JPH05241993A - Mailing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To suppress a trouble due to malfunction or the mis-typing of a destination address to a minimum when a mail is generated. CONSTITUTION:This system is a mailing system comprised of a text edit means 1 which edits a mail to be transmitted on a UNIX OS and monitors the occurrence of a transmission control signal, an address input means 2 which inputs a mail destination address, a transmission prevention means 3 which checks a text when the transmission control signal is generated at the text edit means 1 and prevents the trouble from occurring due to the malfunction, or a transmission prevention means 4 which checks the address and prevents the trouble from occurring due to the mis-typing of the address, and a mail transmission means 5 which transmits the mail actually. Thereby. it is possible to reduce excessive burden on a network and to suppress an adverse effect on file accumulation for message due to erroneous transmission to a minimum.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mail system on UNIX OS, and more particularly to trouble avoidance in mail creation and transmission.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of mail system is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, text editing means 1 and address input means 2
The text editing means 1 edits the text for mail, and the address can be inputted by the address input means 2 at any time during the editing, and the transmission control signal can be inputted during the text editing by the text editing means 1. When the error occurs, the mail sending means 3 is immediately called,
An email is sent. There was no integrity check of the text as mail, and the check of the designated address was only performed in the mail management machine after the mail was sent through the network.

[0003]

In the above-described conventional mail system, even when a mail is sent due to a malfunction while creating the mail, it is the same as the normal sending method, and the mail is sent incompletely. There were times when it ended up. Also, even if you make a call without noticing the address typo, it seems as if it was processed normally, so the mail actually reaches the mail management machine via the network, and after checking, again via the tetwork, Until the message arrived, there was a problem that it was difficult to notice an error in sending an email.

[0004]

A mail system according to the first aspect of the present invention includes a text editing means for editing a mail sent on a UNIX OS and monitoring a generation of a transmission control signal, and a mail destination address. Address input means for inputting and automatically converting addresses according to the alias information,
When the transmission control signal is generated by the text editing means, it comprises a transmission preventing means for checking the text due to a malfunction and a mail transmitting means for actually transmitting the mail.

The mail system of the second invention is UNI
A text editing means for editing a mail to be sent on the X OS and monitoring the occurrence of a transmission control signal, an address input means for inputting a mail destination address, and automatically converting the address based on the alias information, and the text. When a transmission control signal is generated by the editing means, a transmission prevention means by an address typo that checks the address,
It is characterized by being configured by a mail sending means for actually sending a mail.

[0006]

The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, one embodiment of the mail system of the present invention is a text editing means 1, an address input means 2, a transmission preventing means 3 due to a malfunction, a transmission preventing means 4 due to an address typo, and a mail transmitting means 5. And an email address information file 6.

When the mail system is activated, the text editing means 1 is called. The text editing unit 1 creates, lays out, and refines an outgoing mail, calls the address input unit 2 when necessary, and inputs the destination address of the mail transmission. When a transmission control signal is generated, the transmission preventing means 3 due to a malfunction or the transmission preventing means 4 due to an address typo is called.

The address input means 2 first requests the address of the other party to which the mail is sent to the user. The address designation includes full address designation and alias designation. When the alias designation is made, the address input means 2 refers to the mail address information file 6 and replaces the alias name with the full address.

Next, the processes of the transmission preventing means 3 due to a malfunction, the transmission preventing means 4 due to an address type mistake, and the mail transmitting means 5 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, respectively.
Will be described.

The transmission preventing means 3 due to malfunction is called when the transmission control signal is generated in the text editing means 1 in FIG. Referring to FIG. 2, the malfunction preventing transmission means 3 first checks in step 31 whether or not there is any disorder in the text. Specifically, it is checked by JIS code collation or the like whether or not there is a garbled character that occurs when the Japanese conversion function does not work normally in the text. If the disorder is present in the sentence, the process proceeds to step 32, and if it is not present, the process proceeds to step 33.

In step 32, a message indicating that the text is disturbed is output, and the confirmation of the user is awaited. When the continuation of the process is input, the process proceeds to step 33, and when the process stop is input, the process returns to the text editing means 1.

In step 33, it is checked whether the text is being edited. Specifically, a syntax analysis method (for example, checking whether or not punctuation marks are appropriately used) is used to check whether or not the sentence is entered in accordance with the syntax rules. If the text is being edited, the process proceeds to step 34. If not, the mail sending means 5 is called.

In step 34, as in step 32, a message indicating that text editing is in progress is output,
Wait for user confirmation. When it is input that the processing is continued, the mail transmitting means 5 is called. Otherwise, it returns to the text editing means 1.

Transmission preventing means 4 due to address typo
Is called when a transmission control signal is generated by the text editing means 1 in FIG. Referring to FIG. 3, the transmission preventing means 4 due to an address typo checks whether or not the full address obtained by the address inputting means 2 in step 41 conforms to the address notation rule. For example, by using a parsing method, it is checked whether there is only one @ sign, or whether there is a mixture of characters that do not conform to the address notation such as commas between periods. If the address obtained by the address input means 2 conforms to the address notation rule, the mail transmission means 5 is called, and if not, the processing returns to the calling source.

The mail transmission means 5 is called when the transmission is OK as a result of checking by the transmission prevention means 3 due to a malfunction or the transmission prevention means 4 due to an address typo in FIG. Check if it's okay to go, then go out in an interactive form and then send mail.

Referring to FIG. 4, the mail sending means 5 is
In step 51, the address (full address) obtained by the address input means 2 is displayed again.

In step 52, a message for confirming whether or not to send the text with the full address re-displayed in step 51 is displayed, and the confirmation of the user is awaited. If the user inputs the call YES, step 53 is called, and if the user inputs NO, the process directly returns to the calling source.

In step 53, the mail is actually transmitted.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, by checking and preventing a malfunction of a text editing operation or a mail transmission error due to an address typing error before the actual transmission, an extra load of the tetwork is provided. This has the effect of mitigating and minimizing the harmful effects of accumulating message files that are sent due to erroneous transmission.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a transmission preventing unit due to a malfunction in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of transmission preventing means due to an address typo in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of a mail transmitting means in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a conventional mail system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1,10 Text editing means 2,20 Address input means 3,30 Transmission prevention means due to malfunction 4 Transmission prevention means due to address typo 5 Mail sending means 6 Mail address information file

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A text editing means for editing a mail to be sent on a UNIX OS and monitoring the occurrence of a transmission control signal, and an address input for inputting a mail destination address and automatically converting the address based on the alias information. And a mail sending means for actually sending a mail, and a means for preventing transmission due to a malfunction of checking a text when a transmission control signal is generated by the text editing means. system. 2. A text editing means for editing a mail to be sent on UNIX OS and monitoring the occurrence of a transmission control signal, and a mail destination address for inputting an address input for automatically converting an address based on alias information. Means, a means for preventing transmission due to an address typo that checks an address when a transmission control signal is generated by the text editing means, and a mail sending means for actually sending a mail. Mail system to do.