Patent ID: 6219714
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
In a method for transmitting electronic mail in a local network, wherein forming a message and transmitting the formed message to a selected one of network units is in accordance with a message address in an electronic mail mode, the improvements wherein:information on a type of the electronic mail is introduced during the forming of the message,a routing table is formed and stored for each of the network units, the routing table including an identifier of each of the network units providing service, a type of electronic mail service provided by each of the network units, access to each of the network units and access to the type of the electronic mail service thereof, and information on states of the network units,during the transmitting of the formed message, one of the network units providing the type of the electronic mail service in accordance with the introduced information is selected using the routing table and the access to the network units therein,the formed message is transmitted to the selected one of the network units in the electronic mail mode, andthe formed message transmitted to the selected one of the network units is processed therein in accordance with the type of the electronic mail service.