System for automatically sending mail message by storing rule according to the language specification of the message including processing condition and processing content

An automatic sending-message processing device applied to a computer network which is connected to a plurality of computer systems via communication media and capable of effecting message switching among said plurality of computer systems by use of an electronic mail system, comprising:

• input means for permitting a user to input mail message data and control information for the mail message data;
• a rule file containing a set of multiple "condition section-processing section" sentences based on the language specification of the mail message, the condition section having identification information indicating a processing condition for the mail message data and the processing section having a process which is effected when the condition of the condition section is satisfied;
• rule creating means for permitting the user to create a rule stored in said rule file;
• control information analyzing means for analyzing the control information to obtain subject information indicating at least the content of the process corresponding to the mail message data;
• processing means for executing a process set in the processing section of said rule file;
• rule analyzing means for retrieving said rule file after analyzing the control information by means of said control information analyzing means, and executing the process set in the processing section on the mail message data by activating said processing means when the subject information coincides with the identification information;
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• sending means for sending the control information and the processed mail message data.

An automatic sending-message processing method applied to a computer network which is connected to a plurality of computer systems via communication media and capable of effecting message switching among said plurality of computer systems by use of an electronic mail system, comprising:

• a first step of creating and storing by a user a rule according to a language specification of a mail message and including a processing condition for processing mail message data and a content of a process which is executed when the processing condition is satisfied;
• a second step of inputting mail message data and control information by the user for the mail message data;
• a third step of analyzing the control information of the mail message data;
• a fourth step of collating the analyzed control information with the processing condition;
• a fifth step of subjecting the mail message data to a preset process based on the collation;
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• a sixth step of sending the processed mail message data after attaching the control information to the mail message data.