JP2002261836A - Email proxy receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To provide a mail substitute receiving device which can easily receive a mail stored in a plurality of mail addresses. A mail proxy receiving server accesses a plurality of mail servers to acquire a mail based on mail proxy receiving information. Then, the obtained mail is sorted based on the mail proxy reception information, the mail determined to be urgently delivered is immediately transmitted to the user, and the mail determined to be discarded is discarded. The transmission of the acquired and selected mail to the user is performed based on the mail substitute reception information. If the user accesses only the mail proxy receiving server 20 without accessing each of the plurality of mail servers, the user can collectively receive all the mails reaching each mail server, and receive unnecessary mails. The user can easily receive the e-mail because it is discarded before and the urgent e-mail is sent immediately.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mail substitute receiving apparatus capable of collectively receiving mails received by a plurality of mail servers.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the spread of the Internet and terminal devices (PCs, portable terminals, PDAs, etc.),
More and more e-mail addresses are available for different purposes and uses.

[0003]

In a conventional mail system, a user sends an e-mail request signal including an e-mail address to a mail server and receives an e-mail stored in the e-mail address. You need to do it every time. Therefore, there is annoyance. In addition, access to each e-mail address may increase the usage fee. The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and an object of the present invention is to provide a mail proxy receiving device that can easily receive a mail stored at a plurality of mail addresses.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mail proxy receiving apparatus as set forth in claim 1. In the mail proxy receiving device according to the first aspect, the mail proxy receiving server acquires a mail from each mail server based on the mail proxy receiving information, and stores the mail corresponding to the mail proxy receiving user identification information. If the mail proxy receiving device according to claim 1 is used,
Since the mail stored in the plurality of mail servers can be received simply by accessing the mail proxy receiving server, the mail can be easily received.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mail proxy receiving apparatus as set forth in claim 2. Claim 2
In the mail proxy receiving device described in the above, when the mail proxy receiving server receives a mail delivery request signal from the terminal device,
The e-mail corresponding to the e-mail substitute reception user identification information included in the e-mail distribution request signal is transmitted to the terminal device. If the mail proxy receiving device according to claim 2 is used,
The user uses the terminal device to send the mail
If the connection is established once, the mail collected and stored by the mail proxy receiving server can be collectively received by the terminal device, which is convenient.

A third aspect of the present invention is a mail proxy receiving apparatus according to the third aspect. Claim 3
In the mail proxy receiving device described in (1), the mail proxy receiving server transmits the acquired mail to the delivery destination set at the set delivery time. By using the mail proxy receiving device according to claim 3, the user can collectively receive the mail collected by the mail proxy receiving server at the set time at the set terminal device, so that the communication fee is low. , And it is possible to avoid the reception of unsolicited e-mail at midnight and the recipient's forgetting to obtain the e-mail.

[0007] A fourth invention of the present invention is a mail proxy receiving device as described in claim 4. Claim 4
In the mail proxy receiving device described in (1), the mail proxy receiving server performs a mail acquisition process from each mail server at a mail receiving time stored in the mail proxy receiving information. If the mail proxy receiving device according to claim 4 is used,
Since the mail proxy receiving server obtains the mail at the set mail receiving time, the mail obtaining process is easy, and the processing load on the mail proxy receiving server can be reduced.
In addition, it is possible to avoid a state where the capacity of the mail server reaches the limit (for example, when a plurality of large-capacity mails with attached images are received) and the mail server cannot receive the mail.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mail proxy receiving apparatus according to the fifth aspect. Claim 5
In the mail proxy receiving device described in the above, when the mail proxy receiving server receives a mail delivery request signal from the terminal device,
A mail is obtained from each mail server, and the obtained mail is transmitted to the terminal device. When the mail proxy receiving device according to claim 5 is used, the user sends a mail delivery request signal from the terminal device when the user wants to collectively receive the mails at the terminal device, so that the mail of the mail proxy receiving server can be used. This is convenient because the acquisition process is started and the mail collected by the mail proxy receiving server can be received by the terminal device.
Also, a terminal (mobile terminal, PDA, etc.) in which a plurality of e-mail addresses cannot be set can use a plurality of e-mail addresses.

A sixth aspect of the present invention is a mail proxy receiving apparatus as set forth in claim 6. Claim 6
In the mail proxy receiving device described in the above, when the mail proxy receiving server receives a mail delivery request signal from the terminal device,
A mail is obtained from each mail server, and the obtained mail is transmitted to the set terminal device. By using the mail proxy receiving device according to claim 6, when the user wants to collectively receive mails at the set terminal device, the user transmits a mail delivery request signal from the terminal device, thereby enabling the mail proxy receiving server to receive the mail. This is convenient because the mail acquisition processing is started and the mail collected by the mail proxy receiving server can be received by a preset terminal device.

[0010] A seventh aspect of the present invention is a mail proxy receiving apparatus as described in claim 7. Claim 7
In the mail proxy receiving device described in the above, if the mail received from each mail server satisfies the urgent delivery condition, the mail proxy receiving server sets the terminal device of the urgent delivery destination address where the mail is set. Send to By using the mail proxy receiving device according to claim 7, the user can:
This is convenient because urgent mail can be received immediately.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mail proxy receiving apparatus as set forth in claim 8. Claim 8
In the mail proxy receiving device described in (1), the mail proxy receiving server acquires the mail from each mail server, and if the discard condition is satisfied, discards the mail. By using the mail proxy receiving device according to claim 8, the user can:
This is convenient because you can receive only necessary mail.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a conventional mail system. In a conventional mail system, sending and receiving mails are performed by a “sender” that sends mail, a “mail service provider” that delivers mail to each user (receiver), and a “user (receiver) that receives mail. 3)
It consists of two groups. Users (recipients) are sent from an unspecified number of senders (in the example of FIG. 1, the terminal devices 60a to 60a).
60d) Various mails are received from various mail servers.

For example, a user (recipient) receives an e-mail with his / her own e-mail address at a terminal device 50a (for example, a personal computer at home) or a terminal device 50b (for example, a personal computer at work) owned by the user. ing. In the example of FIG.
The user contracts with each mail service provider (provider A, provider B, provider C, provider D), and the mail server 10
The mail 11a received by the terminal device 50a is connected to the mail server 10a and received. Similarly, each mail 11a delivered to each of the mail servers 10b, 10c, and 10d is received.
b, 11c, and 11d connect the terminal device 50a to each of the mail servers 10b, 10c, and 10d to receive the mail. Here, each mail server 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d
The hatched portion in the box indicates the area of the mail address of the user. Here, the mail servers 10a, 10
Each of b, 10c, and 10d has a storage device inside or outside, but is not shown.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment of the mail substitute receiving apparatus according to the present invention. In the mail system including the mail proxy receiving device according to the present invention, a “sender” that sends mail, a “mail service provider” that stores mail to each user (receiver), and each user (receiver) 4) of "mail proxy reception service provider" that collects e-mails in one place and "user (recipient)" who receives e-mails
It consists of two groups. Users (recipients) receive an unspecified number of senders (in the example of FIG. 2, the terminal devices 60a to 60a).
60e) Various mails can be received from the mail proxy receiving server. The user adds a contract with the mail proxy reception service provider in a state where the user has contracted with each mail service provider, as in the related art. Then, the user registers the mail in the mail proxy reception server 20 so that the mail arriving at the mail servers 10a, 10b, 10c, and 10d can be transferred to the mail servers 10a, 10b, 10c, and 10d.
By connecting the terminal devices 50a and 50b to the mail proxy receiving server 20 without connecting the terminal devices 50a and 50b to the mail proxy receiving server 20, it is possible to collectively receive the mail. The mail proxy receiving server 20 is provided with a function as a mail server. For example, the mail proxy receiving server 20 receives the mail 11e transmitted from the terminal device 60e, and receives the mails 10a, 10b, 10b.
Similarly to c and 10d, it can be transmitted to the user (recipient).

Here, the mail servers 10a, 10b, 1
0c and 10d, the mail proxy reception server 20 has a storage device inside or outside, but is not shown.
In addition, each mail server 10a, 10b, 10c, 10
d, the hatched portion in the mail proxy receiving server 20 is
The area of the mail address of the user is shown. The mail proxy reception information 40 is stored in the storage device of the mail proxy reception server 20. The mail proxy reception server 20 acquires and stores the target mails in the mail servers 10a, 10b, 10c, and 10d based on the mail proxy reception information 40. Then, based on the mail proxy reception information 40, the data can be transmitted collectively by a set method. By transmitting the data in a batch, the user only needs to execute the process of connecting to the server, the process of receiving the mail, and the process of disconnecting the server only with the mail proxy receiving server 20. There is no need to execute connection processing, reception processing, and disconnection processing.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a mail proxy receiving apparatus according to the present invention. Mail server 10
a, 10b, 10c, 10d, mail proxy receiving server 2
0 is the user's terminal device 50a (for example, a personal computer at home) and the terminal device 50b (for example, a personal computer at work).
Is a server connected via a communication line 110 (for example, a telephone line). Here, the mail servers 10a, 1
0b, 10c, 10d, the mail proxy receiving server 20
Although a storage device is provided inside or outside, it is not shown. Mail servers 10a, 10b, 10c, 10
d, the mail proxy reception server 20
(For example, the Internet). In FIG. 3, each mail server 10a, 10b, 10c, 10
d, the hatched portion in the mail proxy receiving server 20 is
The area of the mail address of the user is shown. Also, the communication lines 100 and 110 may be one communication line instead of separate communication lines.

A mail proxy reception information 40 is stored in a storage device (not shown) of the mail proxy reception server 20, and the mail proxy reception server 20 connects the communication line 100 based on the mail proxy reception information 40. Via the mail server 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d via the mail 11
a, 11b, 11c, and 11d are acquired and stored in the storage device of the mail proxy reception server 20. Then, the mail proxy reception server 20 transmits the obtained mail via the communication line 110 in a method set by the user based on the mail proxy reception information 40. By the processing of the mail proxy receiving server 20, the sender can send the information to the terminal devices 60a and 60b.
From the user's mail server 10a, 10b, 10c,
10d and the mail (11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e) transmitted to the mail proxy receiving server 20 can be collectively received by the user from the mail proxy receiving server 20.

Next, FIG. 4 shows the structure of the mail substitute reception information 40. The mail proxy reception information 40 is stored in the storage device of the mail proxy reception server 20, and as shown in FIG. 4, the proxy server user information 41 (identification information of the mail proxy reception server user, Address, etc.), acquisition destination mail information 42 (acquisition destination mail server,
Acquisition time, method of acquiring mail from mail server, etc.), distribution information 43 (method of delivering acquired mail to user, etc.), selection information 44 (method of classifying acquired mail into necessary mail and unnecessary mail Etc.).

First, the proxy server user information 41 will be described with reference to FIG. The user is registered by the proxy server user information 41 as a user who can use the mail proxy receiving server 20. The proxy server user information 41 includes the name, telephone number, and address of the user, a proxy server user ID, a proxy server user password, and a proxy server mail address assigned to the user by the mail proxy reception service provider. , Proxy server U
RL and the like are also stored. The proxy server user ID and the proxy server user password are used as mail proxy receiving user identification information. As the mail proxy reception user identification information, only the proxy server user ID may be used, or various information may be used as long as the content can identify the user.

The proxy server mail address is an area in which the mail proxy reception server 20 collectively stores the mails acquired from the respective mail servers of the user, and, like the mail addresses of the respective mail servers, the sender uses the mail. This area is also used to store the mail sent to the proxy server mail address of the user. The user can access the proxy server e-mail address assigned to the user and receive the e-mails acquired by the e-mail proxy reception server 20 in a lump. The proxy server URL converts the mail acquired by the mail proxy receiving server 20 from each mail server of the user into an HT.
This is an area for collectively storing files converted to ML. When a file, an image, a moving image, or the like is attached to a received mail, it cannot be displayed on a mobile terminal or the like in many cases. However, if the file is converted to an HTML file, the user can use the proxy server U assigned to the user from the portable terminal.
Access the RL and use the browser of the mobile terminal,
Files, images, moving images, etc. attached with the e-mail can also be displayed (read) on the mobile terminal. The name, telephone number, address and the like are used when it is necessary for the mail proxy reception service provider to contact each user by mail or telephone.

Next, the acquisition destination mail information 42 will be described with reference to FIG. The mail proxy reception server 20 acquires a mail based on the acquisition destination mail server and the acquisition method set in the acquisition destination mail information 42. The acquisition destination mail information 42 includes the ID of the proxy server user, the address of the mail server contracted by the user (the address of the mail server that wants to use the mail proxy reception server),
D, a password, an acquisition time interval for acquiring an email,
The designated acquisition time and the like are stored. Proxy server user I
D is used to identify each user of the mail proxy reception server 20.

In the mail server address, an address of a mail server from which the mail proxy receiving server 20 obtains mail is set. “Proxy server user ID” in FIG.
As shown in the example of “67890”, an IP address (“111.22.112.223” in this example) may be set. In the example of FIG. 6, the proxy server user ID “12
The user of “345” is “aaa@xxx.AAA.n”.
e. jp, aaa @ xxx. BBB. ne. jp, aa
a @ xxx. CCC. ne. jp "are set. The mail server ID and password are the mail proxy reception server 2
0 is used when accessing the set mail server address, for example, when the mail server requests identification information for authentication. In the example of FIG. 6, “aaa @” set by the user of the proxy server user ID “12345”
xxx. AAA. ne. jp ", the ID and password of the mail server address are" 1111 "and" aaa ", respectively.
a ". The same applies to IDs and passwords of addresses of other mail servers.

In the acquisition time interval (minutes), a time interval (minutes) at which the mail proxy reception server 20 accesses the set mail server address to acquire the mail is set. In the example of FIG. 6, the acquisition time interval (minutes) of the mail from the mail server address “aaa@xxx.BBB.ne.jp” of the user having the proxy server ID “12345”
Indicates “60 (minutes)”. In the designated acquisition time, a time at which the mail proxy reception server 20 accesses the set mail server address and acquires a mail is set. In the example of FIG. 6, the proxy server I
D “12345” user “aaa@xxx.BB”
B. ne. jp "indicates that the designated acquisition time of the mail server address is" 13:00 and 17:30 ".

Here, a combination of the acquisition time interval (minute) and the designated acquisition time will be described. For example, if the acquisition time interval (minutes) is set to "-" and the designated acquisition time is set to "-(at request)", when the user sends a mail distribution request signal from the terminal device, the mail proxy The receiving server 20 accesses the set mail server address to obtain the mail. The acquisition time interval (minutes) is “60”, and the designated acquisition time is “13:00, 17:30”
If set to, the mail proxy reception server 20
Is 13: 0 in the set mail server address.
At the time of 0 and 17:30, the mail is obtained and the mail is obtained. At 13:00, every 60 minutes (every hour), the mail is obtained. At 17:30, every 60 minutes (every 30 minutes). Every) to get the email. When the acquisition time interval (minutes) is set to “180” and the designated acquisition time is set to “−”, the mail proxy reception server 20 sets the designated mail server address to “180”.
Access every minute to get email. When the acquisition time interval (minutes) is set to “−” and the designated acquisition time is set to “12:00”, the mail proxy reception server 20
The set mail server address is accessed at 12:00 to obtain a mail.

Next, the distribution information 43 will be described with reference to FIG. The mail proxy receiving server 20 stores the distribution information 4
3 to transfer, transmit, or convert the obtained mail. The distribution information 43 includes a proxy server user ID,
A protocol, an execution section, a designated transfer time, a transfer destination mail address, and the like are stored. The proxy server user ID is
It is used to identify each user of the mail proxy reception server 20. In the protocol, a protocol (transfer, transmission, or conversion) by which a user receives mail is set. When the SMTP is set, the mail proxy receiving server 20 transfers the obtained mail to the transfer destination set by the SMTP protocol. When POP3 is set, the mail proxy reception server 20 sends the acquired mail to P
The data is transmitted using the OP3 protocol. When WEB is set, the mail proxy reception server 20 sets the acquired mail to H
It is converted into a TML file and stored in an area set (in this case, the proxy server URL registered in the proxy server user information 41).

The execution section includes the mail proxy receiving server 20
Is set to send the mail obtained from. The timing for sending the acquired mail is as follows:
"Automatic" indicating that the mail is automatically transferred from the mail proxy receiving server 20 at each set time, and the obtained mail is transmitted when the user transmits a mail delivery request signal from the terminal device to the mail proxy receiving server 20. There is a "on demand" to indicate that. In the designated transfer time, when the execution category is set to “automatic”, the time at which the mail proxy reception server 20 automatically transfers the mail is set. When the execution category is set to “on demand”, this column is set to “−”. In the transfer destination mail address, a transfer destination to which the mail acquired by the mail proxy reception server 20 is transferred is set. When the execution category is set to “automatic”, the mail proxy receiving server 20 transfers the mail to the transfer destination set in the transfer destination mail address. Execution type is "on demand"
If the mail proxy receiving server 20 is set to
If the transfer destination mail address is not set, the mail is transmitted to the terminal device that transmitted the mail distribution request signal, and if the transfer destination mail address is set, the mail is transmitted to the set transfer destination.

Next, the selection information 44 will be described with reference to FIG. The mail proxy receiving server 20 selects the sorting information 4
Based on 4, the acquired mail is classified and immediately transferred or discarded. The selection information 44 includes the proxy server user I
D, a determination category, a determination value, availability or not, a mail address of a transfer destination in an emergency, and the like are stored. Proxy server user ID
Is used to identify each user of the mail proxy reception server 20. In the determination category, the determination part of the acquired mail is set, and in the determination value, the content of the determination is set. In the acquisition availability, the processing method (immediate transfer or acquisition or discard) of the acquired mail is set when the judgment part of the acquired mail includes a part that matches the judgment value of the judgment category. In the urgent delivery address, the availability is set to "0 (urgent)".
When the judgment part of the acquired mail includes a part that matches the judgment value of the judgment classification (satisfies the urgent delivery condition), a transfer destination mail address to which the mail is transferred is set. The mail satisfying the urgent delivery condition is immediately transmitted from the mail proxy receiving server 20 to the urgent delivery destination address.

Now, as shown in FIGS. 5, 6, 7, and 8, the proxy server user information 41 and the acquisition destination mail information 4
2. The operation of the mail proxy reception server 20 will be described by taking as an example a case where the distribution information 43 and the selection information 44 are registered. The operation of the mail proxy reception server 20 includes [1. Get mail from mail server], [2. Sort the acquired mail], [3. And distribute the selected and obtained mail]]. First, an operation in which the mail proxy reception server 20 accesses the mail server of each user and obtains mail at each set time or time will be described.

The mail proxy reception server 20 stores the "proxy server user ID 1" registered in the acquisition destination mail information 42.
2345 "mail from the mail server,
First, the current time is set to “proxy server user ID 1234”.
It is determined whether or not it is the designated acquisition time of “5”. 13:00 or 1 when the current time is set to the designated acquisition time
If it is 7:30, “mail server address aaa”
{Xxx. BBB. ne. jp "," mail server I "
D2222, using mail server password bbbb. " Then, the mail in the mail server address is obtained, and the obtained mail is stored in the proxy server mail address (aaa@xxx.XXX.ne.jp) registered in the proxy server user information 41.

Subsequently, the elapsed time from accessing the set mail server is referred to as “the proxy server user ID 12
It is determined whether or not the acquisition time interval (minute) of “345” has elapsed. Last time, "mail server address aaa@xxx.BB
B. ne. jp. ”, if 60 minutes have elapsed since the access to“ mail server address aaa@xxx.BB ”
B. ne. jp ”, the mail obtained by accessing using“ mail server ID 2222, mail server password bbbb ”is stored in the proxy server mail address in the same manner as described above. If 180 minutes have passed since the last access to the “mail server address aaa@xxx.CCC.ne.jp”, the “mail server address aaa@xxx.CCC.ne.jp” is replaced with the “mail server ID 3333, Mail server password cccc "
Is stored in the mail address of the proxy server in the same manner as described above. As described above, the mail proxy reception server 20 obtains the acquisition destination mail information 42
The mail is obtained from the mail server of each user based on the.

Next, an operation of transferring the mail acquired by the mail proxy receiving server 20 to the transfer destination set at the set time based on the registered contents of the distribution information 43 will be described.

The mail proxy receiving server 20 stores the distribution information 4
3 "the proxy server user ID 1234"
When transferring the mail stored in the proxy server mail address corresponding to “5”, first, it is determined whether or not the current time is the transfer time specified by “proxy server user ID 12345”. If the current time is 14:00 or 18:00 set to the designated transfer time,
The proxy server email address of the user (in this example,
aaa @ xxx. XXX. ne. jp) is transferred to the set transfer destination mail address (aaa@xxx.DDD.co.jp in this example). For example, when the transfer destination address is the terminal device 50b of the workplace of “proxy server user ID 12345 (user aaa)”, the user aaa sets the terminal device 50b of the workplace at the email address aaa @ xxx. DDD. c
o. jp, 14:00 and 18:00
, You can automatically receive emails fetched from all the configured mail servers.

Next, an operation of transmitting the mail acquired by the mail proxy receiving server 20 to the terminal device which has transmitted the mail distribution request signal based on the registered contents of the distribution information 43 will be described.

For example, when the user aaa wants to receive the mail acquired by the mail proxy receiving server 20, the user aaa sends a mail delivery request signal including the “proxy server user ID 12345” from the terminal device (for example, the work terminal device 50b). The message is transmitted to the mail proxy receiving server 20. The mail proxy receiving server 20 is a terminal device (the terminal device 50b in this case).
When a mail distribution request signal is received from the server, the “substitute server user ID1” included in the received mail distribution request signal is received.
2345 "is recognized. Then, based on the “proxy server user ID 12345” registered in the distribution information 43, the mail stored in the proxy server mail address of the user is transmitted to the terminal device (in this case, the terminal Device 50b).

Next, the operation of transferring the mail obtained by the mail proxy receiving server 20 to the set transfer destination based on the registered contents of the delivery information 43 when the mail delivery request signal is received from the terminal device will be described. I do.

For example, when the user ccc wants to transfer the mail acquired by the mail proxy receiving server 20, the user ccc sends a mail delivery request signal including the “proxy server user ID 54321” from the terminal device (eg, a terminal device at the workplace) to the mail. The information is transmitted to the proxy reception server 20. Mail proxy receiving server 2
0, when a mail distribution request signal is received from the terminal device,
Recognize “proxy server user ID 54321” included in the received mail distribution request signal. Then, the “proxy server user ID 543” registered in the distribution information 43
21 ", the mail stored in the proxy server mail address of the user is transferred to the set transfer destination mail address (in this example, c
cc @ xxx. DDD. co. jp).

Next, the operation of converting the mail acquired by the mail proxy receiving server 20 into an HTML file and storing it in a set area based on the registered contents of the proxy server user information 41 will be described.

For example, when the user bbb wants to read the mail obtained by the mail proxy receiving server 20 with a browser, the user bbb sends a mail delivery request signal including “proxy server user ID 67890” from a terminal device (for example, a portable terminal). The information is transmitted to the proxy reception server 20. When receiving the mail distribution request signal from the terminal device (in this case, the portable terminal), the mail proxy reception server 20 receives the “proxy server user ID 6789” included in the received mail distribution request signal.
Recognize "0". Then, based on the “proxy server user ID 67890” registered in the distribution information 43, W
The mail is converted into an HTML file by the EB protocol, and the proxy server URL of the user (in this example, ht in this example)
tp: // www. XXX. ne. jp / bbb / zz
zz). The user bbbb accesses the proxy server URL of the user and can read the mail converted into the HTML file using the browser of the mobile terminal.

Next, an explanation will be given of an operation of transmitting the mail to the set urgent delivery destination address when the mail proxy receiving server 20 determines that the obtained mail satisfies the urgent delivery condition based on the registered contents of the selection information 44. I do. Here, “0” is displayed in the acquisition permission / prohibition field registered in the selection information 44.
(Urgent) ”will be described below.

For example, the mail proxy receiving server 20
When the mail of “proxy server user ID 12345” is acquired from the mail server, the selection information 44 is referred to. Then, it is determined whether or not “0 (immediate)” is set in the acquisition availability column of the item of “proxy server user ID 12345” registered in the selection information 44. In the example illustrated in FIG. 8, since there is an item in which “0” is set in the availability of the item of the “proxy server user ID 12345” registered in the selection information 44, the mail proxy reception server 20 Check the contents of the "judgment category" and "judgment value" of the item. Then, characters matching "urgent" or "urgent" exist in the "subject" or "body" of the mail obtained from each mail server (satisfying the urgent delivery conditions)
It is determined whether or not to perform. Here, if there is a matching character, it is determined that the urgent delivery condition is satisfied, and the urgent delivery destination address (aaa@xxx.FFF.ne.jp in this example) registered in the selection information 44 is determined. Forward the email immediately. For example, "Proxy server user ID
12345 ”, the address of the portable terminal of the user aaa is
aaa @ xxx. FFF. ne. In the case of jp, the user aaa can immediately receive the mail determined by the mail proxy receiving server 20 as satisfying the urgent delivery condition in the above-described procedure using the portable terminal.

Next, the operation of discarding the mail when the mail proxy receiving server 20 determines that the obtained mail satisfies the discarding condition based on the registered contents of the selection information 44 will be described. Here, the operation of the mail proxy reception server 20 when “1 (acquisition) or 2 (discard)” is set in the acquisition availability field registered in the selection information 44 will be described. Here, with the same proxy server user ID, "1 (acquisition)" and "2
(Discarded) ”should not be mixed. (“0 (immediate)” is the same proxy server user ID, and may be mixed with “1” or “2”.)

For example, the mail proxy receiving server 20
When the mail of “proxy server user ID 12345” is acquired from the mail server, the selection information 44 is referred to. Then, it is determined whether “1 (acquisition)” or “2 (discard)” is set in the acquisition availability column of the item of “proxy server user ID 12345” registered in the selection information 44. If "1 (acquire)" is set,
Only emails that include the part that matches the content set in “Judgment value” in the email part set in “Judgment category” are acquired.
Emails that do not contain a match are discarded. Also,
When “2 (Discard)” is set, only the mail that includes the part that matches the content set in “Judgment value” is discarded in the mail part set in “Judgment category”, and the mail that does not include the matching part Is obtained.

In the example shown in FIG. 8, since there is an item in which “1” is set in the availability of the item of “substitute server user ID 12345” registered in the selection information 44, the mail proxy reception server 20 Confirms the contents of “judgment category” and “judgment value” of this item. Then, “ff” is added to the “sender” part of the mail obtained from each mail server.
f ＠ FFF. co. jp ”or“ gggg@GGG.c ”
o. jp ”(the discard condition is not satisfied), and whether or not“ X-MAI ”is included in the“ header ”portion.
L-AAA ”is determined (not to satisfy the discard condition). Then, the mail proxy receiving server 20 stores the mail including the matching part, and determines that the mail not including the matching part satisfies the discarding condition and discards the mail.

Similarly, the mail proxy receiving server 20
When the mail of “proxy server user ID 67890” is obtained from the mail server, the selection information 44 is referred to. Then, it is determined whether or not “1 (acquisition)” or “2 (discard)” is set in the acquisition availability column of the item of “proxy server user ID 67890” registered in the selection information 44. In the example illustrated in FIG. 8, there is an item in which “2” is set in the availability of the item of “proxy server user ID 67890” registered in the selection information 44,
The mail proxy receiving server 20 determines the “judgment category” of this item.
And the contents of “Judgment value”. And, it contains a character that matches the "Hello" to the part of the "body" of the e-mail acquired from the mail server (to satisfy the discard conditions),
Is determined, and “hhhh” is added to the “sender” part.
{Xxx. xxx. ne. jp ”(satisfies the discard condition). Then, the mail proxy receiving server 20 discards the mail including the matching part by determining that the discarding condition is satisfied, and stores the mail including no matching part.

Next, the operation of accessing the mail server of each user and obtaining a mail when each user has transmitted a mail reception request signal from the terminal device will be described.

For example, when the user aaa wants the mail proxy reception server 20 to obtain a mail, the user aaa sends a mail reception request signal including the “proxy server user ID 12345” from a terminal device (for example, the work terminal device 50b). The information is transmitted to the proxy reception server 20. Mail proxy receiving server 2
0, when a mail reception request signal is received from the terminal device (in this case, the terminal device 50b), the “proxy server user ID 1234” included in the received mail reception request signal.
Recognizing "5", the acquisition time interval (minutes) of the "proxy server user ID 12345" registered in the acquisition destination mail information 42 is "-", and the designated acquisition time is "-(at the time of request)". Search for the mail server address set in. Then, the mail proxy reception server 20 sets the acquisition time interval (minute) of “mail server address aaa@xxx.AAA.ne.jp” to “−” and the designated acquisition time to “−”.
(At the time of request) ”,“ mail server address aaa@xxx.AAA.ne.jp ”is set to“ mail server ID 1111 and mail server password aa ”.
The mail obtained by accessing using "aa" is stored in the proxy server mail address corresponding to the user. In addition, regardless of the set acquisition time interval (minutes) and the designated acquisition time, all the mail server addresses corresponding to the “proxy server user ID 12345” registered in the acquisition destination mail information 42 are searched. You may.

Next, when the user transmits a mail distribution request signal from the terminal device, the user accesses the mail server of each user to obtain the mail, and then transmits the obtained mail to the terminal device. The operation will be described.

For example, when the user aaa causes the mail proxy reception server 20 to acquire and receive the mail, the user aaa sends a mail delivery request signal including the “proxy server user ID 12345” from the terminal device (for example, the terminal device 50b at the workplace). To the mail proxy receiving server 20. As described above, the mail proxy reception server 20 communicates with the terminal device (in this example,
The acquired mail is stored in the proxy server mail address corresponding to the user in response to the mail distribution request signal from the workplace terminal device 50b), and then the distribution information 43 is referred to. Then, the mail proxy receiving server 20 stores the “proxy server user ID 1234” registered in the distribution information 43.
Based on the content set in “5”, all mails present in the proxy server mail address are transmitted to the terminal device (the terminal device 50b in this example). In this case, in addition to the mail acquired by the mail distribution request signal, all the mails acquired at the set time or time (all the mails existing in the proxy server mail address) are transmitted to the terminal device (the In the example,
It is transmitted to the terminal device 50b) at the workplace.

As described above, the mail proxy receiving server 20 [1. Get mail from mail server], [2. Sort the acquired mail], [3. Delivery of Selected and Obtained Mail] will be described.

Next, a method for enabling the mail proxy reception server 20 to obtain mail from the mail server of the portable terminal will be described. The mail that has arrived at the mail server of the mobile terminal is immediately transmitted before the mail proxy receiving server 20 obtains it.
Even if the mail server address of the mobile terminal is registered in 2,
It is difficult for the mail proxy reception server 20 to obtain the information.
In this case, if the user in advance sends a mail addressed to the portable terminal to the mail address of the proxy server or to a mail server address that can be used by the mail proxy receiving server 20, the user sets the mail proxy described above. The function of the receiving server 20 can be used.

Next, FIG. 9 shows an example of an input screen in which the user registers mail substitute reception information from the terminal device. For example, when the user accesses the mail proxy receiving server 20 from the terminal device 50a, a login screen 51a is first displayed. If the user already has the proxy server user ID and the proxy server user password, input the user ID and password, and a setting screen 51b for inputting the mail proxy reception information 40 is displayed. . A user who does not have a user ID and a password selects “acquire new ID” on the login screen 51a,
Get D and password and register your information. The content registered here is registered as the content shown in the example of the proxy server user information 41. After obtaining the user ID and the password, when the user ID and the password are input from the login screen 51a, a setting screen 51b is displayed.

First, since there are cases where a plurality of mail servers exist in the setting of the acquisition destination mail information, the setting can be made for each mail server with a definition number (00 to 99, etc.). The content set here is the source mail information 4
2 is registered as the content shown in the example of FIG. Next, selection information is set. The content set here is registered as the content shown in the example of the selection information 44. Then, distribution information is set. The content set here is registered as the content shown in the example of the distribution information 43. With the above settings, the setting of the mail proxy reception information 40 is completed.

Further, the operation of the mail proxy receiving server 20 may be set to either “execute” or “standby” immediately from the login screen 51a or the setting screen 51b. For example, when “execute” is selected, the mail proxy receiving server 20 starts the operation described above, and when “standby” is selected, the mail proxy receiving server 20 stops the operation. For example, the mail proxy reception information 4 is used so that the user transfers the mail addressed to the mail server of the terminal device at home to the mail server of the terminal device at work by using the switch of “execution / standby”.
Set 0. Then, at the time of coming to work, the operation of the mail proxy receiving server 20 is switched to “execute” from the terminal device at the workplace,
At a break, etc., the mail received at the mail server of the terminal device at home is received, and before returning home, the mail proxy receiving server 2
0 operation is switched to “standby”. Then, after returning home, the mail delivered to the mail server of the home terminal device can be received by the home terminal device as before.

Further, if the function of the mail proxy receiving server 20 described above is used, time and usage fee can be reduced. Usually, the usage fee is charged based on the connection time to the mail server or the capacity (data size) of the received mail. In the case of charging for connection time (for example, when using a telephone line from a personal computer), when connecting to each mail server, the time required for authentication at the start of connection or the unit time for charging (for example, every one minute) In some cases, the user may be charged even during the time when the mail service is not actually used, such as the time rounded up to “charging”. Also, in the case of charging by the capacity of the received mail (for example, when using a wireless line from a portable terminal), the actual mail service such as the capacity rounded up to the unit capacity of charging (for example, charging for every 2 kilobytes). You may also be charged for capacity that does not use.
By using the mail proxy receiving device of the present invention, mail can be received collectively, so that time and capacity can be minimized. In addition, since unnecessary mail can be discarded before reception, the time and capacity spent for receiving unnecessary mail can be reduced.

Although the mail proxy receiving apparatus has been described above, the urgent delivery processing of the mail satisfying the urgent delivery condition and the discarding processing of the mail satisfying the discarding condition are performed by the mail proxy receiving server 20 of the present invention. It can also be added as an additional function of a conventional mail server. In the conventional mail system, even if the sender wants to send the mail to the recipient immediately, the mail cannot be delivered unless the recipient accesses the mail server and obtains the mail. In addition, e-mails (unwanted e-mails and the like) unnecessary for the recipient cannot be refused, and must be obtained without fail. In view of the above, an e-mail transmitting / receiving apparatus is provided which immediately transmits an e-mail determined to be urgent to a set terminal device and discards an e-mail determined to be discarded.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the mail transmitting / receiving apparatus of the present invention. Mail server 10g
Is a server connected from the user's terminal device 50a (for example, a personal computer at home) and the terminal device 50b (for example, a personal computer at work) via a communication line 110 (for example, a telephone line). The mail server 10f is a server that is connected to the user's mobile terminal 50c (for example, a mobile phone) via a wireless line. Here, the mail server 10
f and 10g have internal or external storage devices, but are not shown. Mail server 10f, 10g
Are connected to a communication line 100 (for example, the Internet). In FIG. 10, each mail server 10
The hatched portions in f and 10g indicate the mail address area of the user. Also, the communication line 100,
110 may be a single communication line instead of separate communication lines. Sorting information 44a is stored in a storage device (not shown) of the mail sending / receiving server 10g, and the mail sending / receiving server 10g stores, based on the sorting information 44a,
The mail determined to be urgent is transmitted to the set terminal device, and the mail determined to be discarded is discarded. In the example of FIG. 10, mails A, B, C, and D are transmitted to the mail server 10g. The mail server 10g determines that the mail C is urgent, transmits the mail C to the mail server 10f, and determines that the mail D is discarded. In the deleted state. The user receives the urgent mail C at the portable terminal 50c, and receives the mails A and B, which are neither urgent nor discarded, at the terminal 50b.

FIG. 11 shows an example of the selection information 44a. In the selection information 44a, a mail server ID, a judgment category, a judgment value, availability, a transfer destination mail address in an emergency, and the like are stored. Mail server ID is mail server 10g
Is used to identify each user. In the determination category, the determination part of the acquired mail is set, and in the determination value, the content of the determination is set. In the acquisition availability, the processing method (immediate transfer or acquisition or discard) of the acquired mail is set when the judgment part of the acquired mail includes a part that matches the judgment value of the judgment category. In the urgent delivery destination address, the availability is "0
(Immediate) ", and when the judgment part of the acquired mail includes a part that matches the judgment value of the judgment classification (satisfies the urgent delivery condition), the forwarding destination to which the mail is transferred Email address is set. The mail satisfying the urgent delivery condition is immediately transmitted from the mail server 10g to the urgent delivery destination address.

Next, the mail server 10g stores the sorting information 4
An operation of transmitting to the set urgent delivery destination address when it is determined that the received mail satisfies the urgent delivery condition based on the registered contents of 4a will be described. here,
"0" is displayed in the acquisition availability column registered in the selection information 44a.
(Immediate) "is set, the mail server 10
The operation of g will be described.

For example, upon receiving a mail addressed to “mail server ID 12345”, the mail server 10g refers to the selection information 44a. Then, it is determined whether or not “0 (immediate)” is set in the acquisition availability column of the item of “mail server ID 12345” registered in the selection information 44a. In the example shown in FIG. 11, there is an item in which “0” is set in the availability of the item of “mail server ID 12345” registered in the selection information 44a. Check the contents of “Classification” and “Judgment value”. Then, in the "Subject" or "Body" part of each email, "Urgent" or "Urgent"
It is determined whether or not there is a character that matches (the urgent delivery condition is satisfied). Here, when there is a matching character, it is determined that the urgent delivery condition is satisfied, and the sorting information 44a is determined.
Urgent delivery address registered in (in this example, a
aa @ xxx. FFF. ne. jp). For example, “mail server ID 1234
5 ", the address of the portable terminal of the user aaa is aaa @
xxx. FFF. ne. jp, user aaa
Can be immediately received by the portable terminal by the mail server 10g in the procedure described above, the mail determined to satisfy the urgent delivery condition.

Next, the mail server 10g stores the sorting information 4
An operation of discarding the received mail when it is determined that the received mail satisfies the discard condition based on the registration content of 4a will be described. Here, the operation of the mail server 10g when “1 (acquisition) or 2 (discard)” is set in the acquisition availability field registered in the selection information 44a will be described. Here, the same mail server I
In D, “1 (acquisition)” and “2 (discard)” are entered in the acquisition availability column.
Are not mixed. (“0 (immediate)” is the same proxy server user ID, and may be mixed with “1” or “2”.)

For example, upon receiving a mail addressed to “mail server ID 12345”, the mail server 10g refers to the selection information 44a. Then, it is determined whether or not “1 (acquisition)” or “2 (discard)” is set in the acquisition availability column of the item of “mail server ID 12345” registered in the selection information 44a. When “1 (acquisition)” is set, only the mail including the part that matches the content set in “judgment value” is acquired in the mail part set in “judgment category”, and the matching part is included. Missing mail is discarded. When “2 (discard)” is set, “Judgment value” is added to the mail part set in “Judgment category”.
Only the mails that include the part that matches the content set in step 4 are discarded, and the mails that do not include the part that matches are retrieved.

In the example shown in FIG. 11, there is an item in which “1” is set in the availability of the item of “mail server ID 12345” registered in the selection information 44a. Check the contents of “Judgment category” and “Judgment value”. Then, "ffff@FFF.co.jp" is added to the "sender" portion of the received mail.
Alternatively, it is determined whether or not “ggg@GGG.co.jp” is included (does not satisfy the discarding condition), and a character corresponding to “X-MAIL-AAA” is included in the “header” portion (discarding condition). Is not satisfied) or not. Then, the mail server 10g stores the mail including the matching part, and stores the mail including no matching part,
It is determined that the discard condition is satisfied and discarded.

Similarly, upon receiving a mail addressed to “mail server ID 67890”, the mail server 10g refers to the selection information 44a. Then, it is determined whether or not “1 (acquisition)” or “2 (discard)” is set in the acquisition availability column of the item of “mail server ID 67890” registered in the selection information 44a. In the example shown in FIG. 11, "mail server I" registered in the selection information 44a
Since there is an item for which “2” is set in the acquisition availability of the item “D67890”, the mail server 10g checks the contents of the “judgment category” and “judgment value” of this item. And, (to satisfy the discard condition) that contains characters that match the "Hello" to the part of the "body" of the received e-mail or,
Is determined, and “hhhh” is added to the “sender” part.
{Xxx. xxx. ne. jp ”(satisfies the discard condition). And mail server 1
0g discards the mail including the matching portion as satisfying the discarding condition and discards the mail, and stores the mail not including the matching portion.

Next, in the mail proxy receiving device or the mail transmitting / receiving device of the present invention, when the mail receiver (or the proxy server user) receives the mail, the mail to be received is sent from the mail subject or the sender. A method for selecting will be described. As described above, the mail recipient (or the proxy server user) can receive the mail from the mail proxy receiving device or the mail transmitting / receiving device.

In this case, when the mail proxy receiving device or the mail transmitting / receiving device is accessed from the terminal device, the “subject” or “sender” of each mail is listed up and the “subject” or “sender” is listed. Is transmitted to the terminal device of the mail recipient. Terminal device (for example, terminal 50
a) Receives each received mail list from the mail substitute receiving device or the mail transmitting / receiving device, and displays the received mail list screen 52.
Display a. FIG. 12 shows an example in which a list such as “subject” or “sender” is displayed on the terminal device of the user. The mail recipient can select the mail to be received from the terminal device (the terminal 50a in this example). For example,
The e-mail recipient selects “1.
When the user selects the mail of "Subject: AAA", a processing screen 52b is displayed on the terminal device. When the mail receiver selects "acquire" from the processing screen 52b, the mail can be obtained, and when "discard" is selected, the mail can be discarded without receiving the mail.

For example, the mail recipient accesses the mail proxy receiving device or the mail transmitting / receiving device from the terminal device, and transmits a mail distribution request signal including the mail recipient identification information. Upon receiving the mail distribution request signal from the terminal device, the mail proxy receiving device or the mail transmitting / receiving device transmits the received mail list information corresponding to the mail recipient. Next, upon receiving the received mail list information, the terminal device displays a received mail list screen 52a on the screen. The mail receiver selects discard or acquisition from the processing screen 52b for each mail, and performs an operation of transmitting the selection result (mail selection information). Then, the terminal device transmits mail selection information including mail identification information corresponding to the selected mail to the mail substitute receiving device or the mail transmitting / receiving device.
Upon receiving the mail selection information from the terminal device, the mail proxy reception device or the mail transmission / reception device transmits a mail corresponding to the mail identification information included in the received mail selection information to the terminal device. The terminal device receives the mail corresponding to the mail selection information, and the mail receiver can read the selected mail. In addition, the mail recipient selects the mail addressed to the mail recipient of the mail proxy receiving device or the mail transmitting / receiving device as described above after first receiving the list menu and receiving each mail. It is also possible to switch to collectively receiving mail. For example, the mail recipient selects whether to receive all at once from the batch / selection switching menu (“batch”).
Is selected) or to select from the list menu (when "select" is selected). When "collective" is set, a mail delivery request signal is transmitted from the terminal device to the mail proxy receiving device or the mail transmitting / receiving device, and when "select" is set, a mail list request signal is transmitted.

Here, the received mail list includes a subject, a sender, a sending date and time, and a predetermined number of characters (for example, 10
(E.g., characters), it is possible for the mail recipient to select which content is to be displayed, and the content displayed on the received mail list can be in various ways. As for the method of selecting mail, a plurality of mails to be obtained can be selected without selecting discarding or obtaining one by one, and a plurality of mail numbers to be obtained can be input. Various methods are available for selecting a mail.

The mail proxy receiving device or mail transmitting / receiving device of the present invention is not limited to the configuration described in the embodiment, and various changes, additions, and deletions can be made without changing the gist of the present invention. For example, the configuration of the mail proxy reception device or the mail transmission / reception device of the present invention is shown in FIGS.
The configuration is not limited to the configuration shown in FIG. Also, the configuration, items, contents, and the like of the mail proxy reception information 40, the proxy server user information 41, the acquisition destination mail information 42, the distribution information 43, and the selection information 44 and 44a can be variously changed. The signal used for the matching process for identifying the user includes the user I
Not limited to D and a password, various signals can be used. Further, the display screen displayed on the display means of the terminal device is not limited to the display screen described in the present embodiment, and can be variously changed. In addition, terminal devices include personal computers, mobile phones,
Various terminal devices such as a portable information terminal, a mobile terminal, and a PDA can be used. Further, the timing of the mail proxy reception server or the mail server discarding the unnecessary mail may be when the mail is received, when the mail is transmitted to the user's terminal device, or the storage device of the mail proxy reception server or the mail server. May not be transmitted to the user and may be discarded after a predetermined period has elapsed. Various timings are possible for the mail proxy reception server or the mail server to discard the unnecessary mail.

[0069]

As described above, by using the mail proxy receiving device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, it is possible to easily receive mail stored at a plurality of mail addresses. A receiving device can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a schematic diagram of a conventional mail system.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schematic diagram of a mail proxy receiving device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a mail proxy receiving apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of mail substitute reception information.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of proxy server user information.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of acquisition destination mail information.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of distribution information.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of selection information.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of an input screen for registering mail substitute reception information.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a mail transmitting / receiving apparatus.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of selection information.

FIG. 12: Received mail list screen 52a and processing screen 52b
It is a figure showing the example of.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d Mail server 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e mail 20 Mail proxy reception server 50a, 50b Terminal device 60a-60e Terminal device 100, 110 Communication line

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Tomotaka Sakamoto 250 Asahi, Kochino-cho, Konan-shi, Aichi F-term in Sun Electronics Co., Ltd. (reference) 5K030 HA06 KA01 KA05 KA05 LD06

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A storage device, a mail proxy reception server,
A mail server, and the storage device stores mail proxy reception information including a mail server address corresponding to the mail proxy reception user identification information. The mail proxy reception server stores the mail proxy reception information in the mail proxy reception information. Sends a mail transmission request signal containing the mail server address corresponding to each mail proxy reception user identification information to the mail server, and receives the mail sent from each mail server. When the mail server receives the mail transmission request signal transmitted from the mail proxy reception server and stores it in correspondence with the mail proxy reception user identification information corresponding to the server address, the mail included in the received mail request signal is stored. A mail bill characterized by transmitting a mail of a server address to a mail proxy receiving server. The receiving device. 2. The mail substitute receiving device according to claim 1, further comprising a terminal device, wherein the terminal device transmits a mail distribution request signal including the mail substitute reception user identification information to the mail substitute reception server. The mail proxy receiving server receives the mail transmitted from the mail proxy receiving server, and upon receiving the mail delivery request signal transmitted from the terminal device, uses the mail proxy reception included in the received mail delivery request signal. A mail substitute receiving device for transmitting a mail corresponding to the user identification information to a terminal device that has transmitted a mail distribution request signal. 3. The mail proxy receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the storage device stores mail proxy reception information including a mail delivery time and a mail delivery destination address corresponding to the mail proxy reception user identification information. The mail proxy reception server stores the mail corresponding to the mail proxy reception user identification information at the mail delivery time set corresponding to the mail proxy reception user identification information. A mail substitute receiving device for transmitting to a terminal device at a delivery destination address. 4. The mail substitute receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the storage device stores the mail substitute reception information including the mail reception time corresponding to the mail substitute reception user identification information. The mail substitute receiving server, wherein the mail substitute reception server transmits a mail transmission request signal at a mail reception time included in the mail substitute reception information. 5. A mail proxy receiving information including a mail server address corresponding to mail proxy receiving user identification information, comprising a storage device, a terminal device, a mail proxy receiving server, and a mail server. The terminal device transmits a mail delivery request signal including the mail proxy reception user identification information to the mail proxy reception server, receives the mail transmitted from the mail proxy reception server, and the mail proxy reception server Receiving a mail distribution request signal transmitted from the terminal device, transmitting a mail transmission request signal including a mail server address corresponding to the mail substitute reception user identification information included in the mail distribution request signal to the mail server, Receives mail sent from each mail server, and sends the received mail to the terminal device that sent the mail delivery request signal. When the mail server receives the mail transmission request signal transmitted from the mail proxy reception server, the mail server transmits the mail of the mail server address included in the received mail transmission request signal to the mail proxy reception server. Mail proxy receiving device. 6. A storage device, a terminal device, a mail proxy reception server, and a mail server, wherein the mail proxy reception information of the storage device includes a mail server address corresponding to the mail proxy reception user identification information and The mail delivery destination address is included, and the terminal device sends a mail delivery request signal including the mail proxy reception user identification information to the mail proxy reception server, and the mail proxy reception server transmits the mail delivery signal transmitted from the terminal device. When the request signal is received, a mail transmission request signal including a mail server address corresponding to the mail proxy reception user identification information included in the mail distribution request signal is transmitted to the mail server, and the mail transmitted from each mail server is transmitted. The mail delivery destination address that is set according to the received mail receiving user identification information When the mail server receives the mail transmission request signal transmitted from the mail proxy reception server, the mail server transmits the mail of the mail server address included in the received mail transmission request signal to the mail proxy reception server. A mail proxy receiving device. 7. The mail proxy receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the storage device has an urgent delivery condition and an urgent delivery for judging whether or not the received mail is to be urgently delivered. The mail proxy reception information including the urgent delivery address indicating the delivery destination at the time is stored, and the mail proxy reception server satisfies the urgent delivery condition included in the mail proxy reception information when the mail received from the mail server is received. Sending the e-mail to the terminal device at the set urgent delivery destination address. 8. The mail surrogate receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the storage device includes a mail surrogate receiving condition including a discarding condition for determining whether to discard the received mail. Information is stored, and the mail proxy reception server discards the mail if the mail received from the mail server satisfies the discard condition included in the mail proxy reception information. Mail proxy receiving device.