Patent ID: 6334140
Filing Date: 2001-12-25
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
An electronic mail server comprising:a mail box;an interface unit for receiving an electronic mail; anda mail processing section for analyzing the received electronic mail and for applying to the received electronic mail a processing, the processing being determined based on the analyzing result and an instruction which is provided by a recipient identified in the electronic mail and corresponding to the received electronic mail, the mail box storing the processed electronic mail,wherein said instruction instructs one having a lowest priority of electronic mails already stored in said mail box to be sent back when said mail box is full,wherein said mail processing section detects and reads out one having the lowest priority of electronic mails already stored in said mail box, and stores the received electronic mail in said mail box, andwherein said interface unit sends back the electronic mail having the lowest priority and read out from said mail box.