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E-mail system and incoming e-mail check method

  • US 6,836,790 B1
  • Filed: 11/02/2000
  • Issued: 12/28/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/10/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An e-mail system including a plurality of clients and a server having:

  • a mail managing table, means for moving a record of a client having a higher incoming mail check frequency to an upper line of the mail managing table, and means for moving a record of a client having a lower incoming mail check frequency to a lower line of the mail managing table, wherein the clients have a dial response decision unit used for checking whether an incoming mail is present in the server in such a manner that if a dial-up telephone is accepted within a predetermined ring count, it is decided that an incoming mail is present, and if the dial-up telephone is not accepted within the predetermined ring count, it is decided that no incoming mail is present.

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