Server device and method for providing e-mail service, and information recording medium recording a program for realizing the service
First Claim
1. An e-mail server device which manages user information including at least one user, and delivers an e-mail to the at least one user specified in the user information, said device comprising:
- a receiver which receives e-mails;
a transfer unit which transfers, in a case where an address of the received e-mail is an e-mail address of a user specified in user information managed by another e-mail server device, the received e-mail to the another e-mail server device;
an inquiry unit which inquires of the at least one user, in a case where the address of the received e-mail is a public e-mail address of the user specified in the user information managed by the e-mail server device, whether to accept the received e-mail to be delivered from its addresser;
a notification unit which notifies the addresser that there is no user having the public e-mail address, in a case where the at least one user does not accept the received e-mail to be delivered from the addresser as a result of the inquiry; and
a delivery unit which delivers the received e-mail to the user having the public e-mail address, in a case where a delivery condition for delivering the e-mail is satisfied.
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Abstract
A receiver receives e-mails. In the case where an address of an e-mail is a user'"'"'s e-mail address which is managed by another e-mail server device, a transfer unit transfers the e-mail to the another e-mail server device. In the case where an address of an e-mail is a user'"'"'s e-mail address which is managed by an e-mail server device including an inquiry unit, this inquiry unit inquires of the corresponding user whether to accept the e-mail to be delivered from its e-mail addresser. In the case where the user does not accept the e-mail to be delivered, a notification unit sends a message for informing the addresser that there is no user having a public e-mail address. In the case where the conditions for delivering an e-mail are all satisfied, a delivery unit delivers the e-mail to a user having a public e-mail address.
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15 Claims
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1. An e-mail server device which manages user information including at least one user, and delivers an e-mail to the at least one user specified in the user information, said device comprising:
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a receiver which receives e-mails;
a transfer unit which transfers, in a case where an address of the received e-mail is an e-mail address of a user specified in user information managed by another e-mail server device, the received e-mail to the another e-mail server device;
an inquiry unit which inquires of the at least one user, in a case where the address of the received e-mail is a public e-mail address of the user specified in the user information managed by the e-mail server device, whether to accept the received e-mail to be delivered from its addresser;
a notification unit which notifies the addresser that there is no user having the public e-mail address, in a case where the at least one user does not accept the received e-mail to be delivered from the addresser as a result of the inquiry; and
a delivery unit which delivers the received e-mail to the user having the public e-mail address, in a case where a delivery condition for delivering the e-mail is satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 13)
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7. A method for providing an e-mail service for managing information regarding at least one user and his/her e-mail address and for sending e-mails to the at least one user, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving an e-mail;
transferring the received e-mail to another e-mail server device, in a case where an address of the received e-mail is not managed by said method for managing the e-mail service;
inquiring of the at least one user whether to accept the received e-mail to be delivered, in a case where the address of the received e-mail is a public e-mail address of the at least one user which is managed by said method for providing e-mail service;
informing, in a case where the received e-mail is not accepted to be delivered from an addresser of the e-mail as a result of inquiring of the user, the user that there is no user having the public e-mail address; and
delivering the received e-mail to a user having the public e-mail address, in a case where a delivery condition for delivering the received e-mail is satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15)
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