JPH05199261A - Electronic mail system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate automatically an electronic mail in the electronic mail system in which a control job monitoring a mail box is not in existence. CONSTITUTION:A mail box maintenance condition command section 1 sets an elimination condition of an electronic mail and an automatic operation condition command section 3 sets a start date and time of a mail box maintenance section 2. An automatic operation section 4 starts the mail box maintenance section 2 at the start time and date and a mail box control section 5 eliminates an electronic mail being an elimination object in a mail box file 6.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic mail system, and more particularly to a mail deleting method for an electronic mail system in which there is no resident job for monitoring a mailbox.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an electronic mail system in which there is no resident job for monitoring a conventional mailbox.

An electronic mail system that does not have a resident job for monitoring a mailbox has a mail command unit 9,
It is composed of a mailbox maintenance unit 2, a mailbox maintenance condition instruction unit 1, a mailbox control unit 5, and a mailbox file 6.

The mail command section 9 performs transmission / reception / list display / text display / deletion of electronic mails via the mailbox control section 5 on the TSS section 8. The mailbox maintenance unit 5 uses the conditions specified by the mailbox maintenance condition instruction unit 1 on the TSS unit 8 to delete and save unnecessary emails in the mailbox file 6 via the mailbox control unit 5. The maintenance information 13 such as SAVE / LOAD, mail list / mail deletion list / SAVE / LOAD mail for the MT file 12 is output.

E-mails are deleted by any of the following methods.

[0006] The user can access the TSS from the workstation 7.
The mail command unit 9 is activated on the unit 8, the mailbox control unit 5 acquires the electronic mails in the mailbox file 6, displays the list of received / transmitted electronic mails on the workstation 7, and deletes them. An e-mail is designated from the workstation 7, the deletion function of the mail command unit 9 is activated on the TSS unit 8, and the mailbox control unit 5 deletes the E-mail to be deleted in the mailbox file 6.

The system administrator sets the conditions for deleting electronic mail from the workstation 7 on the TSS unit 8 in the mailbox maintenance condition instructing unit 1 to activate the mailbox maintenance unit 2, and the mailbox control unit 5
Deletes the electronic mail in the mailbox file 6 to be deleted.

A command for cataloging a command for activating the mailbox maintenance unit 2 from the TSS unit 8 to the command catalog / command registration unit 10 is created.
Registered in the command catalog section 1 at system startup
4, the mailbox maintenance unit 2 is automatically activated, and the mailbox control unit 5 deletes the electronic mail in the mailbox file 6 that matches the deletion condition of the mail maintenance condition instruction unit 1.

[0009]

In the conventional electronic mail system described above, in order to delete an electronic mail, the mail command unit 9 and the mailbox maintenance unit 2 are activated by the intention of the user or the system administrator to execute the mail command. Since the deletion function of the section 9 and the mailbox maintenance section 2 is used, if the user or the system administrator neglects to delete the email, the email is accumulated in the mailbox file 6 and the mailbox file 6 overflows. However, with the drawback that the operation of the mail system may be hindered, and with the method of deleting the e-mail by automatically starting the mailbox maintenance unit 2 at the time of system startup using the command catalog unit 10, the operation is performed for 24 hours. System can not delete unnecessary e-mails A.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An electronic mail system of the present invention is a mailbox maintenance condition instructing unit for setting an electronic mail deletion condition, and a mailbox maintenance unit for deleting an electronic mail from a mailbox file according to the deletion condition. And an automatic operation condition instructing unit that sets a time condition for deleting an electronic mail, and an automatic operation unit that automatically activates the mailbox maintenance unit according to the time condition.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The structure of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 and 2 are a block diagram and a flow chart, respectively, of an embodiment of the present invention.

This embodiment is provided with an automatic operation condition instruction unit 3 and an automatic operation unit 4 in addition to a mailbox maintenance condition instruction unit 1, a mailbox maintenance unit 2, a mailbox control unit 5 and a mailbox file 6. ..

In the mailbox deletion condition setting process S1, in order to use the deletion function of the mailbox maintenance unit 2, the deletion condition is designated by the mailbox maintenance condition instruction unit 1 and the electronic mail with the expired expiration date is specified. Create some deletion cases, such as deleting emails or deleting emails that are one month old.

In the automatic operation condition setting process S2, the date and time when the mailbox maintenance unit 2 for deleting the e-mail according to the deletion case set in the mailbox deletion condition setting process S1 is started are set. The automatic operation condition instructing section 3 is set in accordance with each deletion case, such that the e-mail is deleted at 9:00, and the e-mail one month after transmission is deleted at 20:00 on weekdays.

In the mailbox maintenance section startup processing S3 by the automatic operation function, the automatic operation section 4 deletes the electronic mail by the deletion case set in the mailbox deletion condition setting processing S1 at the date and time set in the automatic operation condition setting processing S2. Mailbox maintenance department 2
To start.

In the mailbox maintenance / mail deletion process S4, the mailbox maintenance unit 2 is activated to cause the mailbox control unit 5 to send an electronic mail in the mailbox file 6 according to the deletion case set in the mailbox deletion condition setting process S1. Is deleted.

In the processes from the mailbox deletion condition setting process S1 to the mailbox maintenance / mail deletion process S4, if the deletion condition / deletion date / time is set once, unnecessary e-mails in the mailbox can be deleted by the system administrator. It is automatically deleted without the user's awareness, and the mailbox can be used efficiently.

In the condition change determination S, the mailbox maintenance unit 2 performs the deletion / addition of the deletion case of the e-mail in the mailbox deletion condition setting process S1 or deletes the e-mail in the deletion case in the automatic operation condition setting process S2. When adding / changing the startup date and time, the condition is set again in the mailbox deletion condition setting process S1 or the automatic operation condition setting process S2, and when there is no condition change, the mailbox maintenance part start process S3 by the automatic operation function and In the mailbox maintenance / mail deletion process S4, the automatic operation unit 4, the mailbox maintenance unit 2, and the mailbox control unit 5 monitor the mailbox file 6 and delete the emails according to the designated deletion pattern at the designated date and time. .

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, a mailbox maintenance unit and an automatic operation unit are combined to automatically delete unnecessary e-mails in a mailbox file, thereby enabling a resident job to monitor a mailbox. Even in an e-mail system that does not exist, unnecessary e-mail can be deleted regularly and efficiently regardless of the intention of the user or the system administrator regardless of whether the system is a 24-hour operation system.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a conventional electronic mail system that does not have a resident job for monitoring a mailbox.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Mailbox maintenance condition instruction unit 2 Mailbox maintenance unit 3 Automatic operation condition instruction unit 4 Automatic operation unit 5 Mailbox control unit 6 Mailbox file 7 Workstation 8 TSS unit 9 Mail command unit 10 Command catalog / command registration unit 11 Catalog Command file 12 MT file for save 13 Maintenance information 14 Command catalog part

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A mailbox maintenance condition instructing section for setting an e-mail deletion condition, a mailbox maintenance section for deleting an e-mail from a mailbox file according to the deletion condition, and a time condition for deleting an e-mail. An electronic mail system comprising: an automatic operation condition instructing unit for performing the operation; and an automatic operation unit for automatically starting the mailbox maintenance unit according to the time condition.