Communicating apparatus and communicating method
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1. A communicating apparatus comprising:
- receiving means for receiving E-mails stored in a mail box provided on an E-mail server;
obtaining means for obtaining a size of E-mail stored in said mail box;
memory means for storing a maximum value of the size of one E-mail which is received by said receiving means;
discriminating means for comparing the size of E-mail obtained by said obtaining means with said maximum value, thereby discriminating whether the E-mail is receivable or not; and
control means for sending an instruction for deleting the E-mail which was determined to be unreceivable by said discriminating means to said E-mail server and storing the fact that said E-mail has been deleted into a communication history.
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Abstract
According to a communicating apparatus of the invention, when E-mail is received from an E-mail server, whether a size of E-mail is larger than the maximum reception size or not is discriminated, and if a discrimination result is YES, an instruction to delete the E-mail is sent to the E-mail server, and the fact that the E-mail has been deleted is stored into a communication history.
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1. A communicating apparatus comprising:
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receiving means for receiving E-mails stored in a mail box provided on an E-mail server;
obtaining means for obtaining a size of E-mail stored in said mail box;
memory means for storing a maximum value of the size of one E-mail which is received by said receiving means;
discriminating means for comparing the size of E-mail obtained by said obtaining means with said maximum value, thereby discriminating whether the E-mail is receivable or not; and
control means for sending an instruction for deleting the E-mail which was determined to be unreceivable by said discriminating means to said E-mail server and storing the fact that said E-mail has been deleted into a communication history. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A communicating apparatus comprising:
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obtaining means for obtaining size information of each of a plurality of E-mails stored in a mail box provided on an E-mail server;
selecting means for selecting the receivable E-mail on the basis of the size information obtained by said obtaining means; and
receiving means for receiving the E-mail selected by said selecting means from said E-mail server. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A communicating method comprising:
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a receiving step of receiving E-mails stored in a mail box provided on an E-mail server;
an obtaining step of obtaining a size of E-mail stored in said mail box;
a discriminating step of comparing the size of E-mail obtained by said obtaining step with a maximum value of the size of one E-mail which has previously been stored, thereby discriminating whether the E-mail is receivable or not; and
a control step of sending an instruction for deleting the E-mail which was determined to be unreceivable by said discriminating step to said E-mail server and storing the fact that said E-mail has been deleted into a communication history. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 21)
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16. A communicating method comprising:
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an obtaining step of obtaining size information of each of a plurality of E-mails stored in a mail box provided on an E-mail server;
a selecting step of selecting the receivable E-mail on the basis of the size information obtained by said obtaining step; and
a receiving step of receiving the E-mail selected by said selecting step from said E-mail server.
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19. A computer program which is executed by a computer of an information processing apparatus having a communicating function, comprising:
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a receiving step of receiving E-mails stored in a mail box provided on an E-mail server;
an obtaining step of obtaining a size of E-mail stored in said mail box;
a discriminating step of comparing the size of E-mail obtained by said obtaining step with a maximum value of the size of one E-mail which has previously been stored, thereby discriminating whether the E-mail is receivable or not; and
a control step of sending an instruction for deleting the E-mail which was determined to be unreceivable by said discriminating step to said E-mail server and storing the fact that said E-mail has been deleted into a communication history.
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20. A computer program which is executed by a computer of an information processing apparatus having a communicating function, comprising:
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an obtaining step of obtaining size information of each of a plurality of E-mails stored in a mail box provided on an E-mail server;
a selecting step of selecting the receivable E-mail on the basis of the size information obtained by said obtaining step; and
a receiving step of receiving the E-mail selected by said selecting step from said E-mail server. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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