ELECTRONIC MAIL TRANSMISSION RECEPTION METHOD, SYSTEM THEREFOR, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM AND READ BY MACHINE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow the system to control automatically an electronic mail addressed to a user as to whether or not the electronic mail is to be transferred to an auxiliary device such as a facsimile equipment designated in advance by the user based on a prediction result by predicting whether or not the user is resident in an environment to access an electronic mail transmission reception system. SOLUTION: A mail system monitor means 20 monitors arrival state, reception state and transmission state of electronic mails of users 2-j. A transfer propriety data generating means 40 predicts whether or not the user 2-j is resident in an environment accessible to a mail system based on the monitor result by the mail system monitor means 20, and generates transfer propriety data based on the prediction result. A mail transfer means 60 refers the transfer propriety data for each prescribed time and transfers the electronic mail addressed to the user 2-5 stored in the mail system 10 to a device designated by the user 2-j only when the data indicate transfer permission.