Recording medium, and apparatus and method for transmitting e-mail
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1. A non-transitory recording medium in which a program for making a computer execute processing, the processing, comprising:
- detecting a recipient'"'"'s domain name of an e-mail to be transmitted with data attached to the e-mail from a recipient'"'"'s address of the e-mail;
detecting a recipient'"'"'s server based on the detected recipient'"'"'s domain name;
detecting a response time of the detected recipient'"'"'s server;
deciding a format of the data to be attached to the e-mail depending on the detected response time;
re-formatting the data into the decided format if the current format of the data is different from the decided format;
attaching one of the re-formatted data having the decided format or the current format data having the decided format as an attachment to the e-mail; and
transmitting one of the re-formatted data having the decided format or the current format data having the decided format to the recipient'"'"'s address as the attachment of the e-mail,wherein the decided format relates to limiting the ability of a user associated with the email to electronically handle the data.
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Abstract
In a recording medium, a program for making a computer execute processing is stored. The processing includes detecting a recipient'"'"'s domain name of an e-mail to be transmitted with data attached to the e-mail from a recipient'"'"'s address of the e-mail, deciding a format of the data depending on the detected recipient'"'"'s domain name, formatting the data into the decided format, and transmitting the data formatted into the decided format to the recipient'"'"'s address as an attachment of the e-mail.
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12 Claims
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1. A non-transitory recording medium in which a program for making a computer execute processing, the processing, comprising:
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detecting a recipient'"'"'s domain name of an e-mail to be transmitted with data attached to the e-mail from a recipient'"'"'s address of the e-mail; detecting a recipient'"'"'s server based on the detected recipient'"'"'s domain name; detecting a response time of the detected recipient'"'"'s server; deciding a format of the data to be attached to the e-mail depending on the detected response time; re-formatting the data into the decided format if the current format of the data is different from the decided format; attaching one of the re-formatted data having the decided format or the current format data having the decided format as an attachment to the e-mail; and transmitting one of the re-formatted data having the decided format or the current format data having the decided format to the recipient'"'"'s address as the attachment of the e-mail, wherein the decided format relates to limiting the ability of a user associated with the email to electronically handle the data. - View Dependent Claims (3, 5)
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2. A non-transitory recording medium in which a program for making a computer execute processing, the processing, comprising:
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receiving a transmission instruction of an e-mail to be transmitted with data attached to the e-mail; detecting a recipient'"'"'s domain name of the e-mail from a recipient'"'"'s address of the e-mail based on the received transmission instruction; detecting a recipient'"'"'s server based on the detected recipient'"'"'s domain name; searching a route to the detected server; discriminating whether a relay server having a prescribed property exists on the detected route; deciding a format of the data to be attached to the e-mail depending on the discriminated result; re-formatting the data into the decided format if the current format of the data is different from the decided format; attaching one of the re-formatted data having the decided format or the current format data having the decided format as an attachment to the e-mail; and transmitting one of the re-formatted data having the decided format and the current format data having the decided format to the recipient'"'"'s address as the attachment of the e-mail, wherein the decided format relates to limiting the ability of a user associated with the email to electronically handle the data. - View Dependent Claims (4, 6)
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7. An e-mail transmission apparatus comprising a processor and comprising:
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a domain name detecting unit to detect a recipient'"'"'s domain name of an e-mail to be transmitted together with data attached to the e-mail from a recipient'"'"'s address of the e-mail; a server detecting unit to detect a recipient'"'"'s server based on the detected recipient'"'"'s domain name; a response time detecting unit to detect a response time of the recipient'"'"'s server detected by the server detecting unit; a format deciding unit to decide a format of the data to be attached to the e-mail depending on the detected response time and re-format the data into the decided format for attachment to the e-mail if the current format of the data is different from the decided format; an attachment unit to attach one of the re-formatted data having the decided format or the current format data having the decided format as an attachment to the e-mail; and a transmission processing unit to transmit one of the re-formatted data having the decided format or the current format data having the decided format to the recipient'"'"'s address as the attachment of the e-mail, wherein the decided format relates to limiting the ability of a user associated with the email to electronically handle the data. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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8. An e-mail transmission apparatus comprising a processor and comprising:
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a domain name detecting unit to detect a recipient'"'"'s domain name of an e-mail to be transmitted together with data attached to the e-mail from a recipient'"'"'s address of the e-mail; a server detecting unit to detect a recipient'"'"'s server based on the detected recipient'"'"'s domain name; a route detecting unit to detect a route to the recipient'"'"'s server and discriminate whether a relay server having a prescribed property exists on the detected route; a format deciding unit to decide a format of the data to be attached to the e-mail depending on the discriminated result and re-format the data into the decided format for attachment to the e-mail if the current format of the data is different from the decided format; an attachment unit to attach one of the re-formatted data having the decided format or the current format data having the decided format as an attachment to the e-mail; and a transmission processing unit to transmit one of the re-formatted data having the decided format or the current format data having the decided format to the recipient'"'"'s address as the attachment of the e-mail, wherein the decided format relates to limiting the ability of a user associated with the email to electronically handle the data. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. An e-mail transmitting method, comprising:
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detecting a recipient'"'"'s domain name of an e-mail to be transmitted together with data attached to the e-mail from a recipient'"'"'s address of the e-mail; detecting a recipient'"'"'s server based on the detected recipient'"'"'s domain name; detecting a response time by executing a connection status searching command against the detected recipient'"'"'s server; deciding a format of the data to be attached to the e-mail depending on the detected response time; re-formatting the data into the decided format if the current format of the data is different from the decided format; attaching one of the re-formatted data having the decided format or the current format data having the decided format as an attachment to the e-mail; and transmitting one of the re-formatted data having the decided format and the current format data having the decided format to the recipient'"'"'s address as the attachment of the e-mail, wherein the decided format relates to limiting the ability of a user associated with the email to electronically handle the data.
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12. An e-mail transmitting method, comprising:
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detecting a recipient'"'"'s domain name of an e-mail to be transmitted with data attached to the e-mail from a recipient'"'"'s address of the e-mail; detecting a recipient'"'"'s server based on the detected recipient'"'"'s domain name; searching a route to the recipient'"'"'s server by executing a route searching command against the detected recipient'"'"'s server; discriminating whether a relay server having a prescribed property exists on the searched route; deciding a format of the data to be attached to the e-mail depending on the discriminated result; re-formatting the data into the decided format if the current format of the data is different from the decided format; attaching one of the re-formatted data having the decided format or the current format data having the decided format as an attachment to the e-mail; and transmitting one of the re-formatted data having the decided format and the current format data having the decided format to the recipient'"'"'s address as the attachment of the e-mail, wherein the decided format relates to limiting the ability of a user associated with the email to electronically handle the data.
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