. The mail transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when one of the notified options is selected and input, the data is converted into predetermined data in accordance with the content. 5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the conversion means includes a non-conversion in the plurality of options to be notified, and does not convert the data into predetermined data when the non-conversion is selected and input. The mail transmission device described. 6. The address setting means sets a plurality of destination e-mail addresses, and the determination means determines whether or not each of the plurality of e-mail addresses is a predetermined address. Converts the text of the mail into predetermined data as necessary according to the result of the judgment by the judgment means. If the predetermined data is obtained by the conversion means, the transmission means determines the data as an attached file, and 2. The mail transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mail is simultaneously transmitted to a mail address based on the result, and the transmission record is left. 7. An address setting step of setting a mail address as a destination, a judging step of judging whether or not the mail address set in the address setting step is a predetermined address, and a judgment result in the judging step. And a transmitting step of transmitting the predetermined data obtained in the converting step as an attached file.