JP3868036B2 - E-mail delivery device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an electronic mail distribution apparatus having a function of transmitting electronic mail transmitted / received via a provider that provides an electronic mail service and electronic mail transmitted / received between devices connected to a network to a facsimile apparatus.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, this type of technology has been used as one of the functions of a facsimile storing and broadcasting apparatus. The spread of personal computers has been remarkable in recent years, and companies have not only delivered mail via facsimile storage and broadcasting devices using telephone lines, but also assigned individual email addresses to employees and made wide-area electronic via the Internet from the company's network. Mail is being sent and received.
[0003]
On the other hand, in corporate networks, facsimile machines have become popular as early as telephones. Such facsimile machines are connected to a telephone exchange on the premises and are assigned an extension telephone number / external telephone number, etc., and are managed by telephone numbers. It is in operation. The e-mail message and destination information sent from such a facsimile machine are received and stored once by the facsimile storing and broadcasting apparatus, and individual or simultaneous calls are made to the facsimile machine having the telephone number designated according to the destination information. In general, the e-mail message is transmitted by facsimile.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
If a message can be transmitted from a personal computer to a facsimile apparatus connected to such a company network, the operation efficiency of the network is further improved. However, in such a network form, it is difficult to transmit an electronic mail message used in a personal computer to a facsimile machine. This is because there is a big difference between the communication procedure of the facsimile machine and the communication procedure / e-mail description language used in the personal computer, and there is no relation between the telephone number and the e-mail address as the destination information. is there. The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and provides an e-mail distribution apparatus that distributes an e-mail message acquired from an external network to a facsimile apparatus connected to a corporate network. With the goal.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
  The e-mail delivery apparatus of the present invention includes an e-mail acquisition unit that acquires e-mail from a mail server, and whether the data format included in the e-mail data is only a text data format from the acquired e-mail data, or a text If it is judged that the data other than the data format contains data, and if it is judged that it is only the text data format, the text data is referred to by referring to the character font.bitmapIf it is converted to data and it is determined that data other than the text data format is included, the text data part is converted to bitmap data by referring to the character font, and the data of the attached file part is converted to binary data.Re-convert to text dataConvert it to bitmap data., Convert email address to bitmap dataThereafter, conversion means for converting the converted bitmap data into data that can be transmitted by facsimile, distribution processing means for transmitting the data converted by the conversion means by facsimile,In an e-mail delivery device comprising a plurality of e-mail addresses and an address table for storing a destination number of a facsimile machine corresponding to each of these e-mail addresses,
  The e-mail acquisition unit acquires e-mail data addressed to the e-mail address based on an e-mail address stored in the address table, and the distribution processing unit acquires the e-mail address acquired according to the address table. In the facsimile apparatus corresponding to the above, the received electronic mail is converted into a facsimile signal which can be transmitted by the facsimile converted by the converting means and transferred.
[0006]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The invention of the first aspect of the present invention If the e-mail receiving means for receiving e-mail addressed to a terminal connected to the local area network from an external network and the distribution destination terminal of the received e-mail are computers, the received message can be accessed from the terminal Distribution processing means for storing in a predetermined area and converting the received electronic message into a facsimile signal and transmitting it in the case of a facsimile apparatus.
Also,The invention of the third aspect of the present invention isWhen the e-mail server in the local area network acquires e-mail received from an external network, and when the acquired e-mail delivery destination terminal is a facsimile device, the received e-mail is converted into a facsimile signal. And a delivery processing means for transmitting.
The invention of the first aspect isThe e-mail server itself has a function of an e-mail delivery device,The invention of the third aspect isIn addition to the existing e-mail server in the local area network, an e-mail delivery device is provided. As a result, an electronic mail message from an external network is taken into the local area network installed in the company, and if the electronic mail is distributed to a personal computer, the electronic mail is distributed as it is, and the electronic mail is distributed to the facsimile machine. In some cases, an e-mail can be received by an existing facsimile apparatus because it is converted into a facsimile signal and transmitted.
[0007]
Also,The invention of the second aspect of the present invention is 1 Form of inventionIn the electronic mail distribution apparatus, the distribution processing means has an address table for associating the electronic mail address with the destination number of the facsimile apparatus, and distributes the electronic mail to the facsimile apparatus according to the address table. It is.
Also,The fourth aspect of the invention is that of the first aspect of the invention.In the electronic mail delivery apparatus, the electronic mail acquisition means has an address table that associates the electronic mail address with the destination number of the facsimile apparatus, and executes the acquisition of the electronic mail from the electronic mail server according to the address table. Is.
The invention of the second formThe e-mail server itself has a function of an e-mail delivery device,The invention of the fourth formThe electronic mail delivery apparatus is provided separately from the existing electronic mail server in the local area network. As a result, when the sender assigns an e-mail address and transmits the e-mail, the e-mail distribution apparatus refers to the address table and distributes the e-mail to a predetermined facsimile apparatus.
[0008]
Also,The fifth aspect of the present invention is the first to fourth aspects.In the electronic mail distribution apparatus, the distribution processing means converts the received message into a facsimile signal while inserting page break information in predetermined units, temporarily stores it in a memory, and then transmits it to a facsimile apparatus serving as a distribution destination terminal. It is what I did. Thus, since the received e-mail message without page breaks in the form of e-mail is converted into information having page information prior to the transmission, the e-mail e-mail message is exactly the same as normal reception in the facsimile apparatus as the distribution destination. Can be received.
[0009]
Also,The sixth aspect of the present invention is the first to fifth aspects of the present invention.In the electronic mail distribution apparatus, the address table is formed by assigning a plurality of electronic mail addresses to one facsimile apparatus. As a result, a plurality of e-mail addresses are assigned to one facsimile apparatus, and a plurality of people can receive e-mails addressed to them by the same facsimile apparatus.
[0010]
Also,The seventh aspect of the present invention is that of the first to sixth aspects.In the e-mail delivery apparatus, the delivery processing means analyzes and recognizes a plurality of e-mail addresses other than the first address described in the received e-mail and performs broadcast delivery in the local area network. is there. As a result, the subaddress of the mail address portion described in addition to the mail header that is generally used can be recognized, and broadcast distribution can be easily performed on the local area network.
Also,The eighth aspect of the present invention is the seventh aspect of the present invention.In the electronic mail distribution apparatus, the plurality of electronic mail addresses other than the first address are facsimile telephone numbers in the local network. As a result, it is only necessary to specify the telephone number such as the extension number of the actual distribution destination other than the first address when broadcasting, so it is not always necessary to specify e-mail addresses for all destinations. Can be broadcast.
[0011]
Also,Invention of the ninth aspect of the present inventionThe delivery processing means1st form to 8th formIn the electronic mail distribution apparatus, information that can be received by the facsimile apparatus in the received electronic mail message is transmitted to the facsimile apparatus without conversion processing. Thereby, if the description of the electronic mail message document is described in the facsimile format, the conversion processing is not necessary, and the distribution processing efficiency of the electronic mail distribution apparatus is improved.
[0012]
Also,The tenth aspect of the present invention is that of the first to ninth aspects.In the electronic mail distribution apparatus, the distribution processing means converts the electronic mail address into image information and adds it to the electronic mail to be transmitted for distribution to the facsimile apparatus. Thereby, especially when sending an e-mail to an e-mail receiving facsimile apparatus shared by a plurality of persons, the e-mail recipient is printed because the e-mail address information addressed to the individual is printed and recorded as a header. Can be easily discriminated. This can be easily realized by the electronic mail delivery apparatus having a table including the electronic mail address, the telephone number of the facsimile apparatus, and the name of the individual recipient.
[0013]
Also,The eleventh aspect of the present invention is the first to ninth aspects.In the electronic mail distribution apparatus, the distribution processing means converts the text data of the received electronic mail, the data of the attached file, and the electronic mail address into bitmap data, temporarily stores them in a memory, and then sequentially reads and combines them, After that, it is compressed into an MH code and distributed to a facsimile machine. As a result, development processing is performed by an application suitable for each data, and bitmap conversion processing is performed, so that even multiple types of data handled by e-mail can be easily converted into a form that can be received by a facsimile machine. Become.
[0014]
Also,The twelfth aspect of the present invention is the first aspect to the eleventh aspect.In the electronic mail distribution apparatus, when the electronic mail message cannot be transmitted to the distribution destination facsimile apparatus, the distribution processing means processes, displays, and outputs the electronic mail message in the same manner as the electronic mail addressed to the personal computer. It is a thing. As a result, even if the recipient's facsimile machine fails or the busy state continues for a long time, the e-mail delivery device outputs the e-mail as a proxy, avoiding the situation where e-mail messages stay in memory for a long time can do. Unlike the personal computer, the facsimile apparatus does not have a function of confirming the staying status of mail from the terminal side, so this proxy output is particularly effective in the case of an urgent message. In addition, since a message that should originally be output to a destination facsimile apparatus can be handled in the same way as a normal e-mail, the workload of an operator who performs processing such as notification of undelivered messages is reduced.
[0015]
Also,The thirteenth aspect of the present invention is that of the first to twelfth aspects.In the electronic mail distribution apparatus, the distribution processing means uses a font downloaded from the outside when converting text information into bitmap information. As a result, when converting text information of an electronic mail message into bitmap data to be transmitted to a facsimile machine, part or all of the reference font is downloaded from the external device to the RAM work area, so that the font ROM inside the device is not required. Also, since the memory area is released when the application ends, the memory can be used effectively.
[0016]
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a state explanatory diagram showing a concept of connection on the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention. The Internet 1 is constructed by an Internet provider 2. A network between the Internet providers 2 is connected by a dedicated line or a high-speed digital line, and a personal computer that is dial-up connected to the Internet provider 2 is connected to the Internet provider 2 by a communication line 3. The company 4 is connected to the Internet provider 2 through a dedicated communication line 5.
[0017]
The Internet provider 2 is an information provider provided to service contractors on the Internet 1. In order to connect the personal computer 7 to the Internet 1, a contract must be made with one of the Internet providers 2. Of course, the user can freely select which Internet provider to connect / contract. When sending and receiving e-mails using the Internet 1, a unique e-mail address is first given by an internet provider, and communication is performed by identifying the destination using the given e-mail address. Done.
[0018]
A local area network (LAN) 6 is laid in the company 4, and a personal computer 7, a mail server 8, and an Internet electronic mail delivery device are connected to the LAN, and communication between the devices is performed via the LAN. It is supposed to be executed via. As for normal e-mails, e-mails of users who have an e-mail service provision contract from the Internet 1 to the Internet provider 2 are collected. The collected electronic mail is stored in the mail server 8 in the LAN 6 of the company 4 via the dedicated communication line 5 from the Internet provider 2. The stored electronic mail is distributed by an electronic mail address assigned to the personal computer 7. The e-mail addressed to the facsimile apparatus is distributed to the facsimile machine 12 by the e-mail distribution apparatus 9 connected to the LAN 6 via the private branch exchange 10 and the line 11 as will be described later. The private branch exchange 10 is connected to the NTT exchange 13 by a PSTN line 14 and is connected to a facsimile 15 outside the company.
[0019]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an electronic mail distribution apparatus used for implementing the present invention. The function of the electronic mail delivery apparatus 9 is configured as follows. A CPU 901 is a central processing unit that controls the entire apparatus. A memory 902 is a memory controlled by the CPU 901. A ROM 903 is a read-only memory in which an execution program of the CPU 901 is written. The network control unit 904 is associated with the LAN board 905 and supports a communication protocol (TCP / IP) in the Ethernet LAN. A protocol analysis processing unit 906 analyzes a communication protocol (SMTP) of a mail application on the Internet, which is an upper protocol. The address processing unit 907 executes verification processing of an email address managed by the Internet email delivery apparatus 9. DNS 908 is a domain name system unit. The e-mail address management table unit 909 is a management table that stores e-mail address information to be verified by the address processing unit 907.
[0020]
The e-mail address management table unit 909 is configured as shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of the e-mail address management table 909 used for implementing the present invention. The e-mail address management table 909 is managed by a unique E-mail address given by an Internet provider, a facsimile number associated with the E-mail address, and a facsimile registration telephone number corresponding to the facsimile number. Yes. The proxy reception facsimile is a telephone number of the facsimile that is proxy received when transmission of an electronic mail message to the designated facsimile is not established. For example, since facsimile number 1 is associated with three e-mail addresses A, B, and C, all three e-mail messages are output by the same facsimile number 1 facsimile apparatus. ing. The electronic mail delivery device 9 makes a call from the E-mail address by referring to the telephone number of a predetermined facsimile device based on the information in the management table. Accordingly, messages with a plurality of e-mail addresses are output from the same facsimile machine. At this time, if the telephone number, extension number, etc. of the destination facsimile is directly specified by the sub-address of the e-mail, and the e-mail address management table 909 is configured so that these numbers can be identified, the sender can send the e-mail of the representative. As long as you know the address, you can distribute e-mail to multiple parties in the relevant department.
[0021]
The telephone number conversion management table unit 910 is a management table that stores telephone number information of facsimile machines corresponding to electronic mail addresses. The e-mail viewer unit 911 converts e-mail text data into bitmap information. The e-mail viewer unit 911 is executed by the viewer application software 915. The viewer application has font information inside.
[0022]
If the e-mail data is a MIME (multipurpose Internet mail extension) description or the like, translation processing is performed and processing according to the file attachment attribute is executed. For example, a standard binary / text conversion method of BASE64 is an example. The signal processing unit conversion unit 912 converts the bitmap data into MH format and transfers it as transmission data of the facsimile control unit 913. The transfer data is converted into a facsimile signal (analog signal) by the facsimile control unit 913 and output to the communication unit 914. The communication unit 914 calls the telephone number designated by the telephone number conversion management table unit 910 to the line 916 connected using the internal NCU. The font status determination unit 918 determines a font loading method used for bitmap development, and notifies the font control unit 917 of the loading method. The font control unit 917 executes loading processing according to the notification result. The flash memory 919 is a memory for storing fonts when not reloaded.
[0023]
Next, the flow of electronic mail message processing for the system configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 2 to 4. FIG. 4 is an e-mail processing flowchart showing e-mail message processing. As for the electronic mail message on the Internet 1, an electronic mail that matches the electronic mail address with which the electronic mail service is contracted by the Internet provider 2 is taken out (ST401). The electronic mail is stored in the mail server 8 of the local area network 6 installed in the company through the dedicated communication line 5 always connected to the Internet provider 2 (ST402). Acquisition of e-mail by the personal computer 7 is performed by activating a mail application for transmitting / receiving e-mail and communicating e-mail transmission / reception with the mail server 8. As a mail protocol, protocols such as SMTP and POP are generally implemented. TCP / IP is used as a communication protocol for communication. The personal computer 7 activates the mail viewer software and displays the acquired electronic mail data on the screen.
[0024]
Next, a method for the electronic mail delivery apparatus 9 to acquire an electronic mail will be described. The electronic mail distribution apparatus 9 acquires the electronic mail stored using the POP protocol from the mail server 8 (ST403). The acquired e-mail matches the e-mail address managed by the e-mail delivery device 9. In this embodiment, A. B. C. Three e-mail addresses. First, the electronic mail delivery apparatus 9 checks the arrival of an electronic mail addressed to the electronic mail address A (ST404). If there is an electronic mail, an electronic mail message is stored (ST406). Next, arrival of an e-mail addressed to e-mail address B is checked (ST405). If there is an electronic mail, an electronic mail message is stored (ST407). Subsequently, arrival of an e-mail addressed to e-mail address C is checked (ST408). If there is an electronic mail, an electronic mail message is stored (ST409). Thereafter, the e-mail viewer unit 911 is automatically activated by the viewer application software 915 to execute the stored message processing (ST410).
[0025]
Next, FIG. 5 showing the subsequent processing flow of the electronic mail message processing will be referred to. The email viewer unit 911 obtains the description language format information of the email message from the protocol analysis processing unit 906 (ST411). Dividing processing is executed when the determination result is in the plain text format (ST412) and in the MINE format (ST413). In the case of the plain text format, the expansion process of the message is performed from the text data to the bitmap data (ST414). The expanded data is stored in the memory 902 (ST436).
[0026]
Further, when the determination result is in the MIME format, since the data conversion processing on the Internet electronic mail is performed, the BASE64 processing for returning to the original format is executed. First, a content type text description portion is cut out from the message data by the protocol analysis processing unit 906 (ST415). The text data is converted into bitmap data by the e-mail viewer unit 911 (ST416). The converted data is stored in the memory 902 (ST417). The conversion process is executed until the end is detected (ST418). Subsequently, the content type multipart / mixed description portion is cut out from the message data by the protocol analysis processing unit 906 (ST419). This multi-part / mixed description indicates that information other than plain text is attached to the electronic message. On the Internet e-mail, the part other than the text is coded by BASE64, which is a standard in MIME. Has been. This apparatus restores the original transmission binary data by the BASE64 decoding processing operation of the mailer software installed in the viewer application software 915 (ST420). The restored data is stored in the memory 902 (ST421). The conversion process is executed until the end is detected (ST422). The restored binary data is processed by starting up a content type description designating application (ST423).
[0027]
Next, FIG. 6 showing the subsequent processing flow of the electronic mail message processing will be referred to. If the data attribute of the message is TIFF = MH data (ST424), since facsimile data can be used, it is stored in the memory 902 (ST431). In other cases, re-conversion processing from binary data to text is performed by the activation application (ST425). The conversion process is executed until the end is detected (ST426). The reconversion processing data is reproduced as interpretation data by the activated viewer application software 915 (ST427). The reproduction data is converted into bitmap data by the e-mail viewer unit 911 and stored in the memory 902 (ST428.ST429). This conversion process is executed until the end is detected (ST430). After the reproduction data conversion processing, processing for converting the E-mail address into bitmap data is executed (ST432), and the bitmap data is stored in the memory 902 (ST433). This E-mail address conversion process is performed by referring to the e-mail address management table unit 909. Next, data combination processing is executed. In other words, the plain text format data bitmap converted data, the MIME format data bitmap converted data, and the E-mail address bitmap converted data are combined, and then the destination facsimile 12 Is converted into MH code data that can be received, and transferred and stored in the transmission buffer of the facsimile control unit 913 (ST435). The data stored in the transmission buffer may be in the form of a raw signal. However, the above-mentioned various types of e-mail data once expanded in a bitmap and distributed in a plurality of memory areas are integrated again to generate an MH code. In addition, by converting the data into a simple intermediate code format and storing it, it is possible to improve a series of work efficiency from acquisition of an electronic mail message to distribution to a facsimile terminal. The page break information is given when data is stored in this transmission buffer. When a raw signal is stored in the transmission buffer, the MH encoding process is performed at the time of transmission.
[0028]
Next, FIG. 7 showing the subsequent processing flow of the electronic mail message processing is referred to. The data transferred / stored in the transmission buffer of the facsimile control unit 913 is checked whether it is transmission data to the same facsimile before the transmission operation is started (ST437). The alignment process is executed (ST438). This alignment process can be expected to reduce the line charge by transmitting the staying message with one connection. Next, a calling operation is performed. The telephone number conversion management table unit 910 is referred to, the destination facsimile telephone number is notified to the communication unit 914 (ST439), and the communication unit 914 outputs a dial signal to the line 916 using the internal NCU (ST440). A line is connected (ST441). If the other party is busy and the line is not connected, communication unit 914 repeats the call until the number of busy times reaches the specified number (ST442). After the line connection, the facsimile control unit 913 starts a facsimile communication procedure when the line is established (ST443). If the other party's busy state exceeds the specified number of times, transmission to the facsimile is stopped and a call is made to the proxy reception facsimile (ST444). In addition, when a failure occurs in the proxy reception or when the proxy reception itself is not performed, if the electronic mail delivery apparatus performs the proxy output, the electronic mail message is not lost. At that time, there is a method of printing out a message as facsimile information. However, if it is incorporated into the received mail list in the same form as other e-mails and can be viewed by the LAN administrator, it will be originally sent to the destination facsimile machine. Since a message to be output on paper can be handled in the same way as a normal e-mail, the burden on the operator who processes unreachable e-mail is reduced.
[0029]
Next, it is detected whether the facsimile communication procedure is normally completed (ST445). If the procedure cannot be completed normally, the same procedure is repeated until the number of times communication is impossible reaches a specified value (ST446). If the facsimile procedure ends normally, transmission of data stored in the transmission buffer is started (ST447). When the data transmission is completed, the entire electronic mail message transmission process is completed (ST448). If the line connection cannot be established due to the busy state, the telephone number is changed to the proxy reception facsimile apparatus designated in advance, and the same processing is executed (ST449).
[0030]
Next, a font table used when text information is expanded into bitmap information will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a flowchart of font download processing for font table information. The font status control unit 918 monitors the expansion processing of the text information into the bitmap information of the facsimile transmission data, and determines the reference font loading method (ST801, ST802). First, when all font information is downloaded (ST803), a download request is executed by FTP (File Transfer Protocol) (ST804). When the download is completed (ST805). Expansion processing from text information to a bitmap is executed (ST806), and the expanded data is stored in the memory 902 (ST807). If the load font already exists, the actual text information is collated with the developed font (ST808). If all the fonts necessary for expansion can be collated, bitmap expansion processing is executed from the text information (ST806). If there is a shortage of fonts to be developed with the load font, a shortage font request is executed by FTP (File Transfer Protocol) (ST809, ST810). When the download is completed (ST811), bitmap expansion processing is executed from the text information (ST806). The expanded data is stored in the memory 902 (ST807). In the present embodiment, the downloading method of the developed font has been described, but it goes without saying that the font may be stored in the ROM or the downloaded font in the flash memory or the like in advance.
[0031]
【The invention's effect】
As is clear from the above explanation,According to the present invention, since the received e-mail is converted into a facsimile signal and transmitted, the e-mail can be received by the existing facsimile apparatus, and the operation efficiency of the LAN is improved.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a state explanatory diagram showing a connection concept on the Internet of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an electronic mail distribution apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of an e-mail address management table according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an e-mail processing flow chart showing e-mail message processing according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is an e-mail processing flow diagram showing e-mail message processing according to the present invention.
FIG. 6 is an e-mail processing flowchart showing e-mail message processing according to the present invention.
FIG. 7 is an e-mail processing flow chart showing e-mail message processing according to the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart of font download processing according to the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Internet
2 Internet provider
3 communication lines
4 companies
5 Dedicated communication line
6 Local area network
7 Personal computer
8 Mail server
9 E-mail delivery device
10 Private branch exchange
11 lines
12 Facsimile
13 NTT exchange
14 STN
901 CPU
902 memory
903 ROM
904 Network control unit
905 LAN board
906 Protocol analysis / processing section
907 Address processing unit
908 DNS Department
909 E-mail address management table section
910 Telephone number conversion management table section
911 Email Viewer
912 Signal processing converter
913 Facsimile controller
914 Communication Department
915 Viewer Application Thin Software
916 lines
917 Font control unit
918 Font status determination unit
919 Flash memory

Claims (8)

E-mail acquisition means for acquiring e-mail from the mail server, and the acquired e-mail data includes only text data format or data other than text data format. If it is determined that it is only the text data format, the text data is converted to bitmap data by referring to the character font, and if it is determined that the data includes data other than the text data format, the text The data part is converted to bitmap data by referring to the character font, and the data of the attached file part is converted to binary data, converted back to text data and converted to bitmap data, and the e-mail address is converted to bitmap data. converted, then, these converted bit map data Conversion means for converting the data available for transmission in a facsimile from the destination number of the delivery process means for converting the facsimile transmission data in the conversion unit, a facsimile apparatus corresponding to each of the plurality of e-mail addresses and these e-mail addresses And an e-mail delivery device comprising an address table for storing
The e-mail acquisition unit acquires e-mail data addressed to the e-mail address based on an e-mail address stored in the address table, and the distribution processing unit acquires the e-mail address acquired according to the address table. An e-mail delivery apparatus, wherein received e-mail is converted to a facsimile signal that can be transmitted by facsimile converted by the conversion means and transferred to a destination number of a facsimile apparatus corresponding to the above-described conversion means .   2. The electronic mail distribution apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electronic mail acquisition unit extracts an electronic mail from a mail server using a POP protocol. 3. The conversion process according to claim 1, wherein when the distribution destination terminal of the acquired e-mail is a facsimile apparatus, the conversion means converts the data into data that can be transmitted by facsimile. E-mail delivery device. The address table email delivery device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized by comprising assigning a plurality of e-mail address for one of the facsimile apparatus. The distribution processing means analyzes and recognizes a plurality of e-mail addresses other than the first address described in the received e-mail and executes broadcast distribution . e-mail delivery device according to. 6. The electronic mail distribution apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the plurality of electronic mail addresses other than the first address are facsimile telephone numbers. 7. The distribution processing unit according to claim 1, wherein information that can be received by the facsimile apparatus in the received electronic mail message is transmitted to the facsimile apparatus without being converted . e-mail delivery device according to. The distribution processing unit, if it can not send e-mail message to the facsimile apparatus is a distribution destination, e-mail according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that transmitting to another facsimile apparatus Distribution device.

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