Device For Preventing Erroneous E-Mail Transmission

A device for preventing erroneous e-mail transmission in an e-mail transmitting and receiving apparatus, comprising:

• an address storing portion which stores a plurality of e-mail addresses;
• an input operating portion in which, during e-mail creation, a plurality of destination addresses are input;
• an attribute discriminating unit which discriminates attribute information of the plurality of destination addresses while referring to the address storing portion;
• an informing unit;
• and
• an input method discriminating and storing portion which stores input methods, the input methods indicating ways how the user has inputted the plurality of destination addresses which are set as destinations,
• wherein the attribute discriminating unit discriminates each of the input methods corresponding to the destination addresses, as the attribute information;
• and
• wherein when the attribute discriminating unit discriminates that a destination address having different attribute information exists in the plurality of destination addresses, the informing unit provides a user that an unusual setting is contained.