JP2003006123A - Device and method for transmitting e-mail - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an e-mail transmitter, capable of transmitting e-mail attached with an attached file and e-mail unattached with an attached file, in only one operation. SOLUTION: Text and a plurality of addresses are inputted with an inputting part 11, according to an operation screen displayed on a displaying part 12, an attached file is selected, an address selection condition is inputted, and addresses to which the attached file should be transmitted are designated among the plurality of addresses. The e-mail transmitter 1 selects the addresses with the attached file, to which the attached file should be transmitted, among the designated addresses based on the address selection condition. The e-mail transmitter 1 is connected to a network 6 with a connecting device 16, the e-mail obtained by attaching the attached file to the text is transmitted to the addresses needing the attached file, and e-mail with the text unattached with the attached file is also transmitted to addresses other than the addresses which need the attached file.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an electronic mail transmitting apparatus and an electronic mail transmitting method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an electronic mail transmitting apparatus has been operated by electronic mail software installed in a computer, and has been connected to the above network through a network such as the Internet and a mail server installed on the network. You are sending an email to another connected client. The e-mail transmission device can attach an attachment file such as a program or an image in addition to the body of the e-mail and send the e-mail to the other client.

In the above electronic mail transmitting device, an electronic mail is created as follows. First, enter the character indicating the subject in the subject field, and enter the character indicating the body in the body column. In addition, in the address column, the address to which the e-mail is to be sent, that is, the e-mail address is input. In this destination field, the original destination (To), the destination to send the carbon copy (Cc), and the destination to send the carbon copy without notifying other destinations (Bcc) can be entered. Has become. Then, the attached file selection means of the electronic mail transmission device is activated to select the file to be attached to the body of the electronic mail from the files stored in the storage device of the computer. After that, when an e-mail transmission command is given to the e-mail transmission device, the e-mail transmission device attaches an attachment file obtained by copying the file selected by the selection means to the subject and body. Then, the electronic mail in which the attachment file is attached to the subject and the text is sent to the electronic mail address entered in the destination field. Then, the email with the attached file is delivered to the mailbox of the mail server corresponding to the email address. After that, when the e-mail receiving device of the destination connects to the mailbox, the e-mail with the attached file delivered to the mailbox is downloaded to the client of the destination. In this way, the electronic mail transmitted from the electronic mail transmitting device is received by the destination electronic mail receiving device.

The electronic mail transmitting device can transmit the text and the attached file to all the plurality of destinations entered in To, Cc, and Bcc of the destination column by one transmitting operation.

[0005]

However, since the above-mentioned conventional electronic mail transmitting apparatus transmits the above-mentioned text and attached file to all of the above-mentioned plurality of destinations, in one transmission operation, to the above-mentioned plurality of destinations, It is not possible to send an e-mail with an attached file and an e-mail with no attached file in the body according to each destination. Therefore, even if the text is the same, the operation to send an e-mail that does not have an attachment attached to the destination to which only the text should be sent and the e-mail with the attachment attached to the destination to which the attachment should be sent Since the operation of sending an e-mail must be performed separately, there is a problem that the operation of sending an e-mail takes time.

Further, when the above-mentioned attached file is encrypted and sent in order to keep confidentiality, an encryption key for decrypting the attached file is attached separately from the electronic mail to which the encrypted attached file is attached. Since it is necessary to send the file to the destination to which the file should be sent, there is a problem that the time and effort required for the e-mail sending operation increase.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a plurality of destinations with
To provide an e-mail transmission device capable of transmitting an e-mail having an attachment file attached to the body and an e-mail having no attachment file attached to the body at one time according to the recipients and having a high confidentiality retaining function. Especially.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the electronic mail transmitting apparatus of the present invention has an electronic mail having an attachment file attached to the text and an attachment file attached to the text at a plurality of destinations. An electronic mail transmitting device for transmitting a non-existent electronic mail at a time according to each destination,
A destination storing means for storing a plurality of destinations, a body storing means for storing a body, an attached file storing means for storing an attached file, and an attachment file for a body among the plurality of destinations stored in the destination storing means. To the destination selection means for selecting the destination of the attached file to be attached and transmitted based on the destination selection condition input in advance, the destination of the attached file selected by the destination selection means, and the destination of no attachment file, It is characterized in that an e-mail having an attachment file attached to the body and an e-mail having no attachment file attached to the body are simultaneously transmitted.

According to the electronic mail transmitting device having the above structure,
The plurality of destinations are stored in the destination storing means, the body is stored in the body storing means, and the attached file is stored in the delivery file storing means. From the plurality of destinations stored in the destination storage means, the destination selection means selects an attachment file destination to which the e-mail to which the attachment file is attached should be transmitted based on the destination selection condition input in advance. . Then, the e-mail with the attachment file attached to the body is sent to the destination requiring the attachment file, and the attachment file is attached to the body not requiring the attachment file that is a destination other than the destination requiring the attachment file. Not sent e-mail. Therefore, the operator of the e-mail transmission device only needs to input the plurality of destinations, the body, the attachment file, and the destination selection condition, and the attachment file is attached to the body to the plurality of destinations. It is possible to easily send an undelivered e-mail and an e-mail in which an attachment file is attached to the text at one time according to each destination.

In the electronic mail transmitting apparatus of one embodiment, the destination selecting means is stored in the destination storing means, and
The above-mentioned destination requiring attachment file is selected from a plurality of destinations designated for transmission.

According to the electronic mail transmitting apparatus of the above-mentioned embodiment, based on the above-mentioned destination selection condition among the plurality of destinations stored in the destination storing means and designated for transmission,
The destination selection means selects the destination of the attached file to which the electronic mail to which the attached file is attached should be transmitted. Therefore, even if a destination that does not require the transmission of the attached file is erroneously designated from the plurality of destinations stored in the destination storing means, the attached file is selected as the destination to which the attached file is to be transmitted according to the destination selection condition. . As a result, it is possible to surely prevent the attachment file from being erroneously transmitted to a destination that does not need to be transmitted and the secret is leaked due to, for example, a mistake in the designation of the attachment file destination.

[0012] In the electronic mail transmitting device of one embodiment, the destination selection condition input in advance is a character string, and the destination selecting means selects the destination including the character string as the destination requiring attachment file. Is characterized by.

According to the electronic mail transmitting apparatus of the above-described embodiment, the destination having the above character string is selected from the plurality of destinations as the destination of the attached file, and the attached file is attached to the text of the destination of the attached file. The email is sent. Therefore, by setting the destination selection condition to, for example, a character string representing a predetermined domain name,
The attached file can be sent only to the email address having this domain name.

In the electronic mail transmitting apparatus according to one embodiment, the attachment file is an encrypted attachment file, and an encryption key for decrypting the encrypted attachment file is transmitted to the attachment file destination. It is characterized in that it comprises an encryption key transmitting means.

According to the electronic mail transmitting device of the above embodiment, the electronic mail to which the encrypted attached file is attached is sent to the destination requiring the attached file, and the electronic mail is attached separately from the electronic mail to which the attached file is attached. An encryption key for decrypting the encrypted attachment file is transmitted to the destination requiring attachment file by the encryption key transmitting means. Therefore, as in the conventional case, two electronic mails, that is, an electronic mail to which an encrypted attachment file is attached and an electronic mail including an encryption key for decrypting the attached file, are separately created and transmitted. No need. Therefore, it is possible to obtain an electronic mail transmitting device having a high confidentiality keeping function and requiring less operation.

In the electronic mail transmitting method according to one embodiment, a step of storing the inputted body in the body storing means, a step of storing a plurality of inputted destinations in the destination storing means, and an attached file storing means. And a step of selecting, from a plurality of destinations stored in the destination storage means, a destination requiring an attachment file to be attached and attached to the body and transmitted based on a destination selection condition input in advance. And a step of sending an e-mail in which the attachment file is attached to the above body to the destination requiring the attachment file, and an e-mail in which the attachment file is not attached to the body to a destination other than the destination requiring the attachment file And a step of performing.

According to the electronic mail transmitting method having the above structure,
The input plurality of destinations are stored in the destination storage means, the input body is stored in the body storage means, and the attachment file to be attached to the electronic mail is stored in the attachment file storage means. Among the plurality of destinations stored in the destination storage means, the destination for the attached file to which the attachment file is to be transmitted is selected based on the destination selection condition input in advance.
An e-mail with an attachment file attached to the above body is sent to this destination requiring attachment file, and the destination stored in the destination storage means other than the destination requiring the attachment file includes the attachment file attached to the body. An unattached email is sent. Therefore, it is possible to send an e-mail in which the attachment file is not attached to the body and an e-mail in which the attachment file is attached to the body with less effort than before.

The program of the present invention is stored in a computer,
It is a program for executing the electronic mail transmission method.

According to the program having the above configuration, it is possible to cause the computer to execute the electronic mail transmitting method.

The recording medium of the present invention is a computer-readable recording medium in which the above program is recorded.

According to the recording medium having the above structure, the computer having the recording medium can execute the electronic mail transmitting method.

Here, the computer means an electronic computer having an arithmetic unit, such as a stationary computer, a notebook computer, a portable terminal,
Indicates mobile phones, game consoles, etc.

[0023]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an electronic mail system to which an electronic mail transmitting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is connected. This e-mail system includes an e-mail transmission device 1 according to the present embodiment and e-mail reception devices 2, 3, 4
And a mail server 5 are connected via a network 6. The e-mail sending device 1 and the e-mail receiving devices 2, 3, 4 are the mail server 5
Acting as a client of. The electronic mail receiving devices 2, 3, 4 and the mail server 5 are conventional electronic mail receiving devices and mail servers. The network 6 may be the Internet or any network such as a LAN.

The electronic mail transmitting apparatus 1 has an input unit 11 for inputting an electronic mail address as a destination, a text, and destination selection conditions, and a display unit 12 for displaying an operation screen.
And a memory 13 as a destination storing means, a text storing means, and an attached file storing means. The memory 13 may be any storage device such as a ROM, a RAM, or a hard disk. The electronic mail transmission device 1 further includes a CPU 15 and a connection device 16 for connecting to a network. The CPU 15 executes the control program stored in the memory 13 and functions as a destination selecting unit. Further, the CPU 15 executes the control program stored in the memory 13 to control the connection device 16 and functions as an encryption key transmitting means.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an operation screen 20 displayed on the display unit 12 when creating an electronic mail in the electronic mail transmitting apparatus 1. In this operation screen 20,
To destination box 21, Cc destination box 22, Bcc
The box 23 is a box in which the operator inputs the e-mail address that is the destination of the e-mail, the subject box 24 is a box in which the subject is input, the mail text box 25 is a box in which the text is input, and the attached file Box 26 is a box for inputting a file name of a file to be attached.

In the To address box 21, Cc address box 22 and Bcc box 23, an electronic mail address may be directly input by a keyboard, or an address book in which a plurality of electronic mail addresses are written in advance. May be displayed, and a predetermined e-mail address may be selected from the address book to input. Further, in the attached file box 26, the file name may be directly input by a keyboard, or the files stored in the storage device of the electronic mail transmission device 1 may be displayed hierarchically. You may make it input by selecting a predetermined file from the files displayed hierarchically.

On the operation screen 20, the send button 2
Reference numeral 7 is a button for instructing the execution of transmission of electronic mail. The attached file transmission destination button 28 is a button for setting a destination to which the attached file is transmitted.

When the attached file transmission destination button 28 is pressed, an operation screen 30 as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display section 12.

On this operation screen 30, To list 3
1 is the destination Toad1@abc.1 input in the To destination box 21 of the operation screen 20 of FIG. co. jp (hereinafter,
@Abc. co. jp is omitted and only the user name is written), Toad2, Toad3, and this destination Toad
Check boxes 311, 312, 313 corresponding to 1, Toad2 and Toad3 are displayed. By checking a predetermined check box among the check boxes 311, 312, and 313, it is specified that the attached file is sent to the destination corresponding to the checked check box. Further, in the To list 31, the ALL check box 3 for designating to send the attached file to all the destinations
14 are provided.

On the operation screen 30, the To list 31 is displayed.
Similarly, the Cc list 32 is displayed, and the destination Ccad1 @ abc. co. j
p (hereinafter, @ abc.co.jp is omitted and only the user name is described), check boxes 321, 322, 323 corresponding to Ccad2 and Ccad3, and ALL check boxes 324 corresponding to all destinations are provided. . Further, the Bcc list 33 is displayed on the operation screen 30, and the destination Bcca entered in the Bcc destination box 23 is displayed.
d1 @ zzzz. co. jp (hereinafter, @ zzz.co.j
p is omitted and only the user name is written), Bccad2, B
Check boxes 331, 33 corresponding to ccad3
2, 333 and ALL check boxes 334 corresponding to all destinations are provided.

Here, the above To list 31, Cc
In the list 32 and the Bcc list 33, since the destinations corresponding to the destinations input in the To destination box 21, the Cc destination box 22, and the Bcc destination box 23 of FIG. 2 are displayed, they are displayed in the lists 31, 32, and 33. The number of destinations is not limited to three as shown in FIG.

Further, on the operation screen 30, a check box 36 for designating whether or not the attached file is encrypted and a password which is an encryption key for decrypting the encrypted attached file is sent is displayed. To be done. The password as the encryption key is input in the password box 37.

Further, on the operation screen 30, the destination selection condition for selecting the destination to which the e-mail with the attached file is to be transmitted is selected from the destinations specified in the To list 31, the Cc list 32, and the Bcc list 33. A destination selection condition box 38 to be input is displayed. A character string is input to the destination selection condition box 38.

The operation screen 30 is the same as the operation screen 30.
OK button 34 to be pressed when the input is completed, and CANCEL for canceling the input on the operation screen 30.
Button 35 and are displayed.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a table 500 written in the memory 13 provided in the electronic mail transmitting apparatus 1. The CPU 15 of this e-mail transmission device refers to the table 500 to create and send e-mail.

In this table 500, an address column 501 for storing the electronic mail addresses input to the To destination box 21, Cc destination box 22 and Bcc box 23 of FIG. 2 and the type of the electronic mail address are stored. An address type column 502 is provided. In the address type column 502, a symbol To indicating that the email address is the email address entered in the To destination box 21 and a symbol Cc indicating that the email address is the email address entered in the Cc destination box 22. And the symbol Bcc indicating that the e-mail address is entered in the Bcc destination box 23. Table 50 above
0 is the To list 31, Cc list 32,
An attachment file designation field 503 for storing 1 (attach) and 0 (not attach) according to whether or not an attachment file is attached to an e-mail based on the input to the Bcc list 33 is provided. Further, the table 500 includes a password sending column 504 for storing 1 (send) and 0 (not send) according to the input to the check box 36 for designating whether or not to send the password, and A password field 505 for storing the password entered in the password box 38 and a destination selection condition field 50 for storing the character string entered in the destination selection condition box 38.
6 and 6. In FIG. 4, the destination selection condition column 50
A domain name as an example of destination selection conditions is stored in 6, and an e-mail address including this domain name will be selected as an attachment file destination to which an attachment file should be sent. Also, Table 5 above
00 is the AND of the character string of the address selection condition column 506 and the character string of the e-mail address of the address column 501.
There is a file attachment determination column 507 that performs calculation to determine the destination requiring attachment file, stores 1 in the column corresponding to the destination requiring attachment file, and stores 0 in destinations other than the destination requiring attachment file.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an e-mail transmitted separately from the e-mail to which the attached file is attached, when the check box 36 is checked on the operation screen 30, to the addressee requiring the attached file. Operation screen 3 above
When the check box 36 is checked at 0, the attached file is encrypted. In the e-mail shown in FIG. 5, the operation screen 20 is displayed in the subject box 61.
The same subject as the subject entered in the subject box 24 is inserted. That is, the same subject as the subject of the e-mail to which the attachment file is attached is inserted. Further, the password entered in the password box 37 of the operation screen 30 is inserted into the password box 62. The date and time box 63 displays the date and time when this electronic mail was sent. The parts other than the subject box 61, the password box 62, and the date / time box 63 can be set in advance by the operator of the electronic mail transmitting device 1.

The processing executed by the electronic mail transmitting device 1 when creating and transmitting an electronic mail will be described below with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. The flowchart of FIG. 6 shows the processing executed by the electronic mail transmitting device 1 when the operator inputs using the keyboard and the mouse as the input unit 11 corresponding to the operation screen 20 shown in FIG. . That is, first, the electronic mail transmission device 1 is activated and the operation screen 20 is displayed on the display unit 12 (S70).
1). The subject is input to the subject box 24 by the operator (S702). Then, the mail text is entered in the mail text box 25 (S703). Then, the file name of the file to be attached to the e-mail is input to the attachment file box 26 (S704). Then, T
o Destination box 21, Cc destination box 22, and Bc
An e-mail address to which the e-mail should be sent is entered in the c box 23 (S705). The above S7
The order of execution of the steps from 02 to S705 may be changed. After that, the destination of the attached file and the transmission condition such as whether or not the attached file is encrypted are determined (S70).
6). The step of S706 is executed based on the operator's input on the operation screen 30 of FIG. The process executed in S706 will be described in detail later. An electronic mail is transmitted to the transmission destination of the attachment file determined in S706 based on the transmission condition (S707). That is,
Send an e-mail with the upper subject and the mail body to the destination to which only the body should be sent. Further, the electronic mail having the above-mentioned subject and the attached file attached thereto is sent to the destination requiring the attached file to which the attached file should be sent.
When the attached file is encrypted and sent, an e-mail including a password for decrypting the encrypted attached file is separately sent to the destination requiring the attached file. The process executed in S707 will be described in detail later.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing in detail the steps executed by the electronic mail transmitting device in S706. First, the operation screen 30 is displayed on the display unit 12 based on the pressing of the attached file transmission destination button on the operation screen 20 (S801). Then, the table 5 of FIG.
00, and the address column 501 of this table 500
In step S705, the e-mail address entered in the To destination box 21, the e-mail address entered in the Cc destination box 22, and the Bcc box 23.
The e-mail address entered in is stored (S80
2). Next, the To list 31, C on the operation screen 30
Corresponding to the e-mail addresses for which the check boxes 311, 312, 313 ... in the c list 32 and the Bcc list 33 are entered, the attachment of the attached file is designated in the attachment designation column 503 of the table 500. The value 1 indicating that the operation has been performed is stored. Further, 0 is stored in the attached file designation field 503 corresponding to the e-mail address whose check box is not checked (S803). Further, when the check box 36 of the operation screen 30 is checked, that is, when it is specified that the attached file is encrypted and the password for decrypting the encrypted attached file is specified, the above table is displayed. 1 is stored in the password transmission column 504 of 500. On the other hand, when the check box 36 is not checked, 0 is stored in the password sending field 504. Further, the password entered in the password box 37 of the operation screen 30 is stored in the table 50.
It is stored in the password field 505 of 0 (S804). Then, the character string input to the destination selection condition box 38 is changed to
It is stored in the destination selection condition column 506 of the table 500 (S
805). Note that the order of execution of the steps S802 to S805 may be changed. After that, operation screen 3
0 OK button was pressed, or CANCE
It is determined whether the L button has been pressed (S806). If it is determined that the OK button 34 on the operation screen 30 has been pressed,
For the e-mail address for which the value of the attached file designation column 503 of the table 500 is 1, the destination selection condition column 50
When the character string of 6 is included in the character string of the address field 501, 1 is stored in the file attachment determination field 507. That is, the value of the attached file designation field 503 is 1, and the value 1 indicating that the attached file is transmitted is stored in the file attachment determination field 507 of the e-mail address including the character string of the destination selection condition field 506. (S807). In the present embodiment, the character string stored in the destination selection condition column 506 is the domain name @abc. co. j
p, and among the e-mail addresses in which 1 is stored in the attachment file specification field 503, e-mail addresses Toad1 and Toad2 including the domain name are determined as the e-mail addresses to which the attachment file is actually attached. . In S805 above, CANCEL
If it is determined that the button has been pressed, the above table 500
Are initialized (808). After that, the process proceeds to S707 in the flowchart of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing in detail the step of transmitting the electronic mail in S707.
In step S706, that is, in steps S801 to 808, if the attachment file destination and the transmission condition are determined,
It progresses to S901 of FIG. In S901, first, an electronic mail including the e-mail address in the address field 501, the subject and the mail text is created for the destination whose value stored in the file attachment determination field 507 of the table 500 is 0. To send. Then, for the destination whose value stored in the file attachment determination field 507 of the table 500 is 1, the S-mail address in the address field 501, the subject and the mail text, and the S
A file having the file name input in 704 is duplicated / compressed (encrypted if the value in the password sending field 504 of the table 500 is 1) to create an e-mail,
This electronic mail is transmitted (S902). Next, referring to the password sending column 504 of the table 500, it is determined whether or not the password of the attached file is sent to the destination to which the attached file is sent (S903).
When the value stored in the password sending field 504 is 1 and the password is sent, an electronic mail as shown in FIG. 5 is created. Here, the above-mentioned subject box 61
Insert the same subject as the subject of the email already sent to
Insert the password stored in the password field 505 of (1) and enter the date and time of transmission in the date and time box 63 (S
904). This e-mail is transmitted to the destination whose value in the file attachment decision field 507 is 1 (S905).

In S901, S902 and S905, the electronic mail transmitting device 1 connects to the network 6 by the connecting device 16 under the control of the CPU 15.
The electronic mail is transmitted to the mail server 5 via the network 6. E-mail receiving devices 2, 3, which have a predetermined e-mail address and are connected to the mail server 5.
4 receives the e-mail sent to the mail server 5, the sending of the e-mail is completed. The e-mail receiving device that has received the e-mail with the attached file decrypts the attached file using the password included in the e-mail received separately from the e-mail.

As described above, according to the electronic mail transmitting apparatus 1, a series of common e-mails in which an attachment file is not attached to the e-mail body and e-mails in which an attachment file is attached to the e-mail body are common. You can create and send by the operation. Further, in the series of operations, an electronic mail including a password for decrypting the encrypted attachment file can be transmitted to the attachment file required destination separately from the attachment file. Therefore,
Eliminates the need to separately create and send an e-mail with no attachment file attached to the body and an e-mail with an attachment file even if the body text is the same as in the past, so there is little effort required. E-mail can be easily created and sent. Moreover, since the attached file can be encrypted and transmitted, and the password for decrypting the encrypted attached file can be automatically transmitted separately, it is possible to obtain an electronic mail transmitting device having a high confidentiality function with less labor.

Further, according to the electronic mail transmitting apparatus 1, the destination selection condition box 38 is selected from the destinations entered in the To list 31, Cc list 32, and Bcc list 33.
Since the attached file is sent only to the selected destination by selecting it with the character string entered in, the sending of the attached file is permitted by entering the domain name in which the attached file may be sent in advance as the selection condition. It is possible to make sure that the attached file is sent only to the specified destination. Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent the secret from being leaked due to an input error in the destination of the attached file.

Further, since the electronic mail transmitted by the electronic mail transmitting apparatus 1 can be received by the conventional mail server and the electronic mail receiving apparatus, only by introducing the electronic mail transmitting apparatus 1 in the conventional electronic mail system. It is possible to configure an electronic mail system with a high confidentiality function without drastically changing.

In the above embodiment, the attached file attached to the electronic mail is copied and compressed at the time of transmitting the electronic mail in S902, but may be copied and compressed at the time of inputting the attached file name in S704. Further, the attached file may be transmitted without being compressed.

In the above embodiment, the To list 31 and the Cc list 3 displayed on the operation screen 30 are displayed.
2. A destination to which an attached file is transmitted is designated from the Bcc list 33, and a destination that meets the destination selection condition is determined to be the attachment file required destination from the designated destinations.
The above To list 31, Cc list 32, Bcc list 3
3 is deleted and the To destination box 21 of the operation screen 20 is
A destination that meets the above-described destination selection condition may be selected from the destinations input in the Cc destination box 22 and the Bcc box 23 to determine the destination for the attached file. Further, the input of the destination selection condition is deleted, and the To list 3 is deleted.
1, all the destinations specified by the Cc list 32 and the Bcc list 33 may be determined as the attachment file destinations.

The e-mail sending device 1 may be a dedicated device used exclusively for sending e-mail, and is a computer in which a program that causes a computer to function as the e-mail sending device is installed. Good. The computer may be a stationary computer, a notebook computer, a mobile terminal, a mobile phone, a game machine, or the like.

Further, the electronic mail transmitting apparatus 1 may have an electronic mail receiving function. Further, the electronic mail receiving devices 2, 3, 4, ... May have a function of transmitting electronic mail.

[0050]

As is apparent from the above, according to the electronic mail transmitting device of the present invention, the destination storing means for storing a plurality of destinations, the body storing means for storing the body, and the attached file for storing the attached file. A storage means and a destination selection means for selecting, from a plurality of destinations stored in the destination storage means, a destination requiring an attachment file to be attached and attached to the body based on a destination selection condition input in advance. When,
Send an e-mail with an attached file in the above text and an e-mail with no attached file in the above text to the destinations with the attached file selected by the destination selection means and the destinations without the attached file Therefore, it is possible to send to multiple destinations an e-mail with no attachment file attached to the above text and an email with an attachment file attached to the main text at once, depending on each destination. By operation, both an e-mail containing only the text and an e-mail containing the text and an attached file can be easily sent to a desired destination.

According to the electronic mail transmitting device of one embodiment, the destination selecting means selects the destination requiring attachment file from a plurality of destinations stored in the destination storing means and designated for transmission. Therefore, even if a destination that does not need to send an attached file is erroneously specified from the plurality of destinations stored in the destination storing means, only the destination to which the attached file should be sent is surely selected, and the destination is surely selected. You can send an email with an attachment attached to
It is possible to reliably prevent the leakage of secrets.

According to the electronic mail transmitting apparatus of the first embodiment, the preliminarily input destination selection condition is a character string,
Since the destination selecting means selects a destination including the character string as the destination requiring the attached file, by changing the character string to, for example, a character string indicating a predetermined domain name, only the address having the domain name can be obtained. Since the above-mentioned attached file can be transmitted to, only the destination to which the attached file should be transmitted can be transmitted.

According to the electronic mail transmitting device of one embodiment, the attached file is an encrypted attached file, and the encryption key for decrypting the encrypted attached file is set as the destination for the attached file. Since the encryption key transmitting means for transmitting is provided, the encryption key for decrypting the above-mentioned attached file can be transmitted with a small amount of labor, so that the confidentiality keeping function is high
Moreover, it is possible to provide an electronic mail transmitting device that is easy to operate.

According to the electronic mail transmitting method of the present invention, the steps of storing the inputted body in the body storing means, the steps of storing a plurality of inputted destinations in the destination storing means, and storing the attached file as the attached file And storing the destination in the destination storing means, and selecting the destination of the attached file to be transmitted with the attached file attached to the body based on the destination selection condition input in advance. Step, sending an e-mail with an attachment file attached to the above text to the above attachment file destination, and sending an email with no attachment file attached to the above text to a destination other than the above attachment file destination Since it has a step of sending, an email without an attachment file attached to the body and an attachment file attached to the above body And e-mail, with less effort than a conventional, can be transmitted to each corresponding to one degree to multiple destinations.

Since the program of the present invention is a program for causing a computer to execute the electronic mail transmitting method, it is possible to cause the computer to execute the electronic mail transmitting method.

Since the recording medium of the present invention is a computer-readable recording medium in which the above program is recorded, a computer equipped with the above recording medium can execute the above electronic mail transmission method.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an electronic mail system to which an electronic mail transmission device according to an embodiment of the present invention is connected.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an operation screen 20 displayed on a display unit 12 when creating a mail.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an operation screen 30 displayed on the display unit 12 when the attached file transmission destination button 28 is pressed.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a table 500 written in a memory 13.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an e-mail transmitted separately from an e-mail to which an attachment file is attached to a destination requiring an attachment file.

FIG. 6 shows a process executed by the electronic mail transmitting device 1 based on an operation performed by an operator corresponding to the operation screen 20.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing in detail a process executed by the electronic mail transmitting device in S706 of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating in detail the step of transmitting an electronic mail in S707 of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 E-mail sending device 2 E-mail receiving device 3 E-mail receiver 4 E-mail receiving device 5 mail server 6 network 11 Input section 12 Display 13 memory 15 CPU 16 Connection device

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. An e-mail transmission device for transmitting, to a plurality of destinations, an e-mail having an attachment file attached to the body and an e-mail having no attachment file attached to the body at one time according to each destination. A destination storing means for storing a plurality of destinations, a body storing means for storing a body, an attached file storing means for storing an attached file, and a body of the plurality of destinations stored in the destination storing means. Destination attachment means for selecting the destination of the attached file to be sent by attaching the attached file to the destination based on the destination selection condition input in advance, the destination of the attached file selected by the destination selecting means, and the attachment file not required A feature that an email with an attachment file attached to the above text and an email with no attachment file attached to the above text are sent to the recipient at the same time E-mail transmission apparatus for. 2. The electronic mail transmitting device according to claim 1, wherein the destination selecting means is one of the plurality of destinations stored in the destination storing means and designated to be transmitted, and the destination requiring attachment of the attached file. An electronic mail transmitting device characterized by selecting. 3. The electronic mail transmitting device according to claim 1, wherein the destination selection condition input in advance is a character string, and the destination selecting means sets the destination including the character string to the attached file. An electronic mail transmitting device characterized by being selected as a required destination. 4. The electronic mail transmitting device according to claim 1, wherein the attached file is an encrypted attached file, and the attached file is for decrypting the encrypted attached file. An electronic mail transmitting device comprising an encryption key transmitting means for transmitting an encryption key to the destination requiring attachment file. 5. A step of storing the input body in a body storing means, a step of storing a plurality of input destinations in a destination storing means, a step of storing an attached file in an attached file storing means, and the destination. Among the plurality of destinations stored in the storage means, a step of selecting an attachment file required destination to be attached with an attachment to the body and transmitted based on the destination selection condition input in advance; And a step of transmitting an email having an attachment file attached to the body, and a step of transmitting an email having no attachment file attached to the body to a destination other than the destination requiring the attachment file. And how to send email. 6. A program for causing a computer to execute the electronic mail transmitting method according to claim 5. 7. A computer-readable recording medium on which the program according to claim 6 is recorded.