摘要 |
An electronic mail (E-mail) service system comprising an Internet network (20), an E-mail management server (10) connected to the Internet network and for managing a registered member information database (11), a money/point database (12) and an E-mail contents database (13), and a user computer (30) having an E-mail management program (31) connected to the E-mail management server via the Internet network for forwarding or receiving E-mails. Payment means such as cash or points owned by a user is stored in the money/point database (12), and the user can attach some or all of the payment means stored in the money/point database to an E-mail and forward the resulting E-mail to another user, or recipient under control of the E-mail management server (10). As a result, the recipient can receive a predetermined amount of money or points from the user.
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