JPS58108846A - Electronic mailing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To offer various services corresponding to the attribute of mail by controlling three areas, i.e. a mail box, read mail area, and generated mail area, separately. CONSTITUTION:A mail area shown in a figure is divided into three areas, i.e. the main box 7, read mail area 8, and generate mail area 9 and controlled separately. Received mail from another user is stored in the mail box 7 firstly and received mail in it is read by a read command, etc., and then transferred to the read mail area 8. Mail to be sent from the user to another user is stored in the generated mail area 9. The editing and addition of mail by the user are effective to only mail stored in the generated mail area 9 and the sending of mail to another mail area is carried out with regard to only mail in the area 9.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (1> Technical Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an e-mail system, and more particularly, to an e-mail system capable of providing various mourning services depending on the attributes of mail stored in a mail area.

(2) Background of the Technology An electronic mail system is a system for sending and receiving various messages, data requests, and mail via a mail area, that is, an electronic file provided for each user. Recently, in such e-mail systems,
- Various services are gaining popularity, such as forwarding services that forward emails sent to other users to other users, and response sending services that return reply emails to the email sender. '.

(3) Prior Art and Problems Conventionally, in electronic mail systems, the mail area for each user consists of one area called a mailbox, etc., and mails sent from other users and Emails created by oneself were stored in the same area, that is, in the mailbox. ゛However, in the conventional method, each user's email management is managed in one area. It is not possible to know the attributes of the email stored in , such as whether the email was sent by another user or created by the user, and therefore, it is not possible to know the attributes of the email stored in the . The inconvenience has been that it is a national problem to realize services such as the above-mentioned response sending service or forwarding service.

(4) Purpose of the Invention Purpose of the Invention In view of the problems with the conventional system described above, in an electronic mail system, there are three areas: a mail area management mailbox for each user, a mail area that has been sent, and a created mail area. Based on the concept of separate management, the aim is to enable various services to be used according to the attributes of the e-mail.

(5) Structure of the Invention and Purpose According to the present invention, in an e-mail system in which e-mails are exchanged via a mail area provided for each user, e-mails are exchanged between the mail area and the read mail area. and created mail area, stored in the receiving mail line mailbox, and only those mails that the user has emptied are forwarded to the reading mail area, and the mail created by the user is stored in the receiving mail line mailbox. is stored in the created mail area, the sending of mail is performed for the mail in the created mail area, and the sending service related to the received mail stores the mail body or mail attribute information from the sent mail area. This is achieved by providing an e-mail system that is characterized by the following: creating a mail after forwarding it to an area;

(6) Examples of the invention The present invention will be described in detail below using the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of an e-mail system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a host computer, 2 is an exchange and communication network, and 3 and 4 are user terminals, respectively. Terminals 5 and 6 are mail areas provided corresponding to users 3 and 4, respectively.

In the system shown in FIG. 1, for example, when a user of the terminal 3 sends an e-mail such as a message to a user of Kamesuefuku, the e-mail including destination information and a message tube and a command are inputted from the terminal 3.

According to the wrinkle command, the host combination 1-Y1 $5 UI and the communication network 2T- through the nuclear trend 3 and 1111111I
tm continues with the mail area 5 corresponding to the end 3, temporarily stores the inputted mail in its own mail area 5, and then moves to the next Ki [
The cough mail is transferred from the mail area 5 to the mail area 6 of the destination user. The mail stored in the mail area 6 corresponding to the user of the terminal 4 in this way is sent to the terminal 4 when the user of the terminal 4 inputs a predetermined read command and accesses the terminal regularly. .

FIG. 2 shows the structure of the mail area provided for each user as described above. That is, the mail area is managed by dividing the mail into three areas: mail delivery, read mail area 8, and created mail area 9. Emails received from other users are stored in the Tsukufu. The received mail in the mailbox is transferred to the read mail area 8 after being continued by the above-mentioned continuing command or the like. E-mails created by users to send to other users are stored in the created mail area 9. In addition, users can edit and add emails.
This can be done for mail stored in the i-created mail area 9. Furthermore, mail can only be sent to other mail areas in the created mail area 9.

When using a mail area with such a configuration to perform a sending service related to received mail, such as the above-mentioned mail forwarding service, it is necessary to move the main body of the mail in the continued mail area 8 to the created mail area 9. This is done by sending it later. In this case, 4. E-mails in the read mail area 8 are protected so that no changes can be made, such as writing, and are moved to the created mail area 9.Additional information can be added to the created mail area 9 as necessary, and the mail can be sent to other users. will be forwarded to. This allows the received email itself to be forwarded to other users without any changes.
Specific services can be performed only on received mail, distinguishing it from created mail.

In addition, in the case of the reply sending service, attribute information such as mail destination information in the sent mail area 8 is moved to the created mail area, reply information is added in the created mail area 9, and the message is sent to other users. .

(7) Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, since the emails stored in the mail area of each user are stored in different areas according to the attributes related to sending and receiving, each email is categorized into seven attributes. It can be managed accordingly, and therefore nine services can be easily realized according to the nature of the mail.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block circuit diagram schematically showing an electronic mail system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic block circuit diagram showing the configuration of a mail area in the system of FIG. 1... Host computer, 2... Exchange and communication network, 3, 4... Terminal, 5.6... Mail area,
7...Mail gesoku, 8...Printed mail area, 9...Created mail area. Patent applicant Fujitsu Co., Ltd. Patent application agent Akira Aoki Patent attorney Kazuyuki Nishidate Patent attorney Yukio Uchida Akira Yamaguchi

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] In an electronic mail system in which mail is exchanged via a mail area provided for each user, the mail area is constituted by a mail address, a read mail area, and a created mail area, Received mail is stored in the mail tux, received mail whose core mail is in tux is only transferred to the read mail area if the user has read it, and mail created by the user is stored in the created mail area. Sending an e-mail is done to one e-mail in the created e-mail area, and sending related to the received e-mail (II-y''-service creates the e-mail body or e-mail attribute information from the read e-mail area. What to do after forwarding to the mail area tq#E-mail system with mold.゛