Automatic numbering method and system exploiting e-mail

1 . A server machine comprising:

numbering management unit that analyzes an e-mail sent from a client machine, carries out automatic numbering on an electronic numbering ledger based on a numbering command included in said e-mail, and sends a result of numbering to said client machine as a sender of said e-mail including said numbering command;

said server machine comprising:

a confirmation unit that confirms whether or not said e-mail is sent from a client machine having a right for requesting the numbering, based on the information in said e-mail including said numbering command;

wherein a request for numbering from a client machine not having the right for requesting the numbering is refused.

2 . The server machine according to claim 1 , wherein

whether or not there is the right for requesting the numbering is confirmed depending on whether or not the mail address of the sender of said e-mail is a pre-registered mail address.

3 . The server machine according to claim 1 , wherein

whether or not there is the right for requesting the numbering is confirmed depending on whether or not said e-mail includes an ID issued beforehand.

4 . The server machine according to claim 3 , wherein

a term of validity is set for said ID; and

a numbering request with an ID expired is refused.

5 . The server machine according to claim 1 further comprising:

an extracting unit that extracts items of registration for said numbering ledger, stated in a preset form in said e-mail including said numbering command, and for registering the extracted items of registration in said numbering ledger.

6 . A business system including a server machine according to claim 1 and a plurality of client machines each of which is capable of sending an e-mail including a numbering command to said server machine;

said business system monistically managing a document or a file by an automatic numbering function.

7 . An automatic numbering method comprising:

providing a server machine including a numbering management unit that carries out automatic numbering for an electronic numbering ledger; and

providing a plurality of client machines each of which is capable of sending an e-mail including a numbering command to said server machine;

confirming, by said server machine, whether or not an e-mail sent from a client machine is sent from a client machine having a right to request the numbering, based on information included in said e-mail;

analyzing, by said server machine, an e-mail sent from said client machine confirmed to have been sent from the client machine having the right to request the numbering, and registering on said numbering ledger based on the numbering command in said e-mail to acquire the result of automatic numbering; and

sending, by said server machine, the result of automatic numbering to the client machine as the sender of the e-mail including said numbering command; provided that a numbering request from a client machine not having the right to request the numbering is refused.

8 . The automatic numbering method according to claim 7 , wherein

whether or not there is the right for requesting the numbering is confirmed depending on whether or not the mail address of the sender of said e-mail is a pre-registered mail address.

9 . The automatic numbering method according to claim 7 , wherein

whether or not there is the right for requesting the numbering is confirmed depending on whether or not an ID issued beforehand is included in said e-mail.

10 . The automatic numbering method according to claim 9 , wherein

a term of validity is set for said ID; and

a numbering request with an ID expired is refused.

11 . The method according to claim 7 further comprising:

extracting, by said server machine, contents of registration in said numbering ledger stated in a preset form in said e-mail including said numbering command, and registering the extracted contents of registration in said numbering ledger.

12 . A numbering management program; said program allowing a server machine, connected to a plurality of client machines, each of which is capable of transmitting an e-mail including a numbering command, to perform a processing comprising:

analyzing an e-mail transmitted from one of said client machines, registering in said numbering ledger based on a numbering command contained in said e-mail; and

acquiring the result of automatic numbering, and a processing of sending the result of the automatic numbering to the client machine as the sender of the e-mail including the numbering command; wherein

said program further comprises: confirming whether or not an e-mail sent from a client machine has been sent from a client machine having a right to request numbering, based on information included in the e-mail sent from said client machine; wherein

only an e-mail confirmed to have been sent from the client machine having the right to request the numbering is analyzed, provided that a request for numbering from a client machine not having the right to request the numbering is refused.

13 . The numbering management program according to claim 12 , wherein

whether or not there is the right for requesting the numbering is confirmed depending on whether or not a mail address of a sender of an e-mail is a pre-registered mail address.

14 . The numbering management program according to claim 12 , wherein

whether or not there is the right for requesting the numbering is confirmed depending on whether or not said e-mail includes an ID issued beforehand.

15 . The numbering management program according to claim 14 , wherein

a term of validity is set for said ID; and

a numbering request with an ID expired is refused.

16 . The numbering management program according to claim 12 , wherein

said server carries out extracting contents of registration in said numbering ledger stated in a preset form in said e-mail including said numbering command and registering extracted contents of registration in said numbering ledger.