摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To distribute an electronic mail at a proper date and proper time to a destination in a country with a time difference. SOLUTION: In this system, electronic mail clients 12 to 14 is connected to an electronic mail storage and distribution server 1 through lines 7 to 11 and a network 15 to store and distribute electronic mails. The electronic mail storage and distribution server 1 receives electronic mails by a receiving process part 2. Further, a transmitting process part 3 sends electronic mails according to SMTP(simple mail transfer protocol) determined by RFC(request for comment) 821 of IETF(Internet engineering task force). A storing and editing process part 4 is equipped with a transmission time selection table for determining transmission time according to destination information on the destination country of an electronic mail, and the electronic mails are stored by being classified by the distribution date, distribution time, destination country of the electronic mail. A stored mail transmission starting process part 6 performs a process for sending stored electronic mails at a distribution date and at specific time, e.g. intervals of one hour through the transmitting process part 3 each time the date changes. |