JPS63237641A - Electronic mail system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten a time necessary for message collation, and to make a message collation from the external through the input side by using an in-serial number management device and an out-serial number management device as well as an in-serial number management file and an out-serial number management file. CONSTITUTION:Apart from a storing device 5, the in-serial number management device 8 and the out-serial number management device 10 are provided, and in these devices, an in-serial number and an out-serial number are respectively added to a message exchanged in the system, and the in-serial number management file 9 and the out-serial number management film 10 are prepared. That is, the devices 8 and 10 add serial numbers respectively to a message exchanged in the system, arrange them in a file, and thus manage them. As a result, by these serial number indexes, the collation of message can be facilitated on both input and output sides, also, the information of input and output message can be concentrated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an electronic mail system, and particularly to the setting of files used in message inquiry processing.

[Conventional technology]

A conventional device of this type is shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional e-mail system. In the figure, (1) is an input device, 121 Fi
The transmitting device transmits the message input by the input device (1). (3) is a transfer device that transfers the transmitted message. (4) is a receiving device that receives the transferred message. (5) is a storage device that performs processing to store the received message. (61 is an output device that outputs the stored messages. (7) is a mailbox file that actually stores the output messages.

Next, the operation of the conventional device will be explained. Input device (1
) The message input from the transmitter (2) and the transfer device (3)
), passes through the receiving device (4) and is stored in the mailbox (7) by the storage device (51).The stored message is also delivered to the destination via the output device (6) K at the request of the destination subscriber. .Here, in order to query the message, K searches the mailbox (7) for the same message as the message that was once output, and in order to obtain information regarding the delivery of the accumulated message, K searches the mailbox (7) for the same message as the message that was once output. The system checks the messages stored in the system one by one, searches for the corresponding message, and obtains information directly from it.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

Message inquiries in conventional e-mail systems are performed using the method described above, so when obtaining information about the delivery of a message, it is necessary to search for each message in the mailbox one by one. Because it is not centralized, it is time consuming and inefficient.

In addition, in the conventional method, the side where the output side (the output device 16 with the transfer device (3) as the border) is called the output side, and the side where the input device i
The side where ll is located is called the input side. There was a problem in that messages could only be inquired from (the same applies hereinafter), and input messages could not be inquired from outside through the input side.

The present invention has been made to solve these problems, and aims to provide an e-mail system that can shorten the time required for message inquiries and also allow message inquiries to be made from the outside through the input side.

[Means for solving problems]

The e-mail system according to the present invention is provided with a new person serial number management device and an originating serial number management device in addition to the storage device, and in both of these serial number management devices, the human serial number and the originating serial number are added to messages exchanged within the system. , and created two files: a person serial number management file and an outgoing serial number management file.

[Effect]

In this invention, the person serial number management device and the outgoing serial number management device assign serial numbers to the messages that are taken in seconds within the system, and manage the serial numbers as files, so the serial number index (
(hereinafter simply referred to as the serial number) makes it easy to search for messages on both the input and output sides, and also allows information on input and output messages to be aggregated.

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.
The same reference numerals as in the figure indicate the same or corresponding parts, and (8) is an incoming serial number management system, which assigns an input number to the input message on the input side and manages the person's serial number. (91 is a person serial number management file that files person serial numbers, and (10) is an originating serial number management device, which assigns an originating serial number to the transferred message on the output side and manages the originating serial number. (1
1) is an outgoing serial number management file that stores outgoing serial numbers, (1)
2) is a device for creating a comparison table of person serial numbers and outgoing serial numbers that performs message inquiry processing.

Next, the operation of this invention will be explained. Figures 2 and 3
The figure is a flowchart for explaining the operation of this invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the flow of message processing within the device shown in FIG. 1. In step (202), message processing is performed manually; The input message is checked in step (203), and if there is an error, error processing is performed in step (214). If there is no error as a result of the check, a personal serial number is assigned to the message on the input side in Stella f (205). Next, in step (206), the assigned personal serial number is stored in the personal serial number management file (9) together with the input time of the message and the address of the destination subscriber.

After the message is transferred to the other party in step (207), the receiving side assigns an origination serial number to the message in step (208). In step (209), the assigned outgoing serial number is stored in the outgoing serial number management file (
11).

Next, the step (210) performs message reception processing, and in step (211) the message is stored in the mailbox file (7) corresponding to the address of the destination subscriber. At step (212), the destination subscriber accesses the mailbox file (7)K, and the message is output to the destination subscriber.

In addition, the message human power in step (202) is input device (1)
Then, Sten f (203), (204), (2
Processing and step (20) related to message check in 14)
5) Person serial numbers are assigned by the transmitting device (2),
Further, the person serial number recording process in step (206) is performed by the person serial number management device (8) and written to the person serial number management file (9). Message transfer process in step (207) and Stella f
(208) is assigned the outgoing serial number by the transfer device (31), the outgoing serial number recording process in step (209) is performed by the outgoing serial number management device (10), and the outgoing serial number management file (11
). The reception of the message shown in Stella f (210) is performed by the receiving device (4), and the storage of the message in step (211) is performed by the storage device (5), and the messages are placed in the mailbox (7). The message output in step (21, 2) is performed by the output device (6).

FIG. 3 shows the processing of the actual message inquiry operation in the device shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process performed in (12). First, in step (302) it is checked whether to inquire about the person serial number or the outgoing serial number, and if the incoming serial number is specified, the person serial number management file is cut in step (303), and if the outgoing serial number is specified. If so, read the serial number management file at Stella f (310).

At this time, there is a membership fee for the subscriber who inquires about the message to specify whether to inquire about the person's serial number or the originating serial number.

Check for vO errors when reading from mailbox file (7) in steps (304) and (311), and if there is an error, proceed to step (309)
Processes the error and ends the process. If there are no errors,
Edit the person serial number comparison table or the outgoing serial number comparison table in Stella f (305) or (312). Step (30
Output the comparison table in step 6), check for errors during output in step (307), end if there is no error, and error processing B in step (308) if there is an error.
and exit. Note that the editing items for the person serial number comparison table and the outgoing serial number comparison table are selected from the items described in the person serial number management file (9) and the outgoing serial number management file (10), and are edited as desired by each user.

Figure 4 is a diagram showing the configuration of the person serial number management file (91).
In the figure, (410) represents the maximum number of serial numbers (m) for one first subscriber (416), and (411) represents one serial number (A1
), the entry time of (401), (402)
Destination subscriber address, (403) D le%fu 7 lag indicating delivery/non-delivery notification mourning/unnecessity, (404) reception/
Translation flag to version indicating whether notification of non-reception is required or not (405)
It consists of an input basso number and an input quadrature race flag (406).

The data configured in this way is the serial number (A1) of (411).
) to the serial number (Arr+) of (412) by the maximum number m of serial numbers, forming data for one subscriber (416). The next (413) is the maximum serial number (nl) of the next subscriber (417).
, the following (414) to (415) are (411) to (412)
) constitutes the data of the next subscriber (417).

In this way, the data regarding the person serial numbers of all enrolled senior citizens are collected to form the person serial number management file (9).

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the structure of the outgoing serial number management file (11). In the figure, (510) represents the maximum number of serial numbers for one first subscriber, and (511) represents data regarding one serial number (B1). (501) Output time, (502) Input time, (503) Message type, (504) Output page number, (505) Source subscriber address, (506)
It consists of an output terminal identifier (507), a person serial number (507), and an output race flag (508). Data having such a structure is arranged from (511) to (51, 2) with one maximum serial number FX and constitutes data for the first subscriber (516). (513) is the maximum number of serial numbers for the next subscriber)
, and (514) is constructed similarly to (511).
The data from (B1) to (By) of (515) constitute the data of the next subscriber (517).

In this way, the data regarding the serial number of all participating senior citizens are collected to form the serial number management file (11).

In the above embodiment, a message inquiry regarding an exchange of messages within an e-mail file has been described, but it is also possible to perform a message inquiry regarding an exchange of messages between other systems in the same manner.

Furthermore, FIGS. 4 and 5 show an example of the data structure. Regardless of this, in the present invention, the incoming and outgoing serial number management files can be created using other data structure examples, and the message inquiry can be similarly performed. It can be carried out.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, this invention aggregates message information that has been scattered within the system by using a person serial number management device, an originating serial number management device, a person serial number management file, and an originating serial number management file. This has the advantage that subscribers can arbitrarily and easily refer to it whenever necessary.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 2 and 3 are flowcharts for explaining the invention in detail, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the structure of a person serial number management file, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the structure of a dispatch number management file, and FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the structure of a conventional e-mail system. (1) is an input device, (5) is a storage device, (6) is an output device, (7) is a mailbox file, (8) is a person serial number management device, (9) is a person serial number management file, 0 Attendance/leaving number management device, αυ is the attendance number management file, α2 is the person's serial number/
A device for creating a comparison table of attendance and departure numbers. Note that the same reference numerals in each figure indicate the same or corresponding parts. Agent Masuo Oiwa Figure 1 1 Human power device 7: Mail address file/1 file 2, sending 4 Thorns II 8: Person @Chiri Thorns 3, forwarding spear Lll q: A serial number management file) 4 receiving and it to: Management table 105゛ 11 years old Responsibility BO 1-II Out-J1 Ministry i Management File 6 Output device I2: Creation of comparison table of entry and exit numbers Figure 2 Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] An e-mail system that includes an input device for inputting incoming messages, a storage device for accumulating the input messages in a mailbox, and an output device for outputting the accumulated messages to the recipient. , an incoming serial number management device that sequentially assigns incoming serial numbers to sent messages and files only the incoming serial numbers in an incoming serial number management file separately from the messages; Separately, it has an outgoing serial number management device that files only outgoing serial numbers in an outgoing serial number management file, and an incoming and outgoing serial number comparison table creation device that performs message inquiry processing. An electronic mail system characterized in that the input serial number management file or the outgoing serial number management file is searched and the corresponding message is retrieved from the mailbox.