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PROGRAM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING MAIL MESSAGES

  • US 20080189275A1
  • Filed: 03/27/2008
  • Published: 08/07/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for sending and receiving electronic mail messages, the program causing a computer to function as:

  • an analysis record registration unit for analyzing each received mail message to identify a sender and a source mail type thereof and generating an analysis record including an identifier of the sender as well as the source mailer type;

    an analysis record database for storing the analysis records;

    a mailer type determining unit for determining a destination mailer type of the received mail message, based on the identifier included in each analysis record stored in the analysis record database;

    a conversion database for storing conversion data specifying a conversion process corresponding to each specific combination of a sender mailer type and a recipient mailer type;

    a search unit for retrieving conversion data that matches with a combination of the source mailer type and destination mailer type of the received mail message; and

    a converter for converting an element of the original mail message according to a conversion process described by the retrieved conversion data if a match is found for the combination.

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