Electronic mail processing system and electronic mail processing method
First Claim
1. An electronic mail processing system comprising:
- (1) receiving means for receiving electronic mail from a host processor which undertakes the management of mailboxes;
(2) a plurality of folders for storing electronic mail; and
(3) management means for automatically classifying a data file written in the received electronic mail in accordance with specific data included in the electronic mail; and
(4) means for automatically selecting a folder for storing the data file in accordance with a result of the classification.
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Abstract
An electronic mail system in which a mail management method is improved in order to reduce the complexity and labour of handling transmitted information so that its convenience is increased. In an electronic mail system in which a plurality of data processing systems exchange messages through mailboxes MB utilizing the stored and forward system, the data processing system which receives a mail M transferred from the mailbox MB is provided with an electronic mail terminal utility. When the data processing system receives the mail M, the electronic mail terminal utility classifies a data file written in the mail M according to specific data contained in the mail M and stores the data file in an appropriate folder based on a result of the classification.
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20 Claims
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1. An electronic mail processing system comprising:
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(1) receiving means for receiving electronic mail from a host processor which undertakes the management of mailboxes; (2) a plurality of folders for storing electronic mail; and (3) management means for automatically classifying a data file written in the received electronic mail in accordance with specific data included in the electronic mail; and (4) means for automatically selecting a folder for storing the data file in accordance with a result of the classification. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 20)
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10. An electronic mail processing method comprising:
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the 1st step of receiving electronic mail from a host processor which undertakes the management of mailboxes; the 2nd step of storing the received electronic mail in a first folder; the 3rd step of automatically classifying a data file written in the electronic mail which has been stored in the first folder in accordance with specific data contained in the electronic mail; the 4th step of selecting a second folder for storing the data file in accordance with a result of the classification in the 3rd step; and the 5th step of transferring the data file written in the electronic mail stored in the first folder to the second folder. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An electronic mail processing system comprising:
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receiving means for receiving electronic mail messages with attached data files; folders for storing the received data files; and management means for automatically classifying and storing the received data files in the folders comprising; a data file extraction unit for extracting the data file from the electronic mail message; a data file attribute information extraction unit for extracting file attribute information from the data file extracted by the data file extraction unit; and a folder selection unit for classifying the extracted data file in accordance with the file attribute information extracted by the data file attribute extraction unit and for selecting a folder for storing the data file in accordance with the classification.
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