JPH10322384A - Electronic mail repeating monitor controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To identify a message which is not to be received, to stop the distribution of the message or temporarily accumulate it by monitoring the repeating of an electronic mail storing a condition for distribution stop or temporary accumulation and stopping the distribution of the electronic mail matched to the condition or temporarily accumulating it. SOLUTION: It is assumed that a user uX desires to deny mail reception from a transmitter uP. When an input/output interface part 120 receives the mail to the user uX at that time, it is judged by a denial processing part 330 through a transfer processing part 130 with the instruction of a control part 300. The denial processing part 330 inspects the address of the mail with the instruction of the control part 300, extracts the address uX and the transmitter UP. The denial processing part 330 stops distribution of registered information which is desired to be denied. When the recording of the transmitter, reception date/time and a message size is designated, they are judged. The denial processing part 330 records them with the instruction of the control part 300, sends a distribution stop signal to a transfer processing part 130 and stops mail distribution.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic mail relay monitoring and control apparatus for monitoring the relay of electronic mail and stopping or temporarily storing the delivery of unnecessary electronic mail to the destination terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional electronic mail apparatus is configured as shown in FIG.
In response to the instruction of 00, the message is transmitted to the transfer processing unit 130. After the reception, the transfer processing unit 130
According to the instruction, the information storage area information of the user is read from the user management unit 150, and the mail is stored in a predetermined area of the storage unit 140 according to the information. If the mail is not on the node, the transfer processing unit 130 sends the mail to the input / output interface unit 120 according to an instruction from the control unit 100.
To a corresponding node on the network or a relay node.

[0003]

It is said that the number of e-mail users has exceeded 3 million in Japan. When it spreads in this way, unnecessary messages such as unnecessary direct mail, chain mail, and unhappy letters are often sent suddenly from unfamiliar organizations or individuals.

In such a situation, the conventional technique has a disadvantage that the function of controlling the delivery based on the sender's address is not sufficient.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above,
An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic mail relay monitoring and control device that identifies a message that the user does not want to receive and stops delivery or temporarily stores the message.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a relay of an electronic mail is monitored, and the delivery of an unnecessary electronic mail to the destination terminal is stopped or temporarily stored. A rejection processing storage unit for storing a condition for stopping delivery or temporarily storing, and stopping or temporarily stopping delivery of an email that meets the condition stored in the rejection processing storage unit. The gist of the invention is to have a rejection processing unit that performs a process of storing.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a condition for stopping or temporarily storing delivery is stored, and a message which is not desired to be received by stopping or temporarily storing delivery of an e-mail meeting the condition is stored. Refuses to receive.

[0008] The present invention according to claim 2 is based on claim 1.
In the invention described in the description, it is essential that a means for notifying the source that the destination terminal does not exist is included in performing the delivery stop processing.

According to the present invention, the delivery stop process is performed by notifying the source that the destination terminal does not exist.

[0010] Further, the present invention according to claim 3 provides the invention according to claim 1.
In the invention described in the description, it is essential that the destination terminal has means for notifying the source of a specific message specified in advance when performing the delivery stop processing.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, delivery stop processing is performed by notifying the source of a specific message specified by the destination terminal in advance.

[0012]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an electronic mail relay monitoring and control apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.
The e-mail relay monitoring and control device shown in FIG. 1 is a device that monitors the relay of e-mails and stops or temporarily stores the delivery of undesired e-mails to the destination terminal. The control unit controls the entire operation. 300, a rejection processing storage unit 320 for storing conditions for stopping delivery or temporarily storing, and a rejection processing unit 330 for stopping or temporarily storing delivery of an e-mail that meets the conditions stored in the rejection processing storage unit 320 A transfer processing unit 1 for controlling processing for stopping delivery of an electronic mail in response to a delivery stop signal from the rejection processing unit.
30, a storage unit 140 for storing information, a user management unit 150 for managing users, a reading unit 160 for reading information stored in the storage unit, and a transmission unit 17 for performing transmission processing
0, an input / output interface unit 120 for interfacing with a network.

[0014] In the electronic mail relay monitoring and control apparatus configured as described above, for example, it is assumed that the user uX wants to reject reception of a mail from the sender uP. Further, it is assumed that the sender, the date and time of reception, and the message size are to be recorded.

At this time, the rejection processing storage unit 320
uX, uP, {sender, reception date and time, message size}, and delivery stop are stored.

It is easy to guess that this specification specifies only the sender who wants to deliver, and temporarily stores mail for all other senders.

In operation, when the input / output interface unit 120 receives a mail to the mail address uX, the mail is transmitted to the transfer processing unit 130 according to an instruction from the control unit 300. The transfer processing unit 130 transmits the mail to the rejection processing unit 330 to make a determination. The rejection processing unit 330 examines the destination of the mail according to the instruction of the control unit 300, and extracts the destination uX and the sender uP. After the extraction, the rejection processing unit 330 associates {uX, uP} with the pre-registered information, stops delivery, and determines that recording of {sender, reception date and time, message size} is specified. . The rejection processing unit 330 receives {sender, reception date and time, message size} according to an instruction from the control unit 300.
Is recorded, and a signal to stop delivery is transmitted to the transfer processing unit 130. After the reception, the transfer processing unit 130 stops delivery of the mail.

Here, if the processing has not been stopped, for example, if the mail from uQ has not been stopped, the rejection processing unit 330 makes a decision and sends a delivery signal to the instruction of the control unit 300. To the transfer processing unit 130.

Here, not only the specific user name but also, for example, a domain name such as a country name or an organization name, or a conditional expression therefor can be easily described by analogy. This information can be stored in the rejection processing storage unit 320.

In addition to the stop of delivery, for example, it is also possible to specify that a specific message specified in advance for the caller be sent to the callee. This can be, for example, a protest message or a message indicating that it cannot be received. In response to an instruction from the control unit 300, the rejection processing unit 330 creates the message and transmits the message via the transfer processing unit 130.

In addition to the delivery stop, it is possible to send a message generated by the system indicating that there is no sender. To transmit this message, the envelope of the received message is analyzed, and a corresponding system message is attached to the envelope and forwarded. According to an instruction from the control unit 300,
The rejection processing unit 330 creates the message and sends it through the transfer processing unit 130.

The message is as follows.

[0023] In addition to the delivery stop, the message can be forwarded as evidence to a third party specified in advance for the sender name. According to the instruction of the control unit 300, the rejection processing unit 330
The call is transmitted via the transfer processing unit 130.

It can be easily analogized that the present invention can be realized by software. Registration in the rejection processing storage unit can be easily analogized by, for example, storing a received message in a specific storage area and automatically learning and registering from the contents of the storage area.

Further, by recording the contents of refusal,
It is possible to record how messages that you do not want to receive are sent without storing them in your own mailbox.

Also, in the above processing, instead of stopping or temporarily storing the delivery of the e-mail that meets the delivery stop condition, or notifying a specific message, a message indicating that the destination terminal of the e-mail does not exist is transmitted. It may be configured to notify the original.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG.
The operation of the electronic mail relay monitoring and control device of FIG. 1 will be described.
First, the relay specification of the user is read, and the relay by the relay specification of the user is started (steps S11 and S13). Then, it is checked whether or not an instruction to end the relay has arrived (step S15). If it has arrived, the process is terminated. If it has not arrived, one received e-mail is taken out (step S17). Then, it is checked whether or not the electronic mail is an electronic mail from the relay stop destination (step S19). If the mail is not from the relay stop destination, the electronic mail is relayed and forwarded (step S2).
9) In the case of an e-mail from a relay stop destination, a process of not relaying the e-mail is performed (step S2).
1) Further, the history of the process that is not relayed is recorded (step S23). Then, it is checked whether or not there is a change in the relay instruction (step S25). If there is no change, the process returns to step S15, and the same operation is repeated. And then step S1
Returning to step 5, the same operation is repeated.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Conditions for stopping or temporarily storing the delivery are stored, and the delivery of the e-mail meeting the conditions is stopped or temporarily stored, so that it is possible to refuse to receive an unnecessary message that one does not want to receive.

Further, according to the present invention, the fact that the destination terminal does not exist is notified to the transmission source or a specific message is notified to the transmission source, so that unnecessary messages are reduced from being transmitted. be able to.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an electronic mail relay monitoring control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the electronic mail relay monitoring control device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional electronic mail device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 130 transfer processing unit 140 storage unit 150 user management unit 300 control unit 320 rejection processing storage unit 330 rejection processing unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] An electronic mail relay monitoring and control device that monitors relay of an electronic mail and stops or temporarily stores delivery of an electronic mail that does not need to be delivered to a destination terminal. An electronic mail relay monitor comprising: a rejection processing storage unit for storing; and a rejection processing unit for performing a process of stopping or temporarily storing the delivery of an e-mail meeting the condition stored in the rejection processing storage unit. Control device. 2. The electronic mail relay monitoring and control device according to claim 1, further comprising means for notifying the source that the destination terminal does not exist when performing the delivery stop processing. 3. The electronic mail relay monitoring and control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for notifying the source of a specific message specified by the destination terminal when performing the delivery stop processing.