JPH066375A - Mail transfer method between plural mail systems - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a mail tranfer method between plural mail systems having a high transfer efficiency. CONSTITUTION:When a mail is sent from a transmission terminal equipment 1 the mail is registered in a mail box 3 of a mail system 'A' and sent in the lump to other mail system 'B' at a prescribed time interval together with other users and registered in a mail box 6 of the mail system 'B' and the mail is received by a reception terminal equipment 8.

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 constructed on a computer network system, and more particularly to a mail transfer control system between a plurality of mail systems.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a mail transfer method between a plurality of mail systems, a mail transmission reception process from a user and a mail transmission process to another mail system are not separated but are continuously processed.

A conventional mail transfer method between a plurality of mail systems will be described below. FIG. 3 is a principle diagram of a conventional mail transfer method between a plurality of mail systems. In FIG. 3, 11 is a mail sending station, 12 is a sending mail system, 13 is a receiving mail system, and 14 is a mail receiving station. First, when the user "a" 11 sends a mail to the user "b" 14 of another mail system, the user "a" 11 also specifies the destination mail system together with the destination code.
The mail system "A" 12 that has received the mail immediately connects to the other party's mail system "B" 13 without storing the mail in its own mail system and sends the mail.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional configuration, it is necessary to connect to the corresponding mail system every time the mail is sent, and the connection line between the mail systems affects the other mail systems. Since it takes a long time to send an e-mail addressed to the user, the transmission efficiency is lowered, and the response to the user is lowered.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object thereof is to provide a mail transfer method between a plurality of mail systems, which is excellent in transmission efficiency and has a quick response to a user.

[0006]

In order to achieve this object, a mail transfer method between a plurality of mail systems of the present invention comprises:
It has a configuration in which mails are once stored in the mail system itself and exchanged with other mail systems at regular time intervals.

[0007]

With the above-described structure, the present invention allows a user "a" registered under a certain mail system "A" to send a mail to a user "b" registered under another mail system "B". When sending a mail, first, when the mail is sent from the user “a”, the corresponding mail is registered in the mailbox of the mail system “A”, and the user “a” is sent.
To send back the transmission completion in real time. Mail registered in the mailbox of the mail system "A" is
It is collectively transmitted to other mail system "B" including other users at a certain time interval and registered in the mailbox of mail system "B". The mail registered in the mailbox of the mail system "B" can be received by the user "b" under the mail system "B". Therefore, it is not necessary to connect to the other party's mail system every time the mail is sent, and the user only has to send the mail to his own mail system, so that the connection line between the mail systems is not affected.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a mail transfer method between a plurality of mail systems according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a mail sending terminal, 2 is a host station that performs a sending process of a mail sent from the sending terminal 1, and 3 is a mailbox (secondary storage device) in which the sent mail is accumulated. ) 4 and 5 are host stations that perform mail transfer processing between multiple mail systems, 6 is a mailbox (secondary storage device) in which the transferred mails are stored, 7 is a host station that performs mail reception processing Reference numeral 8 is a receiving terminal device for receiving the transmitted mail. Passed to the mail host station 2 sent from the sending terminal 1,
Then, after the user's confirmation is done, the mail is stored in the corresponding mailbox, and the mail transfer process started at a fixed time interval transfers the mail to the mail system B,
The data is stored in the corresponding mailbox of the mail system B so that the receiving terminal 8 can receive it. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mail transmission process and the mail transfer process shown in FIG.
Then, the transmission of the mail is accepted in S1, the destination mail system is determined in S2, and the mail system is registered in the corresponding mailbox in S3. FIG. 2B shows a mail transfer process activated at regular time intervals. The mail addressed to the mail system is taken out in S4, the mail is transmitted in S5, and this is repeated. In FIG. 3c, the mail is received in S6 and registered in the corresponding mailbox in S7.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the sent mails are once stored in the mailbox of the own system, are collectively sent to the mailboxes of other systems at a fixed time interval, and are received from the mailbox. Since the terminal is configured to retrieve the mail addressed to itself, high transmission efficiency can be obtained.

[0011]

As is apparent from the above embodiments, according to the present invention, the mail transmission acceptance processing and the mail transmission processing for another mail system are separated and collectively transmitted at a constant time interval. A mail transfer method between a plurality of mail systems which can improve efficiency and response to users can be provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a mail transfer method between a plurality of mail systems according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a mail transfer method between a plurality of mail systems according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a conventional mail transfer method between a plurality of mail systems.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Sending host station 3,6 Mailbox 4,5 Transfer host station 7 Receiving host station

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In an electronic mail system, a process of transferring mail between a plurality of mail systems without performing it in real time, once storing the mail in its own mail system, and sending it collectively to other mail systems at a constant time interval E-mail transfer method between multiple mail systems equipped.