Electronic mail delivery system, mail server, and mail client
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1. An e-mail processing method comprising:
- sending, from a mail server for performing a mail delivery process to mail clients, mail attribute information indicating an attribute of an e-mail for said mail client in a data format, the data format enabling said mail client to display said mail attribute information by executing a document browsing program;
receiving, in said mail client, mail attribute information transmitted from said mail server, and displaying the received mail attribute information in accordance with said document browsing program;
accepting, in said mail client, an operation to select an e-mail selected by a user from among e-mails corresponding to said displayed mail attribute information;
sending from said mail client to said mail server, identification information for identifying an e-mail selected by said user;
receiving in said mail server, identification information transmitted from said mail client, and sending to said mail client, predetermined character strings for instructing said mail client to process data transmitted from the mail server to said mail client in accordance with an e-mail processing program, prior to or along with sending an e-mail specified by the identification information when receiving predetermined character strings transmitted from predetermined character strings, storing, in accordance with an e-mail processing program by said mail client in a nonvolatile memory, an e-mail transmitted from said mail server.
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Abstract
Mobile device MS displays an unreceived mail list acquired from gateway server GWS by executing a browser. A user selects a desired e-mail by referring to the unreceived mail list. Prior to that gateway server GWS transmits e-mails to mobile device MS, gateway server GWS transmits to mobile device MS, an HTML header including predetermined character strings which are a field name (X-IMTMAIL) and a field value (WEB). Then, mobile device MS activates a mailer, and prepares to receive and store e-mails transmitted from gateway server GWS.
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11 Claims
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1. An e-mail processing method comprising:
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sending, from a mail server for performing a mail delivery process to mail clients, mail attribute information indicating an attribute of an e-mail for said mail client in a data format, the data format enabling said mail client to display said mail attribute information by executing a document browsing program;
receiving, in said mail client, mail attribute information transmitted from said mail server, and displaying the received mail attribute information in accordance with said document browsing program;
accepting, in said mail client, an operation to select an e-mail selected by a user from among e-mails corresponding to said displayed mail attribute information;
sending from said mail client to said mail server, identification information for identifying an e-mail selected by said user;
receiving in said mail server, identification information transmitted from said mail client, and sending to said mail client, predetermined character strings for instructing said mail client to process data transmitted from the mail server to said mail client in accordance with an e-mail processing program, prior to or along with sending an e-mail specified by the identification information when receiving predetermined character strings transmitted from predetermined character strings, storing, in accordance with an e-mail processing program by said mail client in a nonvolatile memory, an e-mail transmitted from said mail server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A mail server for performing a mail delivering process to a mail client;
- said mail server comprising;
an attribute information sending means for sending to the mail client mail attribute information in a displayable data format enabling the mail client to indicate the e-mail attribute information in accordance with a document browsing program, the mail attribute information indicating an e-mail attribute for said mail client;
an identification information reception means for receiving identification information of an e-mail transmitted from said mail client; and
a character string sending means for sending to said mail client, predetermined character strings for instructing said mail client to process data transmitted from the mail server to said mail client in accordance with an e-mail processing program, prior to or along with sending an e-mail specified by the identification information. - View Dependent Claims (8)
- said mail server comprising;
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9. A mail client which receives e-mails from a mail server;
- said mail client comprising;
an attribute information reception means for receiving, mail attribute information transmitted from said mail server, the mail attribute information indicating an e-mail attribute for the mail client;
a display means for displaying said received mail attribute information by following the processes written in a document browsing program;
an accepting means for accepting an operation to select an e-mail selected by a user from among e-mails corresponding to said displayed mail attribute information;
an identification information sending means for sending from said mail client to said mail server, identification information for identifying an e-mail selected by said user; and
a storing means for, upon receiving predetermined character strings transmitted from predetermined character strings, storing, in accordance with an e-mail processing program by said mail client in a nonvolatile memory, an e-mail transmitted from said mail server. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
- said mail client comprising;
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