JP2003122687A - Electronic mail device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve and support the convenience of the use of an electronic mail to be transmitted/received through a communication line by surely transferring it or replying to it when it is necessary. SOLUTION: This electronic mail device 10 stores an electronic mail to be received from a communication line through a receiving part 16 in an electronic mail storing part 17. A user is able to confirm the list or contents of the received mails by using the GUI function of an electronic mail device control part 11, and when transfer or reply is necessary, the user is able to give an instruction by using the GUI function. When the instruction of transfer or reply is given, a condition for urging it is set, and it is notified that an electronic mail should be transmitted as transfer or reply under the set condition. Then, the user is encouraged to pay attentions from the notification so that the transfer or reply can be surely performed when it is necessary.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic mail device that can send and receive electronic mail via a communication line such as the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, computers and portable information tools having an electronic mail function have been widely used. As a portable information tool, e-mail has come to be used in all devices and systems capable of inputting / outputting e-mail, such as a portable information device abbreviated as PDA from a personal digital assistant, a mobile phone, etc. Is coming.

FIG. 10 shows a schematic functional configuration of a conventional electronic mail device. In order for an electronic mail device to be able to send and receive electronic mail via an internet communication line, etc., an electronic mail device control unit 1 that controls the entire device, a mail creating unit 2 that creates an electronic mail, refer to an electronic mail Mail reference section 3 ・ Mail information management section 4 that references and manages mail information ・ Transmission section 5 that is connected to a communication line and sends e-mails ・ Reception section 6 that is connected to a communication line and receives e-mails ・ Stores sent and received mails It is realized by including each section of the electronic mail storage section 7. The mail information management unit 4 manages mail information that is stored in the electronic mail storage unit 7 and is management information about the sent and received mail.

Further, a display device such as a display, an input device such as a keyboard, a mouse, etc., also has a configuration backside of the electronic mail device controller 1 having a GUI (Graphica1 User Interface) function for displaying and operating information on the screen. It is included in the element.

Mobile information tools and the like are not always connected to communication lines or the like. In such a case, a mail server that is always connected to a communication line or the like is used, and e-mail addressed to the mobile information tool is temporarily stored in the mail server. If you access the mail server with the mobile information tool, the accumulated e-mail will be transferred. When the electronic mail device is always connected to the communication line or the like, the electronic mail can be directly received.

Whether the e-mail device directly receives the e-mail or receives the e-mail from the mail server or the like, it is not always possible to immediately read the received e-mail and confirm the contents. Rather, unlike telephone communication, the convenience of e-mail exists in that it is not always necessary to respond directly. However, there is a limit to the amount of e-mail information that can be stored in the e-mail storage unit 7 that stores sent and received mail. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-216885 discloses a communication document automatic deletion device that automatically deletes a communication document selected according to the deletion condition when the sender or the receiver sets the deletion condition and the storage capacity of the communication document becomes small. Is disclosed.

Further, the convenience of the electronic mail easily realizes a round trip mail for sending the electronic mail alternately between the sender and the receiver, a forward mail for sequentially transferring the electronic mail among a plurality of members, and the like. There is also a point that can be done. Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 10-28133 discloses an electronic mail device that sends a round-trip mail and then sends a reminder mail to a partner who does not send back a reply mail to the round-trip mail.

[0008]

In the electronic mail device as shown in FIG. 10, there are the following cases related to how to handle the received mail. After confirming the content of the received mail, even if it is necessary to forward this mail to contact other parties, consideration items such as deciding who should be forwarded and commenting on the content occur, and immediately Transfer may not be possible. In such a case, either save it in the e-mail storage unit 7 as it is, or store it in an area (create a new folder) set separately in the mail storage unit 7 to identify the mail that the user needs to transfer. When the user himself / herself notices, such as moving, the transfer is performed. Even if it is judged that a reply is necessary after checking the content of the received mail, it may not be possible to reply immediately. In such a case, either save it in the e-mail storage unit 7 as it is, or store it in an area (create a new folder) separately set in the mail storage unit 7 to identify the mail that the user needs to reply. When the user himself notices that he is moving, he is replying.

However, in the transfer and reply based on the user's own voluntary judgment, there is a problem that the user cannot forget the deadline that he / she determines is necessary, and the transfer or reply cannot be made within the deadline. .

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, to enable reliable transfer and reply when necessary, and to improve the convenience of using e-mails sent and received via a communication line. It is to provide an electronic mail device that can support.

[0011]

According to the present invention, in an electronic mail device capable of sending and receiving electronic mail via a communication line, the contents of the received electronic mail can be read and stored as received electronic mail. A mail storage means, a management information storage means for storing management information of received mail stored in the electronic mail storage means, and a read-out of the received mail stored in the electronic mail storage means for confirming the contents thereof. If it is necessary to send an electronic mail related to the received mail, it is possible to input the necessity, and an instruction to add the inputted instruction to the management information about the received mail stored in the management information storage means. With respect to the input means, the notification condition setting means for setting the notification condition for the transmission of the electronic mail related to the received mail, and the management information storage means, to set the notification condition A notification condition monitoring means for monitoring the presence or absence of an electronic mail that satisfies the notification condition set in the step, and a transmission reminder notification means for issuing a notification to urge the transmission when the condition is detected by the notification condition monitoring means. It is an electronic mail device characterized by including.

According to the present invention, after the contents of the received e-mail stored in the e-mail storage means as the received e-mail are confirmed, if the e-mail needs to be transmitted in relation to the received e-mail, the user can Makes an input to the instruction input means to instruct the necessity of transmission. In the management information storage means for storing the management information of the received mail stored in the electronic mail storage means, the instruction input to the instruction input means is added to the management information of the received mail. The notification condition monitoring means monitors whether or not the notification condition set by the notification condition setting means is satisfied, and when the condition is detected, the transmission reminder notification means gives a notification for urging the transmission. It can remind users who have forgotten that something should be sent by a reminder notification.

Further, according to the present invention, when an electronic mail relating to the received mail is transmitted before the notification condition set by the notification condition setting means is satisfied, the management information storage means detects the received mail. It is characterized in that it further comprises a reminder necessity deletion means for deleting the necessity of sending an e-mail added to the management information.

According to the present invention, if the electronic mail related to the received mail is transmitted, it is not necessary to urge the transmission, and by deleting the necessity of the transmission added to the management information, the notification condition is satisfied. When forwarding is done before, the need for sending added to the management information of the corresponding received mail can be deleted by the reminder need deleting means, and unnecessary reminder notification can be prevented. .

In the present invention, the electronic mail related to the received mail is transmitted by transferring the received mail to another destination, and the transmission reminder notifying means gives a reminder notification about the transfer. It is characterized by

According to the present invention, after confirming the content of the received mail, when the user determines that the mail needs to be transferred to the related person,
You may not be able to transfer immediately. At this time, the user temporarily suspends the transfer, but stores the necessity of the transfer in addition to the management information about the received mail. The notification condition setting means for setting notification conditions such as transfer reminder date and time also sets a preset transfer reminder date and time, for example, the date and time two days after reception. When the notification condition monitoring means detects that the condition is satisfied, a transfer reminder notification is given,
The user can be notified that transfer is necessary and the user can be alerted.

According to the present invention, the electronic mail related to the received mail is transmitted by replying to the sender of the received mail, and the transmission reminder notifying means gives a reminder notification about the reply. Is characterized by.

According to the present invention, when the user determines that a reply to the sender is necessary after checking the content of the received mail,
You may not be able to reply immediately. At this time, the user temporarily suspends the reply, but stores the necessity of the corresponding reply in addition to the management information regarding the received mail. The notification condition setting means for setting a notification condition such as a reply prompting date and time sets a preset reply prompting date and time, for example, the date and time two days after reception. When the notification condition monitoring means detects that the condition is satisfied, a reply reminder notification is given,
The user can be notified that transfer is necessary and the user can be alerted.

Further, the present invention is a program for causing a computer to function as the electronic mail device according to any one of the above.

According to the present invention, as an electronic mail device having a reminder notification function for forwarding or replying to a received mail,
You can make your computer work.

Furthermore, the present invention is a computer-readable recording medium, which records a program for causing a computer to function, as the electronic mail device according to any one of the above.

According to the present invention, by causing a computer to read the recorded program, the computer can be made to function as an electronic mail device having a reminder notification function for forwarding or replying to a received mail.

[0023]

FIG. 1 shows a schematic functional configuration of an electronic mail device 10 which is an embodiment of the present invention. The electronic mail device 10 of the present embodiment is a reception mail device control unit 1 corresponding to the electronic mail device shown in FIG.
1, a mail creation unit 12, a mail reference unit 13, a mail information management unit 14, a transmission unit 15 and an electronic mail storage unit 17
And a reception reminder related transmission reminder control unit 20. A display device such as a display and an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse are GUIs for displaying and operating information on the screen.
It is included in the constituent elements of the electronic mail device control unit 11 having a function.

The transmitting unit 15 and the receiving unit 16 of the electronic mail device 10 are means for transmitting and receiving electronic mail, which are connected to a communication line such as the Internet. Not only open information communication networks such as the Internet, but also LANs (Local Area Nets) restricted to companies
work) can also be connected. Upon receiving the electronic mail, the electronic mail device control unit 11 stores the electronic mail from the receiving unit 16 into the electronic mail storage unit 17. The electronic mail device control unit 11 activates the mail information management unit 14 to read the information about the mail stored in the electronic mail storage unit 17, and based on the acquired information, the electronic mail device control unit 11 It is possible to display a list of electronic mails, contents of individual electronic mails, and the like on the display unit which is a component of the above.

FIG. 2 shows the electronic mail device 10 of FIG.
2 shows an internal configuration of a received mail related transmission reminder control unit 20 characterized by 0 electronic mail device. The received mail related transmission reminder control unit 20, which is a main component of the electronic mail device 10 according to the present embodiment, includes a control unit 21, a received mail selection unit 22, a notification condition monitoring unit 23, and a transmission reminder processing deletion unit 2.
4, a notification condition setting unit 25, a transmission required mail management information storage unit 26, and a transmission reminder notification unit 27.

FIG. 3 shows the electronic mail device control section 11 of FIG.
An example of the list of the received mail displayed by is shown.
For example, the sender email address, the subject, and the reception time are provided for one received email. Usually, in order to confirm the content of the body of the received mail, the user selects and instructs the target received mail from the received mail list with a mouse or the like, as in the conventional electronic mail device shown in FIG. Even in the electronic mail device 10 of this embodiment, G
The electronic mail device control unit 11 having a UI function detects an instruction to refer to the mail text, and transfers control to the mail reference unit 13 to display the text of the mail.

By confirming the contents of the mail body, the user can judge whether or not it is necessary to send the e-mail in association with the received mail, such as forwarding or replying. The transfer is generally performed by transmitting the received e-mail to other parties. The reply is generally made for the purpose of notifying the sender that the electronic mail has been received. It may be necessary to do both, like replying a receipt and forwarding. In addition, the transfer may be notified by a reply. Furthermore, it may be necessary to receive one or a plurality of e-mails, aggregate the contents, report to a boss or the like, or send an e-mail to instruct a subordinate or the like.

Even when it is judged that the transmission for the transfer or the reply is necessary, there are some that can be immediately transmitted,
In some cases, it may be possible to send only after a lapse of a certain time depending on the content and the situation of the place. In such a case, in the electronic mail device 10 of the present embodiment, the received mail whose contents have been confirmed is associated with a process indicating that transmission such as forwarding is necessary, and when a preset deadline elapses. It is possible to automatically notify the sending reminder. In order to associate the necessary transmission process, the reception mail selection unit 22 of the reception mail transmission reminder control unit 20 is operated to select the transmission required mail.

FIGS. 4 and 5 show a transfer required column and a reply required field which give an instruction for associating a process indicating that transfer or reply is necessary for each received mail in the received mail list shown in FIG. The state where columns are provided is shown. FIG. 4 shows a state in which no information about necessity is added. In Figure 5, the sender email address is ccccc @ Se
Marking the required forwarding field of the received mail that is nd. ~, marking the required reply field of the received email whose sender email address is ddddd @ Send. Show. The marking is configured to be settable on the screen of the display unit by the GUI function of the electronic mail device control unit 11. After that, the received mail selection unit 22 of the received mail transmission reminder control unit 20 is activated,
Recognize that the email needs to be sent.

FIG. 6 is a table showing a necessary mail management table for a received mail that needs to be transferred in (a), and a necessary mail management table for a received mail that needs a reply in (b). 9 shows management information in a table format stored in the unit 26. In the format of the transfer required mail management table as shown in FIG. 6A, the transfer reminder notification date and time indicates a notification condition and is set, for example, two days after the reception time. The notification condition is the notification condition setting unit 25.
Is set in advance for all mails in 2 days. In this example, I introduce it as a simple example, but of course,
When selecting the mail in the received mail selection unit 22 shown in FIG.
The device can be configured so that the notification conditions can be set individually, and the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. The same applies to the reply-necessary mail management table as shown in FIG.

The notification condition monitoring unit 23 of FIG. 2 notifies the transfer request of the transfer-necessary mail management table and the reply-necessary mail management table stored in the transmission-necessary mail management information storage unit 26 in the format as shown in FIG. The date and time and the date and time of the reminder prompt are constantly monitored as notification conditions. Notification condition monitoring unit 2
When 3 detects that the notification condition is satisfied, that is, when the transfer reminder notification date / time or the return reminder notification date / time arrives, the transmission reminder notification unit 27 is notified of the condition satisfaction.

FIG. 7 shows the display state of the notification given by the transmission reminder notification unit 27. (A) shows a display at the time of notification of a reply reminder, and (b) shows a display at the time of notification of a transfer reminder. With the above-described mechanism, the user can receive the reply reminder notification and the transfer reminder notification, and thus can prevent forgetting the reply and the transfer.

FIG. 8 shows a schematic procedure until the electronic mail related transmission reminder control unit 20 sets a notification condition in this embodiment. Start the procedure from step S0, then step S
At 1, an electronic mail arriving from a communication line or the like is received. In step S2, the received e-mail is stored in the e-mail storage unit 17 of FIG. In step S3, it is determined whether or not the accumulated e-mail is read as a received e-mail. If it is not read as a received mail, the process returns to step S1. When it is determined in step S3 that the e-mail is to be read out, it is determined in step S4 whether the transmission necessity is input. If it is determined that no input has been made, the process returns to step S1. If the necessity of transmission such as transfer or reply is input in step S4, the necessity of transmission is added to the management information by marking as shown in FIG. 5 in step S5. In step S6, it is determined whether the notification condition has been input. If it has not been input, a default value such as two days that is uniformly set in advance is set, and the process returns to step S1. Step S
When it is determined that the notification condition is input in 6,
In step S7, the default notification condition is replaced with the input notification condition, the notification condition is set, and the process returns to step S1.

FIG. 9 shows a schematic procedure in which the electronic mail related transmission reminder control unit 20 according to the present embodiment makes a transmission reminder notification in accordance with a notification condition. The procedure is started from step S10, and in step S11, the transfer-necessary mail management table or the reply-necessary mail management table of the transmission-necessary mail management information storage unit 26 as shown in FIG. It is determined whether there is an email that needs to be sent. If it is determined that there is not, the determination is continued until it is determined that there is. When it is determined that there is a transmission-required e-mail, it is determined in step S12 whether or not the transmission reminder notification condition is satisfied. The notification condition monitoring unit 23 in FIG. 2 constantly monitors the transfer reminder notification date and time of the transfer required mail management table and the reply reminder notification date and time of the reply required mail management table as notification conditions. If the conditions are not satisfied, step S1 is performed.
Move to 3.

In step S13, it is checked whether or not the control unit transmission necessary mail in FIG. 2 has been transmitted. Whether or not the transfer-required mail or the reply-required mail has been transmitted before the notification condition is satisfied is determined by the information stored in the mail information management unit 14 of FIG. 1 and the transmission-required mail management information storage unit 26 of FIG. Judged from the information in the required mail management table and the reply required mail management table. When it is determined that the email has not been sent, the process proceeds to step S14, and it is determined whether or not the operation of canceling the designation of the email required for sending has been performed. If it is determined that the cancel operation has not been performed, step S1
Return to 1.

When it is determined in step S12 that the transmission reminder notification condition is satisfied, the transmission reminder notification as shown in FIG. 7 is performed in step S15. In this embodiment,
For the sake of simplicity, the case where the notification is given once has been described. Therefore, in the next step S16, the transmission promoting process deleting unit 24
Then, the corresponding mail information is deleted from the transfer necessary mail management table and / or the reply necessary mail management table of the transmission necessary mail information management unit 26. Step S1
When it is determined in step 3 that the required email has been sent, and when it is determined in step S14 that the operation for canceling the required email designation has been performed, the corresponding email information is deleted in step S16 and an unnecessary transmission reminder notification is issued. Do not do it.

Further, as in the present embodiment, it is possible to set a notification condition such that a transfer reminder notice or a reply reminder notice is not issued only once but a plurality of times with a certain time, and so on. The convenience can be improved and the certainty of preventing forgetting to transfer or forgetting to reply can be improved. For example, when the notification is to be issued a plurality of times, after step S15, the number of times set in the counter is decremented by 1 and the process returns to step S11 until it reaches 0, and when it reaches 0, step S1
You can proceed to 6.

With reference to step S13 of FIG. 9, the transmission reminder process deletion unit 24 shown in FIG. 2 has a function of canceling the execution of the transmission reminder process in operation. Delete the corresponding mail information from the transfer-necessary mail management table or the reply-necessary mail management table in the transmission-necessary mail management information storage unit 26,
The notification condition monitoring unit 23 is set so that it cannot be referred to. When a forwarding reminder notification or a reply reminder notice date and time is forwarded or replied to an incoming mail for which a forwarding reminder process or a reply reminder process is specified, a reception reminder-related sending reminder control unit 2
The control unit 21 of 0 determines from the information of the mail information management unit 14 and the transfer necessary mail management table or the reply necessary mail management table of the transmission necessary mail management information storage unit 26.
The control unit 21 operates the transmission reminder processing deletion unit 24 to delete the information of the corresponding mail from the transfer necessary mail management table and the reply necessary mail management table of the transmission necessary mail management information storage unit 26. As a result, unnecessary transfer reminder notices and reply reminder notices can be prevented.

Further, in connection with step S14 of FIG.
You may want to cancel the forwarding reminder notice or the reply reminder notice before the notification conditions are met. For example, if you want to cancel the forwarding of the received e-mail of the sender e-mail address ccccc @ Send. ~ Shown in Fig. 5, you can delete the forwarding reminder process by instructing to delete the mark of the corresponding transfer required field.
It is possible to prevent unnecessary transfer reminder notifications.

According to the electronic mail apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, if the user confirms the body of the received mail and then judges that the transfer or reply is necessary from the content of the body, the received mail is the received mail. If you select from the list and perform processing that indicates that forwarding or replying is necessary, it will automatically notify you of forwarding and replying when preset notification conditions are met, so immediately. Even if it is not possible to transfer or reply to, the transmission processing within the deadline can be performed more reliably. Before the notification condition is satisfied, the reminder process for forwarding or replying can be deleted, so that unnecessary reminder notification can be prevented. The electronic mail device 10 described above is realized by a program that causes a computer to function in electronic mail processing.

The subject matter of the present invention may be the program itself or a recording medium in which the program is stored in a computer-readable recording medium.

First, in the present invention, as this recording medium,
A memory (not shown) necessary for the processing to be performed by the microcomputer included in the electronic mail device control unit 11 shown in FIG. 1 or the control unit 21 shown in FIG. May be a program medium, or a program medium (not shown) provided as a program storage device as an external storage device and readable by inserting a recording medium therein. In any case, the stored program may be configured to be accessed and executed by a microcomputer, or in any case, the program is read and the read program is stored in the program storage area of the microcomputer. Loaded
The method in which the program is executed may be used. It is assumed that this loading program is stored in the main body device in advance.

The program medium is a recording medium which can be separated from the main body, and is a tape system such as a magnetic tape or a cassette tape, a magnetic disk such as an FD (flexible disk) or HD (hard disk), or a CD.
-Disk systems for optical disks such as ROM / MO / MD / DVD, card systems such as IC cards (including memory cards) / optical cards, or mask ROM, EPROM, EE
It may be a medium that fixedly carries the program, including a semiconductor memory such as a PROM or a flash ROM.

Further, since the present invention has a system configuration that can be connected to a communication network including the Internet, it may be a medium that carries the program in a fluid manner such that the program is downloaded from the communication network.

The content stored in the recording medium is not limited to the program and may be data.

Next, in the present invention, the program itself may be the process itself executed by the microcomputer as described above, or it can be or can be loaded by accessing a communication network including the Internet. It may be a thing or one sent from here. Furthermore, based on this imported program, the electronic mail device 1
It may be the result of processing in 0, that is, the one generated. Alternatively, it may be the result of processing in the electronic mail device 10, that is, the one generated when it is sent from here.

[0047]

As described above, according to the present invention, after confirming the content of the received e-mail, if the e-mail needs to be transmitted in relation to the received e-mail, the user can confirm the necessity of the transmission. Make the input to instruct. When the notification conditions are detected, a notification prompting you to send the notification will be sent, so remind the user who has forgotten the deadline that the message should be sent.
When a transfer or a reply is required, it can be surely performed within the time limit, and it is possible to improve and support the convenience of using the electronic mail transmitted and received via the communication line.

Further, according to the present invention, when the transfer is performed before the notification condition is satisfied, the necessity of the transmission can be deleted, and unnecessary reminder notification can be prevented.

Further, according to the present invention, after confirming the content of the received mail, if the user determines that the mail needs to be transferred to the related person,
The transfer is once suspended, and the necessity of the transfer is added to the management information about the received mail and stored. When a preset condition such as a transfer reminder date and time is satisfied, a transfer reminder notification is given to notify the user that the transfer is necessary and call attention.

Further, according to the present invention, after confirming the content of the received mail, if the user determines that a reply to the sender is necessary,
The reply is once put on hold, and the necessity of the corresponding reply is added to the management information about the received mail and stored. When conditions such as a preset reply reminder date and time are satisfied, a reply reminder notification is given to notify the user that a reply is necessary and call attention.

Further, according to the present invention, a computer such as a personal computer or a portable information tool can be made to function as an electronic mail device having a reminder notification function of forwarding or replying to a received mail.

Further, according to the present invention, by causing a computer such as a personal computer or a portable information tool to read the recorded program, it functions as an electronic mail device having a reminder notification function of forwarding or replying to a received mail. Can be made.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an electronic mail device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram showing a schematic functional configuration of 0. FIG.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a received mail related transmission reminder control unit 20 of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a table showing an example of a received mail list displayed by a GUI function of the electronic mail device control unit 11 of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a chart showing a state in which an information field regarding the necessity of forwarding and replying is added to the received mail list of FIG.

5 is a chart showing a state where necessary information is marked in the information field added in FIG. 4. FIG.

6 is a table showing a transfer necessary mail management table and a reply necessary mail management table stored in a transmission necessary mail management information storage unit 26 of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a display notified by a transmission reminder notification unit 27 of FIG.

8 is a flowchart showing an outline of a procedure for setting a notification condition by a received mail related transmission reminder control unit 20 of FIG.

9 is a flowchart showing a schematic procedure for performing a transmission reminder notification according to a notification condition by the reception mail related transmission reminder control unit 20 of FIG.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a schematic functional configuration of a conventional electronic mail device.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 E-mail device 11 E-mail device control unit 11 14 Email Information Management Department 15 Transmitter 16 Receiver 17 E-mail storage 20 Receiving mail related sending reminder control unit 21 Control unit 22 Received mail selection section 23 Notification condition monitoring unit 24 Transmission reminder processing deletion section 25 Notification condition setting section 26 Mail management information storage unit that needs to be sent 27 Send reminder section

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An electronic mail device capable of transmitting and receiving electronic mail via a communication line, wherein the contents of the received electronic mail can be read and electronic mail storage means for storing the received electronic mail, and electronic mail storage. Management information storage means for storing management information of the received mail stored in the means, and reading the received mail stored in the electronic mail storage means and confirming the contents of the received mail. If transmission is required, an input indicating the necessity can be made, and an instruction input means for adding the inputted instruction to the management information about the received mail stored in the management information storage means, For sending e-mail, refer to the notification condition setting means for setting the notification conditions and the management information storage means, and set the notification conditions set by the notification condition setting means. It is characterized by including a notification condition monitoring means for monitoring the presence or absence of an e-mail that has been established, and a transmission reminder notification means for issuing a notification to urge the transmission when the condition is detected by the notification condition monitoring means. E-mail device. 2. When an electronic mail related to the received mail is transmitted before the notification condition set by the notification condition setting means is satisfied, the management information storage means stores management information about the received mail. 2. The electronic mail apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a reminder necessity deleting means for deleting the added necessity of transmitting the electronic mail. 3. The electronic mail related to the received mail is transmitted by transferring the received mail to another destination, and the transmission reminder notifying unit makes a reminder notification about the transfer. The electronic mail device according to claim 1 or 2. 4. The electronic mail related to the received mail is transmitted by replying to the sender of the received mail, and the transmission reminder notifying means makes a reminder notification about the reply. The electronic mail device according to claim 1. 5. A program for causing a computer to function as the electronic mail device according to claim 1. 6. A computer-readable recording medium recording a program for causing a computer to function as the electronic mail apparatus according to claim 1.