JPH05308380A - Facsimile mail system and its bulletin board code gathering method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce downloading operation for a bulletin board message of the facsimile mail system. CONSTITUTION:The bulletin board code of the bulletin board message that a center device 1 is requested to send is registered in each facsimile equipment 3, and the center device 1 polls respective facsimile equipments 3 at predetermined time through a switching network 2. According to special protocol predetermined among the respective facsimile equipments, bulletin board codes registered in the respective facsimile equipments 3 are gathered and respective bulletin board messages corresponding to the gathered bulletin board codes are automatically sent to the facsimile equipments 3 where the respective bulletin board codes are registered.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile mail system for providing a bulletin board service to a plurality of subscribed facsimile machines via communication lines and a bulletin board code collecting method in the facsimile mail system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As facsimile (terminal) devices have become widespread not only in companies but also in general households as in recent years, facsimile devices have come to be used in various fields and businesses. .. Under such a social situation, the center device and each of the subscribing facsimile devices are connected by a communication line, and various services are provided from the center device to each facsimile device through the communication line. Facsimile mail systems are beginning to gain noticeable spread.

For example, in the facsimile mail system, various services as described below are provided. (1) Broadcast service (individual, group, simultaneous, etc.) (2) Mail service (3) Confidential service (send and receive)

(4) Bulletin board service (registration, withdrawal,
(5) Database service (withdrawal of materials) (6) Resend service (re-reception) (7) Agent reception service (8) Password rewriting service (confidential service, bulletin board service, etc.) (9) ) Others (reception stop, resumption, etc.)

In particular, the bulletin board service (4) in the facsimile mail system is for transmitting various bulletin board messages from the center apparatus to each facsimile apparatus via the communication line. Conventionally, in a facsimile mail system that provides such a bulletin board service, for example, by viewing a menu list on the receiving facsimile machine,
Select the required bulletin board message from the list, access the predetermined bulletin board code to the center device of the facsimile mail system according to a predetermined procedure, and pull out and receive the necessary bulletin board message from the center device. There is.

[0006]

However, in the facsimile mail system for performing the bulletin board service as described above, an operation for pulling out the bulletin board message from the facsimile machine to the center machine each time the bulletin board message of the center machine is required. So you have to do
There was a problem that the operation was troublesome. If the maintenance of the menu list of the bulletin board service from the center device is not functioning well, or if the contents of the newly added bulletin board service cannot be understood, the facsimile machine side will start from the newly added bulletin board service. There is also a problem that the recording paper is wasted by repeatedly performing such an operation in order to extract the electronic message and determine whether or not it is necessary.

Further, the operator on the facsimile machine side carelessly forgets to pull out the bulletin board message with high real-time property from the center device, and the bulletin board message cannot be seen, which hinders the business. There was a problem. The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to reduce the operation of pulling out a bulletin board message in a facsimile mail system so that the bulletin board service can be efficiently operated.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention connects a center device and each of the subscribing facsimile devices by a communication line, and sends various bulletin board messages from the center device to the communication line. In a facsimile mail system for transmitting to each facsimile machine via the facsimile machine, each facsimile machine is provided with means for registering a bulletin board code of a bulletin board message requested to be transmitted to the center machine, and means for polling each center machine with each facsimile machine And polling each facsimile machine at a predetermined time by the means, and executing a special protocol negotiated with each facsimile machine to collect the bulletin board code registered in each facsimile machine. Means and each bulletin board message corresponding to each bulletin board code collected by the means Each bulletin board code in which has provided a means for automatically transmitting to the facsimile apparatus registered.

Further, each facsimile apparatus is provided with means for registering the transmission condition of the bulletin board message to the center apparatus,
The center device collects transmission conditions registered in each facsimile device, and transmits a bulletin board message corresponding to the bulletin board code collected based on each transmission condition to the facsimile device in which each bulletin board code is registered. You may do so.

Further, the center device sequentially polls each facsimile device, and when the polled facsimile device notifies that the special protocol is supported, it sends a bulletin board code transmission request to the facsimile device according to the protocol, A bulletin board code collecting method for collecting bulletin board codes registered in each of the subscribed facsimile machines by receiving the bulletin board codes transmitted from the facsimile machines in response to the transmission request.

[0011]

In the facsimile mail system according to the present invention, the center device polls each facsimile device at a predetermined time, executes a special protocol preliminarily arranged with each facsimile device, and registers it in each facsimile device. Since the bulletin board codes that have been recorded are collected and each bulletin board message corresponding to each of the collected bulletin board codes is automatically transmitted to the facsimile device in which each bulletin board code is registered, the bulletin board registered in advance by each facsimile device The code can automatically receive the required bulletin board message.

Further, each bulletin board code is registered in the bulletin board message corresponding to the bulletin board code collected based on each transmission condition by the center apparatus collecting the transmission conditions registered in each facsimile machine. By transmitting to the facsimile device, the required bulletin board message can be automatically received according to the transmission condition registered in advance by each facsimile device. Further, according to the bulletin board code collecting method as described above, the bulletin board codes registered in each facsimile can be collected efficiently, and the bulletin board message can be efficiently transmitted to each facsimile.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a facsimile mail system according to an embodiment of the present invention. This facsimile mail system includes a center device 1, a switching network 2, and n facsimile devices (FAX1).
~ FAXn) 3. The center apparatus 1 is a facsimile storage type exchange apparatus having a memory having a storage capacity of several tens of megabytes or more.

The switching network 2 is a public switched telephone network (PSTN), integrated service digital network (ISDN), DDX-C, digital data switching-packet switching network (DDX-P),
A high-speed digital circuit network (SDL), a leased line network, an international circuit network, and a switching network constructed by combining a plurality of these switching networks.

The respective n facsimile machines 3 are various facsimile terminal machines that are subscribing to this facsimile mail system, and are communicatively connected to the center machine 1 via a communication line by the exchange network 2. Therefore, in this facsimile mail system, various bulletin board messages can be transmitted from the center apparatus 1 to each facsimile apparatus 3 via the communication line formed by the exchange network 2.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the center device 1 shown in FIG. The center device 1 includes a system control unit (SCU) 4, a floppy disk (FD) 5, a floppy disk control unit (FDC) 6, a hard disk (HD) 7, a hard disk control unit (HDC) 8, an image processing unit 9, and an operation. Unit-Console (OPU-
CONSOLE) 10, n channel units (CH
ANNEL1 to CHANNELn) 11, printer 1
2, and a system bus 13.

The SCU 4 has a built-in microcomputer to control the entire center apparatus, polls each facsimile apparatus 3 at a predetermined time, and establishes a special protocol with each facsimile apparatus. To collect the bulletin board codes registered in each facsimile machine and automatically send each bulletin board message corresponding to each collected bulletin board code to the facsimile machine in which each bulletin board code is registered. Perform processing.

Further, the transmission conditions registered in each of the facsimile devices 3 that subscribe to this facsimile mail system are collected, and the bulletin board message corresponding to the bulletin board code collected based on each transmission condition is displayed. It also performs a process of transmitting the bulletin board code to the registered facsimile device.

The FD 5 stores various system programs, parameters, registered values, etc., and the FDC 6 performs control processing when writing or reading data to or from the FD 5. HD7 has various system programs, parameters,
In addition to registered values, broadcast messages, confidential messages, bulletin board messages,
Stores various facsimile messages such as mail messages and database messages and management information of these messages, and HDC8HD7
Control processing at the time of writing or reading data to or from.

The image processing unit 9 is a unit for converting the linear density and changing the size of the bulletin board message to be transmitted, etc., according to the function and performance of the destination facsimile machine.
The OPU-CONSOLE 10 is a unit that performs operations and displays when accessing this system.

CHANNEL1 to CHANNELn11
Is a unit that has an interface (I / F) with the switching network 2 and executes communication with each facsimile device,
Two types of facsimile machines, Group 3 (G3) or Group 4 (G4), according to the recommendations of the International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT) can be supported. The printer 12 prints various facsimile telegrams stored in the center device 1 and management information thereof, and the system bus 13 is a communication line for exchanging data between the above-mentioned units.

FIG. 3 shows each facsimile machine 3 shown in FIG.
3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of FIG. The facsimile device 3 includes a system control unit (SCU) 14,
Memory unit 15, reading unit (scanner) 16, writing unit (plotter) 17, operation unit 18, image processing unit 19, image data compression / expansion unit 20, communication control unit (CCU (G
3)) 21, communication control unit (CCU (G4)) 2
2, and a system bus 23.

The SCU 14 has a built-in microcomputer and controls the entire facsimile apparatus.
Performs various processes when receiving a bulletin board message from the center device 1. The memory unit 15 is a storage unit including a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and stores various system programs, system parameters, registered values, and the like, and a bulletin board code of a bulletin board message requesting transmission to the center device 1 and the bulletin board code. Register the transmission conditions for bulletin board messages. Also, SCU
14 is used as a temporary storage memory or a work area when performing various processes.

The reading unit (scanner) 16 is a unit that optically reads information such as characters and figures written on a document and converts the information into image data by an electric signal. The writing unit (plotter) 17 is a unit that prints a bulletin board message received from the center apparatus 1 on paper to form an image. The operation unit 18 is composed of a switch unit equipped with a ten-key pad and the like and a display unit for inputting registered values of various parameters related to facsimile transmission / reception including a telephone number of a facsimile transmission destination, a bulletin board code for the center apparatus 1 and transmission conditions. Is a unit of.

The image processing unit 19 is a unit for performing processing such as image data read by the reading unit 16 or image data such as a bulletin board message received from the system device 1 such as reduction, enlargement, or linear density conversion. The image data compression / decompression unit 20 is a unit that performs compression and decompression processing on image data transmitted and received by facsimile.

The CCU (G3) 21 is a control unit having a function corresponding to the group 3 aircraft standardized by the recommendation of the International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT). CCU (G
4) 22 is a control unit that fulfills the function corresponding to the group 4 aircraft standardized by the recommendation of the International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT). The system bus 23 is a communication line for exchanging various kinds of data between the above respective units.

Next, the processing of the first embodiment in this facsimile mail system will be described. In the first embodiment, the center device 1 collects the bulletin board code of the bulletin board message requested by each facsimile machine 3 and automatically transmits the bulletin board message corresponding to the bulletin board code. First, on the side of the center device 1, data such as a predetermined polling time input by the operator on the center side from the console of the OPU-CONSOLE 10 and data such as a transmission order when a bulletin board message is transmitted to each facsimile device 3 are stored. register.

On the side of each facsimile apparatus 3, a bulletin board code for a desired bulletin board message in the bulletin board service of the center apparatus 1 input by the operator on the facsimile side from the operation unit 18 is registered. For example,
Use the numeric keypad on the operation unit 18 to select “1234” and “234
5 "" 2346 "" 1235 "" 1237 "" 123 "
When a 4-digit bulletin board code such as "9" or "2223" is input, the 4-digit bulletin board code is converted into an ASCII code and registered in a predetermined storage area of the memory unit 15 in the facsimile apparatus 3. To do.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the polling process of the center device 1. The center device determines whether or not a predetermined polling time (time) has come,
At that time, each of the facsimile devices 3 is polled, the information of the bulletin board code is collected from each of the facsimile devices 3 according to a special protocol negotiated with each of the facsimile devices 3, and the collected information is stored in a memory. Store. Then, it is judged whether or not all the subscribed facsimile machines have been accessed, and if there is a facsimile machine which has not been accessed yet, the above-mentioned processing is repeated again, and when the access to all the facsimile machines is completed, this processing is terminated. ..

That is, when the predetermined time has come, polling is performed in a predetermined order with respect to each of the facsimile devices 3 that have joined this facsimile mail system. At this time, a bulletin board code corresponding to the bulletin board message requested by each facsimile machine 3 is collected by using a special protocol arranged in advance between the center machine 1 and each facsimile machine 3, and the collected message is collected. The bulletin board code is stored in the storage area in the HD 7 corresponding to each facsimile apparatus 3. Then, the center device 1 terminates the communication after the bulletin board codes from the respective facsimile devices 3 are collected.

In this way, when the center apparatus 1 collects the bulletin board code from each of the facsimile apparatuses 3, the center apparatus 1 then performs processing for transmitting the bulletin board message corresponding to the bulletin board code to each of the facsimile apparatuses 3. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a process when the center device transmits a bulletin board message to each facsimile device 3.

First, the bulletin board message corresponding to the bulletin board code collected from the facsimile machine to be transmitted is prepared for transmission, and the bulletin board message is transmitted. Then, it is determined whether or not the bulletin board message has been transmitted to all the facsimile devices that have collected the bulletin board code. If there is a facsimile device that has not yet transmitted the bulletin board message, the above process is repeated, and the bulletin board message is sent to all the facsimile devices. When is transmitted, this process ends.

That is, when the bulletin board codes have been collected from all the facsimile machines 3 that have subscribed to this facsimile mail system, the bulletin board message requested by each facsimile machine is transmitted according to a predetermined order. Note that the communication at this time is performed by normal facsimile transmission / reception.

Next, the above special protocol will be described. Here, the case of group 3 (G3) is shown. FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram of the special protocol. First, the center device 1 rings (calls) the facsimile device 3 and transmits a calling tone signal (CNG) indicating that the calling side is a non-voice terminal. Then, the facsimile apparatus 3 switches the communication line to the center apparatus 1 to the facsimile communication side, transmits the called terminal identification signal (CED), and subsequently transmits the NSF1 signal which is the non-standard function identification signal.

The center device 1 checks (references) an area at a predetermined position of the NSF1 signal, and if an identifier indicating that a special protocol is supported is stored in that area, the protocol is stored. Facsimile apparatus 3 is determined to support the NSS1 signal which is a non-standard function setting signal with similar definition.
Send to. That is, the identifier indicating the instruction of the bulletin board code transmission request is set in the area of the predetermined position of the NSS1 signal and sent to the facsimile apparatus 3.

The facsimile apparatus 3 receives the NSS1 signal, checks the area at a predetermined position, and if the identifier indicating the instruction of the bulletin board code transmission request is stored, it is a non-standard function identification signal. The bulletin board code already registered is set in the NSF2 signal and transmitted to the center device 1. This NSF2 signal is a signal specially prepared for transmitting the bulletin board code. Center device 1
When the NSF2 signal is received by the HD7, the bulletin board code information set in the NSF2 signal is displayed on the HD7 shown in FIG.
Stored in a predetermined position, the NSS1 signal which is a non-standard function setting signal is transmitted to the facsimile device 3 as a response to the NSF2 signal, and the disconnection command signal (DCN) is subsequently transmitted to terminate the communication.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the format of the NSF1 signal. This NSF1 signal is assigned as an area for storing an identifier for declaring that a special protocol is supported, at a position of 1 (l) 1 bit of a predetermined k1 byte. For example, a flag "1" is stored as an identifier for declaring that the area supports a special protocol.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the format of the NSS1 signal. In this NSS1 signal, a predetermined 1-bit (l) 2-bit position of the k2 byte is allocated as an area for setting an identifier indicating an instruction of a bulletin board code transmission request to the facsimile machine. For example, a flag "1" is stored in the area as an identifier for instructing a bulletin board code transmission request.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the format of the NSF2 signal. The NSF2 signal stores bulletin board codes to be sent to the center device in order from the upper area. For example, the four-digit bulletin board codes “1234” and “2345” described above are both converted into ASCII codes and stored in the a1 to a4 bytes and the a5 to a8 bytes, respectively. Table 1 is a list showing the correspondence between the 4-digit bulletin board code and the ASCII code.

[0040]

[Table 1]

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the format of the NSS2 signal. In this NSS2 signal, a predetermined 1-bit (l) 3-bit position of the k3 byte is allocated as an area for setting the response information for the NSF2 signal from the facsimile apparatus, and the acknowledge information is used as the response information in this area. As (ACK) or negative acknowledge (NACK), for example, a flag “1” is stored for ACK, and a flag “0” is stored for NACK.

The ACK and NACK are control information for transmission control in facsimile communication, and the ACK notifies the transmitting side from the receiving side of "correct connection" or "correct information received as a result of error check". , NAC
K signals the opposite meaning of ACK.

That is, when the center apparatus 1 sequentially polls each of the facsimile apparatuses 3 by the above-mentioned special protocol and the polled facsimile apparatus 3 notifies that the special protocol is supported, the special protocol is notified. By transmitting a bulletin board code transmission request to the facsimile apparatus according to the protocol and receiving the bulletin board code transmitted from the facsimile apparatus in response to the transmission request, the bulletin board codes registered in each of the subscribed facsimile apparatuses are collected.

Next, the processing of the second embodiment in this facsimile mail system will be described. In the second embodiment, the transmission condition when the center device transmits the bulletin board message can be specified on the facsimile device side.

That is, on the side of each facsimile apparatus 3, when the center apparatus transmits the bulletin board message together with the bulletin board code for the desired bulletin board message in the bulletin board service of the center apparatus 1 which is input from the operation unit 18 by the operator on the facsimile side. Register the transmission conditions such as the transmission time in association with the bulletin board code. This transmission condition includes
The transmission time specification mode for specifying the time (hour) for sending the bulletin board message, the transmission mode for sending the bulletin board message (standard mode, fine mode, etc.), and the confidential transmission mode for sending the bulletin board message as confidential documents are available. There is. Next, the case of the transmission time will be described.

FIG. 11 is a flow chart showing the processing in the center device 1 of the facsimile mail system of this embodiment. First, an NSF2 signal is received from each facsimile apparatus, the information stored in the NSF2 signal is read, and it is determined whether or not the bulletin board message transmission time is specified in the information.

If the transmission time is designated, registration information such as the fax telephone number, bulletin board code, and transmission time of the facsimile machine is set in the scheduler, and this processing is terminated. Also, if no send time is specified,
A bulletin board message corresponding to the bulletin board code read out from the information is prepared, the bulletin board message to be transmitted is transmitted to the facsimile device in which the bulletin board code is registered, and this processing is ended.

FIG. 12 is a flow chart showing the processing based on the scheduler. First, it is judged from the registration information of the scheduler whether there is a registered transmission time corresponding to the current time, and if there is, a bulletin board message corresponding to the bulletin board code at that transmission time is prepared according to the registration information, and the transmission is performed. The bulletin board message is transmitted to the facsimile device that has received the time. After that, the registration information of the facsimile telephone number, the bulletin board code, and the transmission time corresponding to the facsimile device that has finished transmitting the bulletin board message is deleted from the scheduler, and this processing ends.

The center device 1 in this embodiment also uses the above-mentioned special protocol when collecting the bulletin board code and the transmission time. At that time, the facsimile machine 3 is
The bulletin board code and the transmission time associated with the code are set in the F2 signal and transmitted to the center device 1.

Upon receiving the NSF2 signal, the center device 1 stores the bulletin board code and the transmission time in a predetermined memory section. In this way, when the center apparatus 1 finishes collecting the bulletin board code and the transmission time from each facsimile apparatus 3, the bulletin board message corresponding to the bulletin board code of the facsimile apparatus 3 is sent at the transmission time designated by each facsimile apparatus 3. Send.

That is, the transmission time of the bulletin board message is registered in the center apparatus 1 in each facsimile apparatus 3,
The center device 1 polls each facsimile device 3 at a predetermined time, collects the transmission time and the bulletin board code registered in each facsimile device 3, and collects the bulletin board based on each transmission condition. The bulletin board message corresponding to the code is transmitted to the facsimile apparatus 3 in which each bulletin board code is registered.

In the above example, the case of designating the transmission time of the bulletin board message to the center device is explained. However, if the transmission mode at the time of message transmission of the bulletin board message is specified, the facsimile machine can operate in the standard mode or the fine mode. You can receive the bulletin board message in the specified transmission mode such as. Further, if the confidential transmission mode for transmitting the bulletin board message to the center device as a confidential document is designated, the facsimile device can store the bulletin board message received from the center device as a confidential document so that only a limited operator can retrieve it. ..

In this way, if the bulletin board code of the bulletin board message required for each facsimile is registered, the necessary bulletin board message is automatically transmitted without any further operation on the center device. Can be reliably received, and as the operation for pulling out the bulletin board message, only the registration operation at the time of the first and subsequent maintenance is required, and therefore the operator's operation can be reduced to an almost unnecessary level.

Further, the transmission conditions such as the transmission time can be registered in the facsimile device in association with the bulletin board code, and necessary bulletin board messages can be received according to the transmission conditions. Therefore, bulletin board messages corresponding to the same bulletin board code can be received many times. It is possible to save the recording paper without any need, and it is possible to improve the efficiency of the work by surely receiving the required bulletin board message when necessary and surely receiving the bulletin board message with real time.

[0055]

As described above, according to the facsimile mail system of the present invention, the center device polls each of the subscribed facsimile devices at a predetermined time and registers them in each facsimile device. The bulletin board codes are collected and the bulletin board message corresponding to each bulletin board code is automatically transmitted to the facsimile machine in which the bulletin board code is registered. Therefore, each facsimile machine can reduce the operation of pulling out the bulletin board message, and each time. It is not necessary to perform the operation for drawing the bulletin board message to the center device.

Further, when the center apparatus collects the bulletin board code from each facsimile apparatus, it also collects the transmission conditions such as the transmission time registered corresponding to the bulletin board code and based on the respective transmission conditions. Since the bulletin board message is transmitted to each facsimile device by the facsimile device, the facsimile device can receive the bulletin board message under desired transmission conditions, waste recording paper by pulling out unnecessary bulletin board messages, or forget to pull out necessary bulletin board messages. It is possible to prevent such things.

Further, when the center device sequentially notifies each facsimile device that there is a notification that it supports a special protocol, it sends a bulletin board code transmission request to each facsimile device according to the protocol and sends each bulletin board code. Since the bulletin board code is efficiently gathered, the bulletin board code can be efficiently gathered, the bulletin board message can be efficiently transmitted to each facsimile apparatus, and the bulletin board service can be efficiently operated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a facsimile mail system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a center device 1 shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of each facsimile device 3 shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a polling process of the center device 1 shown in FIG.

5 is a flowchart of a process when the center device 1 shown in FIG. 2 transmits a bulletin board message to each facsimile device 3. FIG.

6 is a sequence diagram of a special protocol in the facsimile mail system shown in FIG.

7 is a diagram showing an example of a format of the NSF1 signal shown in FIG.

8 is a diagram showing an example of a format of the NSS1 signal shown in FIG.

9 is a diagram showing an example of a format of the NSF2 signal shown in FIG.

10 is a diagram showing an example of a format of the NSS2 signal shown in FIG.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing processing in the center device 1 of the facsimile mail system of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing processing based on a scheduler in the center device 1.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Center device 2 Switching network 3 Facsimile device 4 System control unit (SCU) 5 Floppy disk (FD) 6 Floppy disk control unit (FDC) 7 Hard disk (HD) 8 Hard disk control unit (HDC) 9 Image processing unit 10 Operation unit- Console part (OPU
-CONSOLE) 11 channel unit 12 printer 13 system bus 14 system control unit (SCU) 15 memory unit 16 reading unit (scanner) 17 writing unit (plotter) 18 operation unit 19 image processing unit 20 image data compression /
Expansion unit 21 Communication control unit (CCU (G3)) 22 Communication control unit (CCU (G4)) 23 System bus

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile mail system in which a center device and each of the subscribed facsimile devices are connected by a communication line, and various bulletin board messages are transmitted from the center device to the facsimile devices via the communication line. A means for registering a bulletin board code of a bulletin board message to be transmitted to the center apparatus is provided in each of the facsimile apparatuses, a means for polling each of the facsimile apparatuses in the center apparatus, and a means predetermined by the means. Means for polling each of the facsimile devices at a predetermined time, executing a special protocol negotiated with each of the facsimile devices in advance, and collecting the bulletin board code registered in each of the facsimile devices; Each bulletin board message corresponding to each bulletin board code collected by means is Facsimile mail system, wherein the de is provided and means for transmitting automatically to the facsimile apparatus registered. 2. The facsimile mail system according to claim 1, wherein each of the facsimile devices is provided with means for registering a transmission condition of a bulletin board message to the center device, and the center device registers with each of the facsimile devices. The transmission conditions are collected, and the bulletin board message corresponding to the collected bulletin board code is transmitted to the facsimile device in which each bulletin board code is registered based on each transmission condition. Facsimile mail system. 3. The facsimile mail system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the center device sequentially polls each of the facsimile devices, and the polled facsimile device notifies that the special protocol is supported. And a bulletin board code registered in each of the subscribed facsimile machines by sending a bulletin board code transmission request to the facsimile machine according to the protocol and receiving a bulletin board code transmitted from the facsimile machine according to the transmission request. A bulletin board code collection method characterized by collecting information.