Mail server apparatus and electronic mail processing method
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorYoshiaki UCHIDA
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Abstract
A mail server apparatus includes, a receiving unit configured to receive a plurality of e-mails addressed to a user, a determination unit configured to determine a priority of each of the e-mails received by the receiving unit and a processing unit configured to select a predetermined number of e-mails from the plurality of e-mails received by the receiving unit, on the basis of priority determined by the determination unit, and treat e-mails as if the e-mails had not arrived, except for the selected predetermined number of e-mails, upon receipt of a request from a user device.
Claims11
A mail server apparatus comprising:
- a receiving unit configured to receive a plurality of e-mails addressed to a user;
- a determination unit configured to determine a priority of each of the e-mails received by the receiving unit;
- and
- a processing unit configured to select a predetermined number of e-mails from the plurality of e-mails received by the receiving unit, on the basis of priority determined by the determination unit, and treat e-mails as if the e-mails had not arrived, except for the selected predetermined number of e-mails, upon receipt of a request from a user device.
An electronic mail processing method performed by a mail server apparatus, the method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of e-mails addressed to a user;
- determining a priority of each of the received e-mails;
- based on the priority, selecting a predetermined number of e-mails from the received plurality of e-mails;
- and
- treating e-mails as if the e-mails had not arrived, except for the selected predetermined number of e-mails, upon receipt of a request from a user device.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recorded with a program for electronic mail processing to be executed by a computer, the program for electronic mail processing causing the computer to execute a method, the method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of e-mails addressed to a user;
- determining a priority of each of the received e-mails;
- based on the priority, selecting a predetermined number of e-mails from the received plurality of e-mails;
- and
- treating e-mails as if the e-mails had not arrived, except for the selected predetermined number of e-mails, upon receipt of a request from a user device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.