System, method, program and storage medium for processing electronic mail

An e-mail processing method for processing a piece of e-mail in an e-mail system with a predetermined limit on the number of destination addresses of a piece of e-mail to be sent, comprising the steps of:

• determining whether the number of destination addresses of a piece of e-mail being viewed to be returned to everyone exceeds said predetermined limit when directed to be returned to everyone for said piece of e-mail being viewed;
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• generating a piece of return mail creation screen with predetermined addresses in said piece of e-mail being viewed being set as destinations of the piece of return mail when said predetermined limit is determined to be exceeded, and for generating a piece of return mail creation screen with everyone's address of said piece of e-mail being viewed being set as a destination of the piece of return mail when said predetermined limit is determined not to be exceeded.

A computer executable program for processing a piece of e-mail in an e-mail system with a predetermined limit on the number of destination addresses of a piece of e-mail to be sent, wherein said program comprises a program code to cause a computer to execute the steps of:

• determining whether the number of destination addresses of a piece of e-mail being viewed to be returned to everyone exceeds said predetermined limit when directed to be returned to everyone for the piece of e-mail being viewed;
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• generating step of generating a piece of return mail creation screen with predetermined addresses in said piece of e-mail being viewed being set as destinations of the piece of return mail when said predetermined limit is determined to be exceeded and for generating a piece of return mail creation screen with an everyone's address for said piece of e-mail being viewed being set as a destination of the piece of return mail when the predetermined limit is determined not to be exceeded.