JPH06268676A - Electronic mail system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To select a distribution destination mail box corresponding to the request of an electronic mail system user, the request of an electronic mail system manager or the use state of a mail box provided for a relevant receiver. CONSTITUTION:The distribution destination mail box of mail delivered by a mail transfer means 1 is selected based on receiver request information extracted by using a receiver request managing means 4, manager request information extracted by a mail box managing means 6 and mail box state information. Based on mail box position information extracted by using a destination managing means 5, the mail is distributed to the selected mail box.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an electronic mail system in which each user has one or more mailboxes.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional electronic mail system,
When one user temporarily belongs to multiple organizations or departments or wants to receive email on multiple physically different computers, different email addresses are assigned to the same user. I have provided multiple mailboxes. The user who is the sender uses the destination email address to select the mailbox when receiving the mail, and the user who has multiple mailboxes that are the recipients is Reading was performed for all the mailboxes that he had.

[0003]

In the above conventional electronic mail system, when sending a mail to a user having a plurality of mailboxes, the mailbox corresponding to the mail address selected by the sender is the recipient. Is not necessarily an appropriate choice for There is also a problem that the sender himself is forced to select an email address.

Further, when the delivery destination mailbox is in a state of being unreceivable, the delivery is notified to the sender even though there is another mailbox of the recipient, or It will be registered in the delivery queue in the email system. Therefore, there is a problem in that the email cannot be received or the email is delayed.

[0005]

According to the electronic mail system of the present invention, in the electronic mail system in which each user has one or more mailboxes, the request of the mail receiver is registered / corrected. Means, receiver request management means for managing the receiver request information set by the mail receiver, address registration / correction means for registering / correcting the mailbox position, and mailbox position information indicating the mailbox position. A destination management means for managing, a mailbox monitoring means for monitoring the status of the mailbox, a mailbox status information indicating the status of the mailbox, and an email for registering / correcting administrator request information set by the administrator of the email system. Box registration / correction means and mailbox managers that manage mailbox status information and administrator request information With and, the recipient requested information, e-mail box position information, on the basis of the mailbox state information and management's demands information, and a distribution destination selection means for selecting a mail box.

[0006]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the functional arrangement of an electronic mail system 11 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the mail transfer means 1 analyzes the sent mail and sends the mail to another transfer means of the electronic mail system or passes the mail to the mailbox selection means 2 according to the result. Mailbox selection means 2
Is the recipient request information managed by the recipient request management unit 4, the mailbox position information managed by the destination management unit 5, the mailbox status information managed by the mailbox management unit 6, and the manager request. Based on the information, a delivery destination mailbox is selected from the plurality of mailboxes 3 to deliver the email.

The recipient request information is registered / corrected by the receiver using the receiver request registration / correction means 7, the mailbox position information is used by the destination registration / correction means 8, and the administrator request information is mailed. Using the box registration / correction means 10, the registration / correction is performed by the e-mail system administrator.

The mailbox status information is collected by the monitoring operation performed on the mailbox by the mailbox status monitoring means 9, and the mailbox status monitoring means 9 uses the mailbox registration / correction means 10 to register / correct it.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing one format of the recipient request information collected by using the recipient request management means 4. The recipient request information is a selection processing identifier for identifying the selection algorithm desired by the recipient, a mailbox name indicating a name for identifying the mailbox, and a reception order indicating the recipient's desired delivery order to the mailbox. It consists of three elements of the priority of the person.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing one format of the mailbox position information collected by using the destination management means 5. The mailbox location information is composed of three elements: the same mailbox name as in FIG. 2, a mailbox address indicating the location of the mailbox in the computer, and a network address indicating the location of the computer in the network where the mailbox exists. .

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a format of the mailbox status information and the administrator request information. This information is
The same mailbox name as in Figure 2, the operating status that indicates whether the mailbox is available, the load that indicates the usage rate of the mailbox or the usage rate of the computer on which the mailbox exists, and the mailbox of the e-mail system administrator. It is composed of four elements of the priority of the administrator, which represents the delivery priority order of. When the operating state is 1, the mailbox is stopped, and when it is 0, the operating state is shown. The information about the load is relative information, and when the condition is determined, only the one that exceeds a certain fixed value is the subject of the determination, and the others are ignored.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the procedure of the mailbox selection process. The condition for determining the selection destination mailbox depends on the selection identifier in the recipient request information. The condition judgment is the recipient's request information, mailbox status information,
This is performed based on the administrator request information, and the mail is delivered to the mailbox thus determined based on the mailbox position information.

For example, if the selection process identifier is set to 0,
The mailbox whose operating status is 0, load is less than 20, and whose recipient's priority value is the smallest is selected (see Fig. 2), and the mailbox address information of the network address of the relevant mailbox name (see Fig. 3). The mail is forwarded based on.

[0015]

According to the present invention, a mail delivery destination mailbox according to a request of an electronic mail system user who is a recipient, a request of an administrator of the electronic mail system, and a state of a mailbox of the recipient. Can be selected. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate undeliverable mail and reduce the number of mails registered in the delivery queue in the electronic mail system.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a format of recipient request information.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a format of mailbox position information.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing one format of mailbox status information and administrator request information.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation of a mailbox selection unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Mail Transfer Means 2 Mailbox Selection Means 3 Mailboxes 4 Recipient Request Management Means 5 Address Management Means 6 Mailbox Management Means 7 Recipient Request Registration / Correction Means 8 Address Registration / Correction Means 9 Mailbox Status Monitoring Means 10 Mailboxes Registration / correction means 11 E-mail system

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An e-mail system in which each user has one or more mailboxes. Recipient request registration / correction means for registering / correcting the request of the mail receiver, and receiver request set by the mail receiver. Recipient request management means for managing information, destination registration / correction means for registering / correcting the mailbox position, destination management means for managing mailbox position information indicating the mailbox position, and mailbox status Mailbox monitoring means for monitoring, mailbox status information indicating the status of the mailbox, and mailbox registration / correction means for registering / correcting administrator request information set by the administrator of the email system, and mailbox status information and Mailbox management means for managing administrator request information, recipient request information, mailbox position information, An electronic mail system comprising: delivery destination selecting means for selecting a mailbox based on mailbox status information and administrator request information.