JPH02114741A - Destination information management system for electronic mail system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve operability without losing the easiness of revision of destination information by updating the destination information on a mail transmission reception terminal equipment automatically every time the destination information on a management equipment is updated. CONSTITUTION:At an exclusive connection interface section 24 of a mail transmission/ reception terminal equipment 2, an exclusive connection with an exclusive connection interface section 15 on a management equipment 1 is placed through a transmission network 3 at the initial the date of electronic mail system start. An updating check section 13 receives a final revision date from a destination information management section 14, compares it with a final revision date sent from the mail transmission reception terminal equipment 2, and informs an instruction interrupted for revision processing to a revision check section 22 of the mail transmission reception terminal equipment 2 via exclusive connection interface sections 15, 24 when they are coincident. The section 13 applies transmission preparation request of destination information to the updating check section 22 when they are discordant. A data transfer section 21 gives the received data to a destination information management section 23 to update the destination information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention is suitable for use in improving the performance of an electronic mail system. The present invention relates to a destination information management system for an e-mail system that simplifies update processing of destination information and improves operability when inputting destinations when sending mail.

〔overview〕

The present invention provides a destination information management method for an e-mail system in which one management device collectively manages destination information and transfers the destination information to a mail sending/receiving terminal. This improves the operability of updating destination information by comparing the mask information of the destination information and the mask information of the management device based on the update history, and automatically updating this when there is a difference.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in this type of e-mail system, a single management device collectively manages destination information, and each time an e-mail is sent, the destination information is transferred to the e-mail sending/receiving terminal (in this case, the terminal that sends the e-mail), and then sent. Based on the information received, emails were sent to the appropriate recipients.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

In the conventional e-mail system described above, it is easy to update destination information, but it is difficult to operate because the destination information is transferred from the management device to the e-mail sending/receiving terminal via the transmission network each time a destination is input when sending an e-mail. There were weaknesses that could not be improved upon.

The present invention aims to eliminate such drawbacks, and aims to provide a management method that can improve operability without impairing the ease of updating destination information.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention includes a plurality of mail sending/receiving terminals and a management device that is connectable to the plurality of mail sending/receiving terminals via a transmission network and manages destination information collectively, and the mail sending/receiving terminals transmit the destination information through the transmission network. In the address information management method of an e-mail system equipped with a means for copying,
The plurality of email sending/receiving terminals are equipped with a dedicated connection interface unit that automatically connects to the management device via the transmission network when the power is turned on, and means for comparing the update history of destination information copied to the terminals. and means for re-copying the destination information when the destination information copied to the terminal by this means is not the same.

[Effect]

When the e-mail sending/receiving terminal is turned on, it automatically establishes a dedicated connection with the management device, receives the destination information when instructed, updates the destination information on the e-mail sending/receiving terminal, and sends the e-mail. At times, communications are made based on that information. On the other hand, when the management device receives a dedicated connection from multiple email sending/receiving terminals, it compares the update history of the destination information on the email sending/receiving terminal and the destination information on the management device, and compares the destination information on the email sending/receiving terminal with If the address information is old, the destination information is automatically transferred to the mail sending/receiving terminal.

In this way, by automatically updating the destination information on the mail sending/receiving terminal each time the destination information on the management device is updated, operability can be improved without impairing the ease of destination information.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

The figure is a block diagram showing the configuration and operation flow of an embodiment of the present invention.

The embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of mail sending/receiving terminals 2 (in the case of this embodiment - only one is shown) and a management device 1 which is connectable to the plurality of mail sending/receiving terminals through a transmission network 3 and manages destination information collectively. Equipped with.

The mail sending/receiving terminal 2 includes a destination information management section 23 that copies destination information through the transmission network 3, and a dedicated connection interface section 24 that automatically connects to the management device 1 through the transmission network 3 when the power is turned on. The management device 1 includes an update processing section 11 that updates destination information, a dedicated connection interface section 15 that receives a dedicated connection from the mail sending/receiving terminal 2, and a destination information management section 14 that holds and manages a mask of destination information. Furthermore, the management device 1 and the mail sending/receiving terminal 2 include update check units 13 and 22 that compare the update history of destination information copied to the terminal, and update check units 13 and 22 that compare the update history of destination information copied to the terminal. It includes data transfer units 12 and 21 that perform re-copying when the information is not the same.

The operation of the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be explained.

The dedicated connection interface unit 24 of the mail sending/receiving terminal 2 establishes a dedicated connection with the dedicated connection interface unit 15 on the management device 1 through the transmission network 3 when the e-mail system is started for the first time on the day (a). Thereafter, the update check unit 22 receives the last update date from the destination information management unit 23, and passes the date to the update check unit 13 on the management device 1 through the dedicated connection interface unit 24 (b). Update check section 13
receives the last update date from the destination information management unit 14 and compares it with the last update date sent from the mail sending/receiving terminal 2 (cSd).

If the dates match, a command to interrupt the update process is sent to the update check unit 22 of the mail sending/receiving terminal 2 via the dedicated connection interface units 15 and 24 (
e). Upon receiving this, the update check section 22 sends a command to the dedicated connection interface section 24 to close the dedicated connection (f). The dedicated connection interface section 24 is the dedicated connection interface section 1
5 (g).

If the last update dates do not match, the update check section 13 requests the update check section 22 to prepare for transfer of destination information (e). The update check section 22 issues a reception preparation request to the data transfer section 21 (f). The data transfer unit 21 issues a transfer request to the data transfer unit 12 of the management device 1 (g).

The data transfer unit 12 receives and receives transfer data from the destination information management unit 14 (h, 1), and transfers it to the data transfer unit 21 (j>. The data transfer unit 21 receives and receives transfer data from the destination information management unit 23. Deliver the retrieved data k) Update destination information.

When the destination information management unit 14 passes all the destination information, sends a data end notification to the data transfer unit 12 <1>
. The data transfer unit 12 notifies the data transfer unit 21 of completion (m), and the data transfer unit 21 sends a notification to the destination information management unit 23.
(n) The destination information transfer process is terminated. Thereafter, the dedicated connection ink interface unit 24 releases the connection with the dedicated connection interface unit 15 (p). Further, the update processing section 11 updates the destination information in the destination information management section 14, and sets the updated date at that time.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, by automatically updating the destination information on the email sending/receiving terminal each time the destination information on the management device is updated, operability is improved without impairing the ease of updating destination information. It has the effect of improving the

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The figure is a block diagram showing the configuration and operation of an embodiment of the present invention. 1... Management device, 2... Email sending/receiving terminal, 3...
Transmission network, 11... Update processing unit, 12.21... Data transfer unit, 13.22... Update check unit, 14.2
3... Destination information management L 15.24... Dedicated connection interface section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A management device connectable to the plurality of e-mail transmission and reception terminals via a transmission network and collectively managing destination information; In a destination information management method for an e-mail system that is equipped with means for copying information through a transmission network, the plurality of email sending/receiving terminals have a dedicated connection interface that automatically connects to the management device through the transmission network when the power is turned on. a means for comparing the update history of the destination information copied to the terminal, and a means for re-copying the destination information when the destination information copied to the terminal by this means is not the same. A destination information management method for an e-mail system.