Patent ID: 8271002

Claim:
A server device for distributing an e-mail via a communication line to a mobile communication terminal device of a user, said server device comprising: a receiving device that receives from the mobile communication terminal device an address directory having stored therein communication partner information that includes an e-mail address of a communication partner and another communication identifier of the communication partner that is different from the e-mail address of the communication partner, wherein the e-mail address of the communication partner is different from an e-mail address of the user of the mobile communication terminal device; a register device that registers in a list the communication partner information stored in the address directory received by the receiving device; and a distribution device that performs identification processing on an e-mail received from a transmitter for distribution to the mobile communication terminal device, wherein the e-mail includes content text data, wherein the identification processing includes the distribution device determining an e-mail address of the transmitter, wherein if the e-mail address of the transmitter of the e-mail is included in the list, the distribution device distributes the e-mail to the mobile communication terminal device, and wherein if the e-mail address of the transmitter of the e-mail is not included in the list, the distribution device further performs the following: determines, independently of the content text data of the e-mail, a different communication identifier of the transmitter of the e-mail, determines whether the different communication identifier of the transmitter is included in the list, and, if the different communication identifier of the transmitter is included in the list, distributes the e-mail to the mobile communication terminal device.