Method and apparatus for selectively fetching e-mail
First Claim
1. An apparatus for selectively fetching and printing e-mails received by a mail server connected with a network during a time period specified by a user, the apparatus comprising:
- an e-mail fetching unit, which selectively fetches the e-mails received by the mail server;
an operating panel, used to input the time period specified by the user;
a control unit, which extracts header sections of the e-mails and allows the e-mail fetching unit to selectively fetch the e-mails received by the mail server during the specified time period; and
a printing unit, which prints the e-mails fetched by the e-mail fetching unit.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus to selectively fetch and print e-mails which are received by a mail server via a network during a time period specified by a user. The method allows a user to specify the time period for which received e-mails are desired, than to access the mail server and sequentially fetch and evaluate the e-mail header sections stored in the mail server. The user can then selectively fetch the e-mails received in the mail sever during the specified time period based upon the evaluation of the sequentially-fetched e-mail header sections, and print or store the fetched e-mail results.
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1. An apparatus for selectively fetching and printing e-mails received by a mail server connected with a network during a time period specified by a user, the apparatus comprising:
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an e-mail fetching unit, which selectively fetches the e-mails received by the mail server;
an operating panel, used to input the time period specified by the user;
a control unit, which extracts header sections of the e-mails and allows the e-mail fetching unit to selectively fetch the e-mails received by the mail server during the specified time period; and
a printing unit, which prints the e-mails fetched by the e-mail fetching unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 11)
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5. A method of selectively fetching and printing e-mails received by a mail server connected with a network during a time period specified by a user, the method comprising:
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(a) specifying the time period;
(b) accessing the mail server;
(c) sequentially fetching header sections of the e-mails stored in the mail server;
(d) selectively fetching the e-mails received in the mail sever during the specified time period based upon the sequentially-fetched e-mail header sections; and
(e) printing the fetched e-mails. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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