Patent ID: 7249160

Claim:
An electronic mail processing system that processes email messages sent via a network, said system comprising: a plurality of terminals each provided with a function to send and receive the email messages through said network; a user information storage device for storing user information corresponding to registered users; an email adding device for referencing said user information storage device upon receipt of each of the email messages sent from said terminals, acquiring at least one predetermined item of said user information corresponding to users using said terminals, and adding said item of said user information to the email message; and an email forwarding device for forwarding the email message to which said predetermined item of said user information is added, to said terminals specified as recipients, wherein said user information includes telephone number data, wherein said email adding device adds the telephone number data to the email message, and wherein said plurality of terminals include terminals having a telephone function by which a call operation is initiated to a link indicated by the telephone number data based on a predetermined operation of selection of a telephone number corresponding to the telephone number data, and confirmation of the selection.