Patent ID: 7302563
Filing Date: 2007-11-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A mailing list server comprising: a mail storing section for storing distributed mails; a receiving section for receiving from a member of a mailing list a mail re-send request including an identifier of a mail to be re-sent and an attribute of an encryption method; a retrieving section for retrieving a mail from the mail storing section on the basis of the identifier of a mail to be re-sent in the mail re-send request; an encrypting section for encrypting the retrieved mail on the basis of the encryption method indicated by the attribute of the encryption method included in the mail re-send request; and a sending section for sending the encrypted second copy of the mail to the mail address of the member, wherein the mail re-send request causes the sending section to send the encrypted second copy of the mail to the mail address of the member independent of additional parameters inputted by the member or a user other than the member.