AN ELECTRONIC MAIL SYSTEM

摘要

An electronic mail system for processing electronic mail between users across a computer network using a target mail server which receives, stores and downloads mail messages to a target subscriber system. The server operates to automatically initiate a communication link in real time with the target subscriber to deliver each message as soon as it is received rather than storing the messages and awaiting a download request from the target subscriber. In another electronic mail system, the target mail server interrogates the target subscriber system to determine if a mail receiving function is active. In case of inactivity, the mail receiving function is initialised.