Mail server, mail receiving apparatus, mail server program storage medium, and mail receiving program storage medium

A mail receiving apparatus which receives electronic mail sent from a mail server which relays transmission and reception of electronic mail, comprising;

• a mail receiving section which receives electronic mail with information indicating whether or not an attachment file is excluded from the electronic mail;
• a display which displays the electronic mail received at the mail receiving section;
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• a display control section which, if an attachment file is excluded from the electronic mail received at the mail receiving section, causes information indicating that an attachment file is excluded from the electronic mail to be displayed on the display along with the electronic mail.

A mail server program storage medium having stored thereon a mail server program to be executed in a computer system to cause the computer system to relay transmission and reception of electronic mail, the mail server program configuring on the computer system comprising:

• a mail receiving section which receives electronic mail to which an attachment file is attached and which is accompanied by accompanying information which describes modes of treating the attachment file in association with a plurality of recipient types into which recipients are categorized;
• an attachment file processing section which processes the attachment file of the electronic mail received at the mail receiving section in accordance with the type of recipients on the basis of the accompanying information which accompanies the electronic mail;
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• a mail sending section which sends the electronic mail the attachment file of which has been processed by the attachment file processing section to recipients of the electronic mail.

A mail receiving program storage medium having stored thereon a mail receiving program to be executed in a computer system to cause the computer system to receive electronic mail sent from a mail server which relays transmission and reception of electronic mail, the mail receiving program configuring on the computer system comprising:

• a mail receiving section which receives electronic mail with information indicating whether or not an attachment file is excluded from the electronic mail;
• a display which displays the electronic mail received at the mail receiving section;
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• a display control section which, if an attachment file is excluded from the electronic file received at the mail receiving section, causes information indicating that an attachment file is excluded from the electronic mail to be displayed on the display along with the electronic mail.