E-MAIL SYSTEM, MAIL SERVER, PRINTING DEVICE, E-MAIL COMMUNICATION METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM FOR MAIL SERVER AND PRINTING DEVICE, AND, MACHINE READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM RECORDING CONTROL PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an e-mail system to print a broadcast e-mail by efficiently using bandwidth of a network connecting a mail client and a printing device.;SOLUTION: This system is the e-mail system which is, connected via networks 60A-60C, constituted with the first mail client 10 and mail servers 40A, 40B, and plural of the second mail clients 20A-20C and a printing device 30. The first mail client has a communication means to transmit to the mail server the broadcast mail to which delivery address a mail address for the printing device is added. The mail server has a transmission means to transmit the broadcast mail received to the second mail client and the printing device. The second mail client has a reception means to receive the broadcast mail from the mail server and the transmission means to transmit a printing request to the printing device.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO