JPH01152839A - Electronic mail system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the need for input of revision information by each single processor by informing automatically the revision information of a mail address under one single processor to other single processor via a mail communication line so as to reset a mail address table newly. CONSTITUTION:When notice information confirming means 12 confirms the setting of a mail address revision bit in a single processor information storage means 11, a transmission information generating means 16 writes the mail address acquired by a mail address storage means 15 to a transmission file 21 in a form of transmission information, and uses a transmission means 17 to notice the information to other single processor. When the reception means 18 confirms the presence of a notice from other single processor, the information is read and an object single processor mail address erasure means 19 erases the entire mail address and a reception mail address setting means 20 sets the received information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention is used for setting an address table in an e-mail system.

The present invention relates to a mail address notification method in an e-mail system in which a mail system is constructed under each single processor and a plurality of single processors are connected via a communication line.

〔overview〕

In an e-mail system in which a mail system under a single processor is expanded to multiple single processors and interconnected by communication lines, if there is a change in the mail address stored in one single processor, this change will be sent to the other single processors. By notifying each time, the address table of each single processor is always updated to the latest state.

[Conventional technology]

The e-mail system is constructed by connecting a plurality of individual processors distributed in various locations through communication channels, and one or more terminals are connected to each individual processor. For example, in one company's e-mail system, a single processor is placed in each local branch office, and terminals are provided in departments, divisions, branch offices, branch offices, etc. of the branch office under that processor. Furthermore, an email address is set for each terminal. This allows one terminal to be individually assigned to multiple sections or sections located near the terminal.

Conventional methods for such e-mail methods include a method in which the user uses an address table that corresponds to e-mail addresses for each terminal like a telephone directory, or a method in which the user inputs the e-mail addresses into a single processor. It had been taken.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

In the above-mentioned conventional technology, whenever there is a change in the e-mail address, for example, when a new department is established at a local branch or a new branch is opened, the system is connected via a communication path. It was necessary to enter this new email address for each other independent processor, which was time-consuming. Furthermore, when there is a deviation in input, there are operational problems. Also, since it requires manual intervention, errors are likely to occur.

The present invention is an improvement on this, and aims to provide an e-mail address notification method that does not require man-hours and requires no manpower in other single processors that make up the system each time a single processor is changed.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention provides a means for automatically notifying change information of an e-mail address under one single processor to other single processors via an e-mail communication channel, and a means for automatically notifying change information of an e-mail address under one single processor via an e-mail communication channel, and a means for automatically notifying change information of an e-mail address under one single processor, and The present invention is characterized by comprising means for resetting the e-mail address table.

[For production]

When an email address changes, the new email address will be entered from the device belonging to the changed email address. A single processor attached to the terminal rewrites its address table.

When the rewriting is completed, a connection request is made to the other single processors via the communication path, and the notification that there has been a change in the address table and the details of the change is notified.

The single processor that receives the notification changes its own address table according to the content of the notification. By performing such notification and processing to all the single processors that make up the system, the address tables of all the single processors are updated.

In this way, changes in the e-mail address belonging to each single processor can be notified to each other single processor each time, so each time a change in each single processor is made, the input on the other single processors that make up the system is No longer needed.

〔Example〕

Next, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a communication network according to the present invention. The communication network consists of a single processor 1, a single processor 2, and a single processor 3, and a terminal is provided under each single processor, and a mail address is set for each terminal.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. Single processor information storage means 11 for storing the occurrence of a change in e-mail address when it occurs under one single processor; and a single processor for determining whether or not there has been a change in the e-mail address, which is information that should be notified to all single processors. A notification information confirmation means 12 that refers to and confirms the information storage means 11, another single processor information storage means 13 that stores the IDs of other single processors under the e-mail system, and the existence of information to be notified. other single processor information confirmation means 14 for checking other single processors to which the transmission is to be made when the single processor is confirmed; e-mail address storage means 15 for storing e-mail addresses under the single processor; transmission information creation means 16 for creating information to be transmitted from the single processor to another single processor; and means 14 for verifying information on the single processor that actually uses the created information.
Transmission means 1 to send to the single processor to be transmitted as determined by
7, receiving means 18 for receiving and receiving information transmitted from other single processors, and target single processor mail address erasing means 19 for erasing all information in the mail address storage means 15 for the single processor that is the sender; It is composed of a receiving e-mail address setting means 20 in the receiving information.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the transmitting means according to an embodiment of the present invention. The single processor information storage means 11 performs step 3.
This area contains information regarding the single processor along with the mail address change bit referenced in 3.34.

The notification information confirmation means 12 checks whether the e-mail address change bit is on in step 33, and the other single processor information storage means 13 focuses on the information area of the other single processor referred to in step 35. The single processor information checking means 14 checks in step 35 whether there are any other single processors to notify the information. The e-mail address storage means 15 corresponds to a management file containing the e-mail addresses manually generated in step 37, and the transmission information creation means 16 writes the e-mail addresses obtained in step 38 in the form of transmission information to a transmission file 21 to be described later. The transmitting means 17 notifies the other single processors of the information in step 41. The send file 21 is opened in step 36, written in step 38, and written in step 40.
will be closed.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the receiving means according to an embodiment of the present invention. The receiving means 18 on the receiving function side checks whether there is a notification from another single processor in step 42, reads out the information in step 44, and the target single processor email address deletion means 19 deletes all email addresses in step 46. Then, the receiving e-mail address setting means 20 sets the information received in step 47. Also, the received file 22 is opened in step 43, and the received file 22 is opened in step 44.
It is read out at step 50 and closed at step 50.

For example, in FIG. 1, when a new mail address J is added to the terminal T12 of the single processor 1, the other single processors 2 and 3 are notified via the mail transmission path that the mail system of the single processor 1 has changed.

Similarly, if the email address G of the terminal TI2 of the single processor 1 changes to the terminal T22 of the single processor 2, the other single processor 3
and 2. Notify that the mail system has changed.

Therefore, for example, when transmission information addressed to the mail address J is generated at the terminal T21 of the single processor 2, the information is controlled to be sent to the terminal TI2 of the single processor 1.

Also, if the transmission information addressed to the email address G comes to the terminal T1□ of the single processor 1, the end of the single processor 2 *
It is controlled to flow at T22.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, in the e-mail method of the present invention, changes in the e-mail address belonging to each single processor are notified to each other single processor each time, so there is no need to input change information in each single processor. It has the advantage of being Of course, even when a new single processor is added, the email address belonging to that single processor is automatically notified to each single processor.

In addition, all email addresses under the single processor that have been changed are reconfigured, so inconsistencies can be easily corrected.

The present invention is extremely effective when used in an e-mail system in which a mail system running under a single processor is expanded to and combined with a plurality of single processors.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the communication network of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. . FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a transmitting means according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the receiving means according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1-3...Single processor, 11...Single processor information storage means, 12...Notification information confirmation means, 13.
. . . other single processor information storage means, 14 . . . other single processor information confirmation means, 15 . . e-mail address storage means, 16 .
Transmitting means, 18... Receiving means, 19... Target single processor e-mail address erasing means, 20... Receiving e-mail address setting means, 21... Sending Finope 22.
... Received file, 33-41. 42-50... Step of flowchart. Patent applicant: NEC Corporation, 1. . Agent Patent Attorney Nao Takashi Ide;'-Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In an e-mail system in which a mail system is constructed under each single processor, and these single processors are connected by a communication line, information on changes in the mail address under one single processor is sent to other single processors via the mail communication path. 1. An e-mail method characterized by comprising means for notifying via a communication channel, and means for resetting a new e-mail address table according to e-mail address change information received via a communication channel.