Electronic mail system and program for the electronic mail system
AssigneeMurata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasashi Eguchi, Yoshifumi Tanimoto
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Abstract
An Internet facsimile server, a mail server, an LDAP server, and a DHCP server are connected to a LAN. When the Internet facsimile server obtains an IP address from the DHCP server, the Internet facsimile server transmits its own electronic mail address and IP address to the LDAP server, and the LDAP server records the electronic mail address and the IP address to a correspondence chart. The mail server that received an electronic mail obtains an IP address from the electronic mail address by referring to the correspondence chart, and transmits the electronic mail to the Internet facsimile server by SMTP. An electronic mail can be distributed to the Internet facsimile server without using a DNS server.
Claims13
An electronic mail system comprising:
- a mail server which transmits and receives an electronic mail;
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- means for converting an electronic mail address of a destination terminal into a network address;
- wherein the mail server obtains the network address by the means for converting by using the electronic mail address included in the received electronic mail, and transmits the electronic mail to the obtained network address.
An electronic mail system comprising:
- an address conversion unit which stores address conversion data for converting an electronic mail address of a destination terminal into a network address;
- an electronic mail reception unit which receives electronic mail;
- an inquiry unit which obtains the network address from the address conversion unit by using an electronic mail address of a destination terminal included in the received electronic mail;
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- an electronic mail transmission unit which transmits the electronic mail to the obtained network address.
A program for an electronic mail system comprising:
- a command for storing and managing address conversion data for converting an electronic mail address of a destination terminal into a network address;
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- a command for obtaining the network address by referring to the address conversion data by an electronic mail address when receiving an electronic mail of an electronic mail address other than that of the mailbox managed by the mail server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.