| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To deliver retrieval result to retrieval requester in the form of an electronic mail by providing an electronic mail means which transmits and receives a retrieval instruction or retrieval result in the form of an electronic mail and sets the output destination of the retrieval result. SOLUTION: A retrieval requester inputs a retrieval key word consisting of a retrieval request and an item to be retrieved to an electronic mail text by operating the keyboard of an electronic mail device 18, which sends the retrieval request through a communication line 17. A retrieval acceptance part 13 of a retrieval controller 12 extracts the retrieval request and retrieval key word from the electronic mail text and passes them to a retrieval request part 14, and also transmits the kind of the output destination and the return address and FAX number of the electronic mail to a retrieval result output part 16. A retrieval device 11 performs retrieval from a data base on a retrieval device 16, and the retrieval result output part 16 sends the retrieval result to a retrieval terminal through the communication line 17. Further, the result is outputted to a specified facsimile equipment. |
