METHOD AND DEVICE FOR NOTIFYING ARRIVAL OF ELECTRONIC MAIL AND RECORD MEDIUM FOR ELECTRONIC MAIL ARRIVAL NOTIFICATION PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To flexibly execute electronic (E) mail arrival notification by notifying the arrival of an E mail by an arrival notification means other than an E mail arrival notification means to a user when an E mail from a mail box is not delivered to a receiving side terminal. ;SOLUTION: A mail transmitting/receiving part in an E mail box 1 tries the delivery of an E mail to a receiving side terminal 4 and judges whether the E mail is delivered within fixed time or not. When the E mail is not delivered within the fixed time as the result of judgement, whether processing for E mail arrival is registered or not is judged. When the processing is registered, a state that current time lies within the range of an arrival notification inhibition time band is judged, and at the time of judging high setting importance, an E mail arrival notification part is acquired only when the ID of an E mail transmitter coincides with the ID of a specified transmitter, and the arrival of the E mail is notified to the receiving side terminal equipment 4 by the notification part.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2000,JPO