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US 8,149,467 B2Granted
E-mail transmission apparatus, e-mail transmission method and e-mail transmission program
AssigneeMinolta Co., Ltd.
InventorNorihisa Takayama
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Abstract
A technology for use in an e-mail transmission apparatus capable of preventing or discovering ‘impersonation’ in e-mail transmission efficiently, in which an e-mail is sent not only to a receiving address, but also to a sending address set by a sender.
Claims3
An e-mail transmission apparatus comprising:
- (a) sending address input means for receiving input of a sending address by a user;
- (b) receiving address input means for receiving input of a receiving address by the user;
- (c) list creation means for creating a receiving address list that includes at least the receiving address input via the receiving address input means;
- (d) address adding means for, when a sending address is input via the sending address input means, adding the sending address to the receiving address list containing the receiving address;
- (e) display means for displaying the receiving address and sending address contained in the receiving address list;
- and (f) sending means for sending an e-mail to the sending address based on the receiving address list, wherein the address adding means automatically adds the sending address to the receiving address list in a format such that it cannot be deleted before sending from the receiving address list by the user who inputted the sending address in order to prevent or discover impersonation in e-mail transmission efficiently.
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A method for use with an e-mail transmission apparatus, comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving input of a sending address by a user;
- (b) receiving input of a receiving address by the user;
- (c) creating a receiving address list that includes at least the receiving address input at step (b);
- (d) automatically adding the sending address to the receiving address list containing the receiving address when it is input at step (a);
- (e) displaying the receiving address and sending address contained in the receiving address list, wherein at step (d) the sending address is automatically added to the receiving address list in a format such that it cannot be deleted before sending from the receiving address list by the user who inputted the sending address in order to prevent or discover impersonation in e-mail transmission efficiently;
- and (f) sending an e-mail to the sending address based on the receiving address list.
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An e-mail transmission apparatus, comprising:
- a sending address input unit for receiving input of a sending address by a user;
- a receiving address input unit for receiving input of a receiving address by the user;
- a list creation unit that creates a receiving address list that includes at least the receiving address input via the receiving address input unit;
- an address adding unit that, when a sending address is input via the sending address input unit, automatically adds the sending address to the receiving address list containing the receiving address, in a format such that the sending address cannot be deleted from the receiving address list, wherein the address adding unit adds the sending address to the receiving address list in a format such that it cannot be deleted before sending from the receiving address list by the user who inputted the sending address in order to prevent or discover impersonation in e-mail transmission efficiently;
- a display unit for displaying the receiving address and sending address contained in the receiving address list;
- and a sending unit for sending an e-mail to the sending address based on the receiving address list.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.