E-mail server

Abstract

An address determining means determines whether an e-mail address in an e-mail is an extended address or an original e-mail address of an e-mail account. The extended address is an e-mail address generated by adding an extension name to an account name in the original e-mail address. A receipt accepting means determines, based on the extended address, whether to accept receipt of an e-mail of which a destination address is the extended address or not. An e-mail receiving means receives the e-mail to the extended address as an e-mail to the e-mail account of the original e-mail address after the receipt accepting means accepts receipt of the e-mail.

1 . An e-mail server device, which stores a received e-mail in a storing region of a receiver according to a destination email address of the received e-mail comprising:
 an address determining means for determining whether the destination e-mail address of the received e-mail is an original e-mail address of the receiver or an extended email address wherein the extended email address is generated by adding an extension name to the original e-mail address;   an e-mail storing means for storing the received e-mail in the storing region of the receiver if the received e-mail is determined to be the extended address by said address determining means and the extended address is registered in an extended address list wherein the extended address is registered in the extended address list in relation to the original e-mail address and a sender's e-mail address;   a rejecting means for rejecting storing the received e-mail in the storing region of the receiver if the received e-mail address is the original email address; and   a sending means for sending a confirmation e-mail to the sender of the received e-mail if the received e-mail address is the original e-mail; wherein said confirmation e-mail comprises a hyperlink for the sender to confirm that the sender of the received e-mail have sent the e-mail to the receiver of the received email;   wherein said storing means stores the received e-mail in the storing region of the receiver if said sending means for sending the confirmation e-mail receives a response from the sender wherein said response is sent from the sender of the received e-mail by clicking the hyperlink of the confirmation e-mail.   
     
     
         2 . The e-mail server device of  claim 1 , wherein said e-mail storing means comprises:
 a first list in which at least one sender from who an e-mail may be received is registered;   a second list in which at least one sender from who an e-mail must not be received is registered; and   said e-mail storing means accepts the received e-mail if the sender of the received e-mail has been registered in said first list.   
     
     
         3 . The e-mail server device of  claim 2 , wherein said rejecting means for rejecting storing the received e-mail in the storing region of the receiver if the sender of the received e-mail has been registered in said second list. 
     
     
         4 . The email server device of  claim 2 , wherein said sending means for sending a confirmation e-mail to the sender of the received e-mail if the received e-mail address has not been registered in said first list.