Email system
First Claim
1. An email system which has an email distribution system server that distributes email to specified addresses on the basis of terminal discriminating information for various types of terminals constituting the transmission sources and transmission destinations of said email, said email distribution system server comprising:
- a gateway which performs specified processing on said email;
a mail server which performs the transmission and reception of said email;
a data base which registers the terminal discriminating information for said various types of terminals; and
a mail distribution server which distributes said email to said gateway or said mail server on the basis of said terminal discriminating information;
wherein terminals for which said terminal discriminating information is registered in said data base are designated as registered terminals, and terminals for which said terminal discriminating information is not registered in said data base are designated as non-registered terminals, and wherein said email that is transmitted from said registered terminals is distributed to said gateway by said mail distribution server, and is then subjected to specified processing by said gateway and sent out to said mail server, and said email that is transmitted from said non-registered terminals is distributed to said mail server by said mail distribution server without being caused to pass through said gateway.
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Abstract
The present invention is an email system which has an email distribution system server that distributes email to specified addresses on the basis of terminal discriminating information for various types of terminals (12, 14) constituting the transmission sources and transmission destinations of the email. The email distribution system server 2 has a gateway (GW) 4 which performs specified processing on the email, a mail server (MTA) 6 which performs the transmission and reception of the email, a data base (e.g., a DB for mail distribution use) 8 which registers the terminal discriminating information for the various types of terminals, and a mail distribution server (Front MTA) 10 which distributes the email to the gateway or the mail server on the basis of the terminal discriminating information. As a result, a new service can be provided while utilizing an existing system “as is”.
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1. An email system which has an email distribution system server that distributes email to specified addresses on the basis of terminal discriminating information for various types of terminals constituting the transmission sources and transmission destinations of said email, said email distribution system server comprising:
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a gateway which performs specified processing on said email;
a mail server which performs the transmission and reception of said email;
a data base which registers the terminal discriminating information for said various types of terminals; and
a mail distribution server which distributes said email to said gateway or said mail server on the basis of said terminal discriminating information;
wherein terminals for which said terminal discriminating information is registered in said data base are designated as registered terminals, and terminals for which said terminal discriminating information is not registered in said data base are designated as non-registered terminals, and wherein said email that is transmitted from said registered terminals is distributed to said gateway by said mail distribution server, and is then subjected to specified processing by said gateway and sent out to said mail server, and said email that is transmitted from said non-registered terminals is distributed to said mail server by said mail distribution server without being caused to pass through said gateway. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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