JP2002351800A - Mail data processor, mail data processing method, program code and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mail data processor which can transfer and integrate mail data which are practically impossible among a plurality of PCs especially in remote places by a simple operation, and to provide the processing method, a program code and a storage medium. SOLUTION: Mail data whose preservation is designated is preserved (S308). When deletion is designated, mail data matched with a deletion condition is deleted between mail data A and B (S309). When the multiple types of data formats of mail data A and mail data B exist, the format is converted in accordance with the format selected by an operator (S312). Distribution setting data by the overlap part of mail data A and mail data B, address book data and the overlap part of text data are deleted (S314, S316 and S318). The notifying objects of a mail address change are enumerated from an address book and mail text data and they are preserved (S320).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mail data processing apparatus and method for processing mail data, a program code, and a storage medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, a service (so-called Web mail service) has been provided in which mail received by a server on the Internet is stored and the mail can be browsed by a browser or the like. At present, there are a mail service that limits the disk capacity for mail data per user with a free charge, and a mail service that allows a larger disk capacity than a free service with a charged charge.

[0003] At present, since the disk unit price per capacity is falling, it is considered that the service fee of the Web mail service is reduced and the disk capacity is further increased. Taking into account the fact that mobile terminals that can read e-mail are becoming more and more popular and the spread of data centers and ASPs, in the future, personal e-mail will be used not only for private use but also for business use. It is expected that the use of the Web mail service will increase more than the storage of the mail on the disk described in (1).

[0004] Even when the Web mail service is not used, the mail data stored in one's own PC and the mail data stored in another PC at a remote place connectable by a communication line are stored. Sometimes you want to integrate.

Further, there are cases where a plurality of mail accounts are used on one's own PC or a plurality of mail software are used on one's own PC, and it is desired to integrate the plurality of mail data.

On the other hand, a free mail transfer service has recently been provided, and it has become possible to transfer mail satisfying specific conditions such as transferring a specific sender's mail to another mail server.

[0007]

However, according to the prior art, there are the following problems when a plurality of existing mail data are migrated and integrated.

As a first problem, a user has already accumulated a large amount of mail data on a disk of a PC owned by the user, and it is necessary to transfer a substantial part of these data to an integrated mail such as a Web mail. is there. However, there is no means for easily transferring this large amount of mail data. It takes enormous effort to manually transfer one by one and try to migrate. In particular, when using multiple accounts on a single PC, when using a desktop PC and a notebook PC together in a company, or when integrating mail data of a home PC with mail data of a company PC, the problem is further increased. Become serious.

As a second problem, there is no means for classifying data to be migrated to an integration destination such as a Web mail service and the like, which is to be converted into text and stored on a disk of the own PC or data which may be deleted. . If unnecessary data is migrated, more disk capacity is required for Web mail, so the fee increases and the load on the network at the time of migration increases. In some cases, uncategorized mail data may be classified at the time of migration, but there is no means for classification at the time of migration.

As a third problem, even if migration means and classification means are provided, in many cases, mail data is distributed to a PC owned by a user in a company, a PC at home, a portable terminal, or the like. There are many duplicated mail data such as mails transferred between these PCs and mail magazines which have been received repeatedly by these PCs, and these duplicates are deleted. There is no means. When one mail is transferred between these PCs, a total of three times as much disk space as the original data, the data at the time of transmission, and the received data at the transfer destination is required. However, especially when the data of the e-mail magazine is duplicated, the subscription period may differ depending on the PC or mobile terminal,
If only a mail magazine in a specific PC is left, a part of mail data may be lost.

As a fourth problem, when a plurality of mail data are integrated into one, it is necessary not only to transfer transmission / reception data but also to integrate an address book and mail distribution settings. There is no easy way to integrate. Matching the contents of a plurality of address books and a plurality of distribution settings takes a considerable amount of time when the number of registrations is large. In addition, when the same name has a different mail address or when the distribution conditions are slightly different with similar distribution settings, it may not be known which one to leave or both of them to use.

As a fifth problem, when integrating a plurality of mail accounts into one, it is necessary to notify a change in the mail address. At this time, it takes considerable time and effort to list the notification destinations of the change of the e-mail address without omission, but means for mechanically creating a list of notification destinations is not provided. Simply sending a notification e-mail to a person registered in the address book occasionally sends and receives e-mails, but a person who is not registered in the address book leaks because the "reply button" is used.

As a sixth problem, even when the mail transfer service is used, a large number of untransferred mails remain in the transfer source mail if conditions are set for the transferred mails. Also, when transferring all cases,
For example, if the same mail magazine is subscribed at the transfer source and the transfer destination, data duplication occurs.

Further, as a seventh problem, there is a problem of sorting unallocated mails received before setting mail sorting. At present, it is necessary to manually move the data received before the distribution setting to the distribution destination folder one by one. If the past minutes are not classified, the number of received mails in the main reception folder (InBox) becomes too large at the time of starting the mail, and it takes time to display the contents of the mail, and the usability is deteriorated.

In some cases, it is necessary to integrate a plurality of mail servers into one in order to reduce management man-hours including security measures and to change the organization in a company or the like. , A much larger-scale migration work was required when integrating than an individual, and it was even more difficult to sort and organize mail data during the migration than it was for an individual. . In this case, the mail server stores mail data classified for each of a large number of mail accounts.

As described above, it is expected that the number of cases in which transmission / reception data is stored in the mail server after transmission / reception will increase in the future. This is because security management and backup are easier than in the case where personal mail data is stored in each PC, confidential leakage and use of private mail can be suppressed by restricting deletion of sent / received mail, and hard disk This is because the unit price per capacity has dropped dramatically.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and in particular, makes it possible to easily integrate mail data migration and integration which was practically impossible between a plurality of PCs between remote locations. An object of the present invention is to provide a mail data processing apparatus and method, a program code, and a storage medium.

[0018]

In order to achieve the object of the present invention, for example, a mail data processing apparatus of the present invention has the following arrangement.

That is, there are provided input means for inputting mail data, instructing means for instructing conditions for classifying mail data, and classification means for classifying the mail data based on an instruction from the instruction means.

The instruction means further designates at least one of mail data to be deleted, mail data not to be deleted, and mail data to be stored, and the classifying means further comprises an instruction designated by the instruction means. The mail data is processed by the input means based on the content.

Further, a converting means for judging whether or not the format of the mail data inputted by the input means is a plurality of kinds, and converting the format of the mail data into a predetermined format when there are a plurality of kinds is provided. Prepare.

Still further, there is provided a distribution setting data duplication determining means for comparing the distribution setting data included in the mail data and judging an overlap, and the classification means further comprises: Deletion of the duplication by the judgment means.

Still further, there is provided address book data duplication determining means for comparing address book data included in the mail data to determine duplication, wherein the instruction means is determined by the address book data duplication determining means. At least one of an instruction as to whether or not to delete the duplicated portion or an instruction as to whether or not to save the duplicated portion, and the classifying means determines the address book data based on the instruction content instructed by the instructing means. Process.

Further, there is provided mail text data duplication determining means for comparing mail text data included in the mail data to determine duplication, and the classification means deletes duplication by the text data duplication determining means. I do.

Further, a notification destination list is created by listing in a list the notification targets of the mail address change using the address book data included in the mail data.
The information processing apparatus further includes a creation unit that creates a notification mail for the notification target.

In order to achieve the object of the present invention, for example, a mail data processing device of the present invention has the following configuration.

That is, the input means for inputting mail data and the determination means for judging whether or not the format of the mail data input by the input means is plural and indicating that there are plural data formats are provided. Prepare.

Further, the apparatus further comprises display means for displaying the existence of the plural types of data formats indicated by the determination means.

[0029] Further, there is further provided a means for correcting mail data of a plurality of data formats.

[0030]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment in which a mail data processing device of the present invention is applied to a mail data transfer and integration device will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[First Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of an entire system including a mail transfer integration device according to this embodiment.

The information processing apparatus A 101, the information processing apparatus B 103 and the mail transfer integration apparatus 100 are connected via the network 200. Information processing devices A101, B1
Reference numeral 03 includes a processing unit, a memory, an input unit, and an output unit for display, print, and communication, like a general PC or workstation. In the memory, a program for executing a processing procedure shown in a control flow described later and temporary data are stored. Information processing devices A101, B10
External storage devices 102 and 104 such as a hard disk drive are connected to 3 respectively. In addition, the form of the network does not matter. That is, the network 200 may be the Internet, a WAN, a LAN, or a dedicated line. The information processing apparatus A101 and the information processing apparatus B103 also exchange mail with a device (not shown) via the network, and the mail is accumulated in each information processing apparatus.

The information processing apparatus A101 has mail software A
105, mail data A is stored in the external storage device 102 of the information processing apparatus. Similarly, the information processing device B10
2 stores mail software B 106, and mail data B is stored in the external storage device 104 of the information processing apparatus. The mail software A105 and the mail software B106 operate on the memories of the information processing devices A101 and B103, respectively, at the time of operation, and mails transmitted and received by the respective information processing devices are stored in the external storage devices A102 and B104, respectively. An image display device 300 configured by a CRT, a liquid crystal screen, or the like is connected to the mail transfer integration device 100.

The mail transfer integration device 100 includes a receiving unit 107 that receives mail data A transmitted from the information processing device A 101 and mail data B transmitted from the information processing device B 102, and a mail data that stores the received mail data. The storage unit 108 and a deletion data specifying unit 10 for specifying mail data to be deleted from the received mail data.
9, an unnecessary data deleting unit 110 that deletes the mail data specified by the deletion data specifying unit 109, and a mail data converting unit 11 that performs a later-described conversion on the mail data.
1, a file storage specifying unit 112 that specifies data to be stored in a file such as a past e-mail magazine,
A file storage unit 113 for executing file storage, a file storage unit 114 for storing a file (storage file) instructed to be stored by the file storage unit 113, a duplicate data deletion unit 115 for deleting duplicate mail data,
The classification unit 117 for classifying the mail data, the notification list extraction unit 119 for creating a notification list for notifying the change of the mail address accompanying the migration of the mail data, and the classified mail data in the mail data storage unit 121 ( E-mail data storage unit 120 to save (as e-mail data C)
And a function of a mail data transmission unit 122 for transmitting the stored mail data to the outside via the network 200.

The duplicate data deletion unit 115 includes a duplication determination unit 116 that determines duplication of mail distribution settings and a duplication address determination unit 118 that determines duplication of address data in the address book. In order to sort received mail into folders, using at least the subject and sender as keys, in addition to the body data consisting of the subject, the sender, and the body of the mail, the mail data must be at least the mail data. Is included.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a basic configuration of the mail transfer integration device according to the present embodiment.

Reference numeral 21 denotes a CPU, a RAM 22 and a ROM 23.
In addition to controlling the entire apparatus using the programs and data stored in the
Steps of each processing in the present apparatus shown in FIG.

Reference numeral 22 denotes a RAM, which includes a hard disk 28 and a C
An area for temporarily storing programs and data read from the D-ROM drive 29;
An area (work area) used when the U21 executes various processes is also provided.

A ROM 23 stores programs and data for performing control procedures for controlling the entire apparatus shown in FIGS. 3, 9, 10, and 14, and also stores a boot program for starting the apparatus.

Reference numeral 24 denotes a LAN adapter, which functions as an interface for transmitting and receiving various data to and from the network 200 described above.

A video adapter 25 functions as an interface with the image display device.

Reference numeral 26 denotes a keyboard for inputting various instructions to the apparatus. A mouse 27 can similarly input various instructions to the apparatus.

Reference numeral 28 denotes a hard disk, which is converted from a CD-ROM as a storage medium (not shown) to a CD-ROM drive 29.
To save programs and data to be installed. Further, when the size required for the above-mentioned work area exceeds the size of the RAM 22, the excess work area can be provided as a file.

Reference numeral 29 denotes a CD-ROM drive having a function of reading programs, data, and the like stored in a CD-ROM as a storage medium.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a bus connecting the above-described units. or,
The present embodiment is not limited to this. For example, in addition to the CD-ROM drive 29 as a drive for reading a program or data from a storage medium, a program, data, or the like may be read from a storage medium such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk or a DVD. May be further provided.

In the system of the present embodiment having the above configuration, when the mail data transmitted from each of the information processing apparatuses A101 and B103 is migrated and integrated by the mail migration integration apparatus 100, the processing performed by each apparatus is described. explain.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the processing of each of the mail transfer integration device 100 and the information processing devices (information processing device A 101 and information processing device B 103) in the present embodiment.

First, in step S301, an information processing apparatus (information processing apparatus A101, B10
3) for the CPU of the mail migration integration device 100
A mail data transmission request is issued from 21 via the LAN adapter 24. This may be, for example, an FTP session establishment and a GET command.

On the other hand, the processing unit of the information processing apparatus
At 302, the mail data stored in the external storage device 102 is copied (extracted) to the hard disk of the information processing device based on the mail data transmission request from the mail migration integration device 100. Then, the mail data copied in step S303 is transmitted to the mail migration integration device 100.

In S304, the mail migration integration device 100
The mail data transmitted from the information processing apparatuses 101 and 103 via the LAN adapter 24 is received. Then, the mail data received in step S305 is stored in the hard disk 28. At this point, the hard disk 28 stores the mail data A and B (the information processing devices A101 and B, respectively).
103) is stored.

Next, in step S306, the mail data deletion designation screen shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the screen display device 300 connected to the mail migration integration device 100. The screen shown in the figure is a screen for inputting a condition unnecessary for the transition. These conditions are input using the keyboard 26 and the mouse 27, and the input conditions are stored in the RAM 22. When the “deletion exclusion designation” button at the lower left of FIG. 4 is pressed, the screen shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the screen display device 300. The screen shown in the figure is a screen for designating a condition of a mail to be an exception to the deletion processing. If the conditions of deletion designation and deletion exclusion designation overlap, the deletion exclusion designation has priority. The user inputs the conditions of mail data to be saved as a file on a screen similar to the screen shown in FIG.
The data to be deleted, the data not to be deleted, and the data to be stored are specified. Then, the contents of the instruction are stored in the RAM 22.
To store.

If it is determined in step S307 that deletion or saving of data has been designated, the process proceeds to step S308, and the mail data designated to be saved is saved on the hard disk 28 as a file. Step S30
If the deletion is designated in step S6, the mail data corresponding to the deletion condition among the mail data A and B is deleted in step S309.

Next, the data formats of the mail data A and the mail data B separately stored in the hard disk 28 are compared in a step S310, and in a step S311 it is determined whether or not a plurality of formats included in the mail data A and B are included. to decide. In the case of plural types, the processing is performed in step S
The process moves from step 311 to step S312, and step S31
In step 2, these formats are displayed on the image display device 300, and a message prompting selection of which format to unify is displayed. Then, the format of the mail data is converted according to the format designated and selected by the operator using a key, a mouse or the like.

Next, in step S313, the mail data A
Is compared with the mail distribution setting data of the mail data B, and the overlap is determined. Then, in step S314, the distribution setting data for the overlap determined in step S313 is deleted. Specifically, any of the mail data A and B is deleted.

Next, at step S315, the mail data A
Is compared with the address book data of the mail data B to determine the overlap. This overlapping portion is, for example, an overlapping portion in a mail address portion or a name portion. If there is an overlapping portion, the screen shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the screen display device 300. An area 1000 is an area where address book data in the mail data A is described, and an area 1001 is an area where address book data in the mail data B is described. Areas 1000 and 1001 are provided with delete buttons 1000a and 1001a, respectively. Pressing this button with the mouse 27 deletes the address book data described in the area where the button is provided. . By pressing the “Save Both” button 1002 in FIG.
The address book data described in both areas is stored. Then, by pressing the button of “next matching address” 1003 using the mouse 27, the next overlapping portion is displayed in the respective areas 1000 and 1001. As described above, the overlap is deleted in step S316.

Next, in step S317, the body text data of the mail is classified using the reception date as a key. The body data includes the subject, the sender, the body of the mail, and may also include an attached file. Then, the mail body data determined to be duplicated in step S318 is deleted.

Next, in step S319, a notification target of the mail address change is searched from the address book and the mail text data. In step S320, the notification targets searched are listed in a list format and stored in the RAM 22 as a notification list. In step S321, the integrated mail data classified by the above-described processes and from which duplicates have been deleted are stored in the RAM.
22. When the integrated mail data is stored in another remote information processing device in step S322, the process proceeds from step S322 to step S323, and the integrated mail data is transferred via the communication line (the network 200 in FIG. 1) in step S323. The information is transmitted to the information processing device at the storage destination. If the integrated mail data is not to be transmitted, the process ends.

Next, the details of the notification target search processing (step S319) will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a detailed part of the first half of the process of extracting the notification list in this embodiment. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the detailed part of the second half of the process of extracting the notification list in this embodiment. It is a flowchart shown. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display screen at the time of notification list extraction processing in the present embodiment, and FIG. 8 is a view showing a list confirmation screen at the time of notification list extraction processing in the present embodiment.

First, in step S1301, the notification destination list stored in the hard disk 28 is initialized. Then, the screen shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the screen display device 300,
When the “OK” button is pressed by the mouse 27, the selected value of the notification destination is read into the RAM 22 in step S1302. Next, if “notification” is selected for “the other party registered in the address book” by the notification destination selection value read into the RAM 22 in step S1303, the process proceeds to step S1304 and the hard disk 28 And reads the address book data of the classified and integrated mail data stored in the list and adds it to the notification destination list. on the other hand,
If “not notified” is selected for “the other party registered in the address book” by the selected value of the notification destination read into the RAM 22 in step S1303, the process proceeds to step S1305.

Next, if "notification" is selected for "the other party who has sent mail in the past six months" with the selection value of the notification destination read into the RAM 22 in step S1305, the process proceeds to step S1306. Go to step S
In step 1306, the transmission data of the classified and integrated mail data stored in the hard disk 28 is read. Then, in step S1307, it is determined whether or not “the other party who has transmitted the mail in the past six months” already exists in the notification destination list, and if not, it is added to the notification destination list in step S1308. It is determined in step S1309 whether the reading of the transmission data has been completed. If the reading has not been completed, the process returns to step S1306, and the next transmission data is read. On the other hand, in step S1307, if the address to be added already exists in the notification destination list, the process returns to step S1306 to read the next transmission data.

In step S1305, the RAM
If “non-notification” is selected for “the other party who has sent an email in the past six months” in the notification destination selection value read in 22, it is determined in step S1309 that the reading of the transmission data has been completed. In this case, the process of the first half is completed, and the process proceeds to the process according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

In step S1402, it is determined whether “notification” has been selected for “the other party who has received six or less e-mails in the past six months” based on the notification destination selection value read into the RAM 22. To step S1402, and in step S1402, the received data of the classified and integrated mail data stored in the hard disk 28 is
Read one by one. Next, it is determined whether or not the sender of the received data read in step S1403 exists in the work file stored in the hard disk 28. If the sender already exists in the work file, the process proceeds to step S1404, and in step S1404 The number of receptions is incremented by one.
The work file is composed of the sender's e-mail address, name, and number of receptions. The work file is RAM
22 so that the processing can be speeded up.

If it is determined in step S1403 that the sender of the read data does not exist in the work file,
The process shifts to step S1405, and step S140
In step 5, the received data is added to the work file. Also, the number of receptions of the reception data added in step S1406 is set to 1. In step S1407, it is determined whether the reading of the received data has been completed. If the reading has not been completed, the process returns to step S1402 to read the next received data. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S1407 that the reading of the received data has been completed, the process proceeds to step S1408, and the work files are sorted in ascending order of the number of receptions in step S1408.

Next, the work files sorted in step S1409 are read one by one (1 record), and it is determined in step S1410 whether the number of receptions is six or less. If the number of receptions is six or less, the process proceeds to step S1411, and it is determined in step S1411 whether the information already exists in the notification destination list. If the notification destination list does not exist, the process proceeds to step S1412, and is added to the notification destination list in step S1412.

If it is determined in step S1411 that the file already exists in the notification destination list, or if the reading of the work file has not been completed in step S1413, the process proceeds to step S1.
Return to step 409 and read the next record in the work file. In step S1413, it is determined whether the reading of the work file has been completed.
Draft folder created in 4 (draft folder)
The notification mail body saved under the specified name
Read in 22. Next, in step S1415, a mail address change notification mail is automatically created from the notification destination list and the notification mail text. Instead of automatically creating a mail address change notification mail, a mailing list may be automatically created from the notification list.

[Second Embodiment] FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of an entire system including a mail integration and migration device according to the present embodiment. The configuration shown in the figure differs from the configuration of the system of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 in that mail data D1502 and mail data E1504 are stored in the hard disk 28 in advance. That is, the mail data is stored in the local disk in advance.

The mail data D1502 and E1504 may be data for a plurality of mail accounts. That is, the mail data may be the entire mail data stored in one mail server, or may be the mail data of a part of the mail account stored in the mail server.
Personal mail data may be used. Further, when data of a plurality of mail accounts is transferred, the mail data to be transferred includes a mail account name and a password. The only difference is that the processing flow does not include steps S301 to S304 in FIG.

[Third Embodiment] FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of an entire system including a mail integration and migration device according to this embodiment. In FIG. 12, there is a storage medium 1601 that stores mail data, and the mail migration integration device 100 reads the medium reading unit 16 for reading the storage medium 1601.
02 is different from the first embodiment. That is, a case where mail data is read offline to a local disk is shown.

The mail data stored in the storage medium 1601 may be data for a plurality of mail accounts. That is, the mail data may be the entire mail data stored in one mail server, or may be the mail data of a part of the mail account stored in the mail server.
Personal mail data may be used. Further, when data of a plurality of mail accounts is transferred, the mail data to be transferred includes a mail account name and a password. The processing flow does not include steps S301 to S303 in FIG.
The only difference from the first embodiment is that “mail data is read” instead of “mail data reception”.

[Fourth Embodiment] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of an entire system including a mail integration and migration apparatus according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing overall processing in the present embodiment. . In FIG. 13, a mail server X 1701 and a mail server Y 1703 are connected via the network 200. The mail server X 1701 has an external storage device 17 in which data for a plurality of mail accounts (mail data X) is stored.
02 is connected. Also, the mail server Y1703
Is different from the first embodiment in that an external storage device 1704 in which data for a plurality of mail accounts (mail data Y) are stored is connected.

In the processing, in FIG. 14, when an individual uses a plurality of e-mail accounts, a step of associating an e-mail address of each individual to be integrated (step S813) is added. It is determined whether the processing of the mail account has been completed (step S82).
3) If not completed, the process returns to step S813 to perform the integration process for the next mail account, which is different from the first embodiment. Also, since data for a plurality of mail accounts is transferred, the mail data to be transferred includes a mail account name and a password.

Here, associating a mail address in step S813 means that the mail server X17
01 uses the mail address ksuzuki@pat.or.jp, and mail server Y1703 uses suzukikazu@ca.co.j
This means that when a mail address p is used, the data of these two mail addresses (data of one person) can be integrated by associating these two mail addresses.

A table for associating the mail addresses is created in advance and stored in the hard disk 28. Further, in the present embodiment, the entire data is integrated into the mail server, but it goes without saying that only the data of the mail account meeting the specific conditions may be extracted and integrated.

[Other Embodiments] An object of the present invention is to supply a storage medium (or a recording medium) storing a program code of software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments to a system or an apparatus, System or device computer (or CPU or MPU)
Can also be achieved by reading and executing the program code stored in the storage medium.

In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium implements the functions of the above-described embodiment, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention. When the computer executes the readout program codes, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also an operating system (OS) running on the computer based on the instructions of the program codes. It goes without saying that a case where some or all of the actual processing is performed and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing is also included.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written in the storage medium provided in the function expansion card inserted in the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, the program code is transmitted to the instruction of the program code. On the basis of this, it goes without saying that the CPU provided in the function expansion card or the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing, and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments.

[0078]

As described above, according to the present invention, unnecessary portions can be deleted, files can be saved, and duplicate portions can be deleted at the time of integration, and unsorted mail data before sorting setting can be classified. Conventionally, integration of a plurality of mail data, which was practically impossible due to a huge number of steps, can be realized with little effort. Further, it is also possible to automatically create a mailing destination list for notifying the change of the mail address, and it is possible to smoothly perform the transfer to the new mail address. Also, since a large amount of data contained in a plurality of mail servers can be deleted, classified, and integrated for each person, the mail servers can be easily aggregated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of an entire system including a mail migration integration device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a basic configuration of a mail transfer integration device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a mail migration integration device 100 and an information processing device (information processing device A101,
It is a flowchart of each process of information processing apparatus B103).

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a mail data deletion designation screen.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a screen for designating a condition of a mail to be an exception to a deletion process.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a screen displayed on the screen display device 300 when the address book data of the mail data A and the mail data B are compared and a duplicate is determined.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display screen at the time of notification list extraction processing according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a list confirmation screen during notification list extraction processing according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a detailed part of a first half of a notification list extracting process according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a detailed part of the latter half of the process of extracting the notification list according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of an entire system including a mail integration and migration device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of an entire system including a mail integration and migration device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of an entire system including a mail integration and migration device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an entire process according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

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[Claims] 1. An input means for inputting mail data, an instruction means for instructing a condition for classifying the mail data, and a classification means for classifying the mail data based on an instruction from the instruction means. Mail data processing device. 2. The mail data includes, in addition to text data including a subject, a sender, and a text of the mail, address book data including a destination address and a name of the mail, and a received mail as a folder using the subject and the sender as keys. 2. The mail data processing device according to claim 1, wherein the mail data processing device includes at least one of distribution setting data for distributing the mail data. 3. The mail data processing device according to claim 1, wherein the input unit receives mail data input from an external device via a network. 4. The mail data processing device according to claim 1, wherein the input unit reads the mail data from a storage medium storing the mail data. 5. The instruction means further designates at least one of mail data to be deleted, mail data not to be deleted, and mail data to be stored, and the classifying means further comprises an instruction designated by the instruction means. 5. The mail data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mail data is processed by the input unit based on contents. 6. A conversion means for judging whether or not the format of the mail data input by the input means is plural types, and converting the format of the mail data into a predetermined format if there are plural types. The mail data processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising: 7. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a distribution setting data duplication determining unit that compares distribution setting data included in the mail data to determine an overlap, and the classification unit further includes the distribution setting data duplication. The mail data processing device according to claim 1, wherein the duplicated portion is deleted by the minute determination unit. 8. An address book data duplication determining means for comparing address book data included in the mail data to determine duplication, wherein the instructing means judges by the address book data duplication determining means. And an instruction as to whether or not to delete the overlapped portion, or an instruction as to whether or not to save the duplicated portion, and the classifying unit performs the address book based on the instruction content instructed by the instructing unit. The mail data processing device according to claim 1, wherein the mail data processing device processes data. 9. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a mail body data overlap determining unit for comparing mail body data included in the mail data to determine an overlap, wherein the classifying unit determines the overlap by the body data overlap determining unit. 9. The mail data processing device according to claim 1, wherein the mail data processing device deletes the mail data. 10. A notification destination list is created by enumerating notification targets of a mail address change in a list format using address book data included in the mail data.
The mail data processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a creation unit that creates a notification mail for the notification target. 11. An input step for inputting mail data, an instruction step for specifying conditions for classifying the mail data, and a classification step for classifying the mail data based on the instruction in the instruction step. Mail data processing method. 12. The mail data processing method according to claim 11, wherein in the input step, mail data input from an external device via a network is received. 13. The mail data processing method according to claim 11, wherein in the input step, the mail data is read from a storage medium storing the mail data. 14. The instruction step further specifies at least one of mail data to be deleted, mail data not to be deleted, and mail data to be stored. The classification step further includes the instruction specified in the instruction step. 14. The mail data processing method according to claim 11, wherein the mail data in the input step is processed based on contents. 15. A conversion step of determining whether or not the format of the mail data input in the input step is a plurality of types, and converting the format of the mail data into a predetermined format if there is a plurality of types. The mail data processing method according to any one of claims 11 to 14, wherein the mail data processing method includes: 16. The method according to claim 16, further comprising the step of comparing distribution setting data included in the mail data to determine an overlapping portion, wherein the classification setting step further comprises the step of: 12. The method according to claim 11, wherein an overlap in the minute determination step is deleted.
16. The mail data processing method according to any one of claims 15 to 15. 17. The method according to claim 17, further comprising the step of comparing address book data included in the mail data to determine an overlapping portion, and determining the overlapping portion. At least one of an instruction as to whether or not to delete the overlapped portion or an instruction as to whether or not to save the overlapped portion. In the classifying step, the address book is specified based on the instruction content specified in the instruction step. 17. The mail data processing method according to claim 11, wherein data is processed. 18. The method according to claim 18, further comprising the step of comparing mail body data included in the mail data to determine an overlapping part, wherein the classifying step includes the step of determining the overlapping part in the body data overlapping part determining step. 18. The mail data processing method according to claim 11, wherein the mail data is deleted. 19. A notification destination list is created by enumerating notification targets of a mail address change in a list format using address book data included in the mail data.
19. The method according to claim 11, further comprising a creating step of creating a notification mail for the notification target.
Mail data processing method described in section. 20. A program code for executing the mail data processing method according to claim 11 on a computer. 21. A computer-readable storage medium storing the program code according to claim 20. 22. An input unit for inputting mail data, and a determining unit for determining whether there are a plurality of types of mail data input by the input unit and indicating that there are a plurality of types of data formats. A mail data processing device comprising: 23. The mail data processing apparatus according to claim 22, further comprising display means for displaying the presence of a plurality of types of data formats indicated by said determination means. 24. The mail data processing device according to claim 22, further comprising means for correcting mail data of a plurality of data formats. 25. An input step of inputting mail data to a predetermined input means, and determining whether or not the format of the mail data input in the input step is a plurality of types. A mail data processing method comprising: 26. The mail data processing method according to claim 25, further comprising a display step of displaying the presence of a plurality of types of data formats indicated in the determination step. 27. The mail data processing apparatus according to claim 25, further comprising a step of correcting mail data of a plurality of data formats. A program code for executing the mail data processing method according to any one of claims 25 to 27. 29. A computer-readable storage medium storing the program code according to claim 28.