MAIL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND MAIL MANAGEMENT METHOD
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1. An electronic mail management system for managing electronic mail, the mail management system comprising:
- an obtaining unit to obtain electronic mail whenever the electronic mail is sent or received;
a first assigning unit to assign at least one serial number to the electronic mail obtained by the obtaining unit, each assigned serial number being a number from among a sequence of numbers associated with at least one mail address included in the obtained electronic mail; and
a memory to store the obtained electronic mail in connection with the at least one assigned serial number.
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Abstract
An electronic mail management system for managing electronic mail includes an obtaining unit, an assigning unit and a memory. The obtaining unit obtains electronic mail whenever the electronic mail is sent or received. The assigning unit assigns at least one serial number to the electronic mail obtained by the obtaining unit. Each assigned serial number is a number from a sequence of numbers associated with at least one mail address included in the obtained electronic mail. The memory stores the obtained electronic mail in connection with the at least one assigned serial number.
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20 Claims
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1. An electronic mail management system for managing electronic mail, the mail management system comprising:
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an obtaining unit to obtain electronic mail whenever the electronic mail is sent or received; a first assigning unit to assign at least one serial number to the electronic mail obtained by the obtaining unit, each assigned serial number being a number from among a sequence of numbers associated with at least one mail address included in the obtained electronic mail; and a memory to store the obtained electronic mail in connection with the at least one assigned serial number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An electronic mail management method for managing electronic mail, the mail management method, comprising:
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obtaining electronic mail whenever the electronic mail is sent or received; assigning at least one serial number to the obtained electronic mail, an assigned serial number being a number from among a sequence of numbers associated with at least one mail address included in the obtained electronic mail; and storing the obtained electronic mail in connection with the assigned serial number. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-readable medium storing a mail management program, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method, the method comprising:
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obtaining electronic mail whenever the electronic mail is sent or received; assigning at least one serial number to the obtained electronic mail, an assigned serial number being a number from among a sequence of numbers associated with at least one mail address included in the obtained electronic mail; and storing the obtained electronic mail in connection with the assigned serial number. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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