JPH11328053A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a user to confirm contents of a file attached to a mail before transmission of the mail. SOLUTION: A read-out file is used to generate data for confirmation of file contents, and an attached file window 24 and generated data 24-1 for confirmation of contents are displayed as shown in (a). Simultaneously, an attached file conformation window 25 is displayed. The user confirms contents of the file displayed in the attached file window 24 and touches an OK button 25-1 in the attached file confirmation window 25 in the case of agreement but touches a NO button 25-2 there in the case of disagreement.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus for transmitting and receiving electronic mail via a communication line.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional technique, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No.
As disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication, one of the attached files is an attribute description file that describes the attributes of the other attached files, and the attributes of the other attached files that are described in the attribute description file are the file name and the file destination. By setting a file attachment, and by providing the original destination of the file, a copy / copy attribute setting device for setting the information of the file attachment, who attached the individual file included in the e-mail, In some cases, an electronic mail system provides a user with information as to whether each attached file is an original or a copy, and in the case of a copy, to whom the original was sent.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional technology, when the user gives a file attachment instruction, the user must accurately know the location where the file is stored and the file name in advance. There were problems such as attaching and sending another file by mistake.

[0004] In order to solve such a problem, the present invention provides an e-mail attached file confirming method capable of confirming the contents of one or more files attached to an e-mail before sending the e-mail. It is intended to provide.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to achieve the above object, and the invention according to claim 1 is an information processing apparatus for transmitting and receiving an electronic mail via a communication line. An email creating means for creating an email, a file attaching means for attaching a file to the email created by the email creating means, and a display means for displaying the contents of the file attached by the file attaching means, An information processing apparatus characterized by displaying the contents of an attached file by the display unit and prompting the user to confirm the contents of the attached file before sending the mail created by the mail creating unit.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to the first aspect, when a plurality of files are attached by the file attaching means, the display means displays a list of the plurality of attached files. An information processing apparatus characterized in that:

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to the first or second aspect, it is possible to set whether or not to display the contents of the attached file by the display means. It is.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited by this.

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an apparatus employing the present invention. In FIG. 1, an apparatus employing the present invention includes a main body cabinet 1, an input / output unit 2, and a lid 3.

The main body cabinet 1 includes an input / output unit 2 and
It has an infrared communication unit (not shown), a pen holding unit, and the like.
A power supply unit for supplying power to necessary parts such as a control circuit for controlling an interface and the like is built in.

In particular, the input / output unit 2 will be described later in detail with reference to FIG.

The lid 3 is connected to the back of the main body cabinet 1 by a hinge, rotates so as to cover the input / output unit 2, and serves to protect the input / output unit 2 when being carried.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the input / output unit 2. In FIG. 2, an input / output unit 2 includes a thin liquid crystal display unit 2-1 of a matrix type capable of displaying characters and a transparent tablet unit 2 having a size to cover the liquid crystal display unit 2-1.
-2 and a film 2-3 displaying fixed keys.

The transparent tablet unit 2-2 has, for example, transparent electrodes provided on the inner surface of two transparent sheets, and small protruding spacers are regularly printed so that the electrodes do not come into contact with each other in a normal state. By giving an instruction with a finger or a pen, the transparent electrode comes into contact, and the selected position can be detected by the transparent tablet unit 2-2.

The film 2-3 has a liquid crystal display section 2-
1 and the transparent tablet unit 2-2, and frequently used functions are printed with easy-to-understand symbols.

The liquid crystal display unit 2-1 may be provided with a backlight made of an EL panel or the like on the back as necessary.

The position of the liquid crystal display 2-1 selected by the user is detected by synchronizing the display contents displayed on the liquid crystal display 2-1 with the position information of the transparent tablet 2-2. It is possible.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an apparatus employing the present invention. Since the liquid crystal display unit 2-1 and the transparent tablet unit 2-2 are as described with reference to FIG.
Here, the description is omitted.

The transparent tablet controller 4 is for extracting coordinate information from the transparent tablet 2-2.
The transparent tablet 2-2 is connected to a transparent electrode provided on each transparent sheet, and performs a coordinate detection at a position designated by a finger or a pen by contact between the transparent electrodes. ing.

The liquid crystal display circuit section 5 stores a dot position for turning on the liquid crystal as a bit map, and sends a signal to the common circuit 6 and the segment circuit 7 as necessary.

The central controller 8 controls input information or output information according to various commands.

The RTC 9 measures the time by a clock signal from an oscillator (not shown) and outputs the current date and time.

The ROM 10 has a font information area 10-in which stores fonts of characters to be displayed on the liquid crystal display section 2-1.
1, a program area 10-2 storing a program indicating the operation of the central control unit 8, a dictionary area 10-3 storing a dictionary for character conversion, and a display position of coordinates detected by the tablet control unit 4. Coordinate information area 10-4 storing conversion information for performing conversion to coordinates corresponding to
have.

The RAM 11 has a data storage section 11-1 for storing various data such as texts and figures input by the user through the input / output section 2, and a program medium 15 installed in the main body by using a program reading means (not shown). In this case, the program storage unit 11-2 for storing the program of the program medium 15, the received mail storage unit 11-3 for storing the received mail, the transmitted mail storage unit 11-4 for storing the transmitted mail, and the contents of the attached file are stored. It has an attached file content confirmation flag 11-5 for setting whether or not to confirm, and a multiple designation flag 11-6 indicating whether to designate a plurality of files.

The outgoing mail storage unit 11-4 has a destination memory 11-4-4 for storing a destination mail address.
1. It has a title memory 11-4-2 for storing the title, a content memory 11-4-3 for storing the contents of the mail, and an attached file memory 11-4-4 for storing the attached file.

The attached file content confirmation flag 11-
When 5 is "0", it is set not to check the contents of the attached file, and when "1", it is set to check the contents of the attached file.

The modular unit 12 is connected to a communication line, and performs transmission and reception of e-mail and input / output of data with the Internet via a modular control unit 13.

The body power switch 14 turns on the body power.
/ OFF switch.

The program medium 15 is an information recording medium configured to be separable from the main body.
M, a floppy disk, an IC card, and the like are suitable. The program medium 15 stores an executable program read and executed by the main body, a source program capable of constructing the executable program, and an intermediate program. .

If a program has not been installed in the main body cabinet 1 in advance, each program and data necessary for operating the present invention are read from the program medium 15 by using program reading means (not shown). Is stored in the data storage unit 11-1 of the RAM 11, and the program code of the
It is stored in the program storage unit 11-2 of M11.

Next, the operation at the time of sending a mail according to the present invention will be described with reference to the display screen examples shown in FIGS.

FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 are display screen diagrams at the time of mail transmission when a file is attached.

When a user sends an e-mail, the user creates a mail to be sent using the screen shown in FIG.

First, the user inputs the e-mail address of the person to whom the e-mail is to be transmitted to the destination input section 16, inputs the title to the title input section 17, and inputs the contents of the e-mail to be transmitted to the contents input section 19.

Next, when there is a file to be sent together with the person to whom the mail is sent, the attached file input unit 18
Enter the file name along with the location of the file in.

When the location where the file is stored is not known, or when the exact file name is not known, the reference button 21 is touched.

When the reference button 21 is touched, FIG.
A file reference screen 23 as shown in (b) is displayed on the mail transmission screen.

Here, first, an arrow button 23-2 is touched to display a list of file locations (not shown).

When a Mail folder is selected from the file location list, a "Mail" folder is displayed as a file location as shown in the figure, and files and folders in the "Mail" folder are displayed in the file list display section 23-3. Is done.

When a file "List.xls" to be attached is touched from the file list display section 23-3, the touched file name is highlighted and the file name is displayed on the file name display section 23-1. .

If the user touches the setting button 23-4, the file reference screen 23 is closed, and the file reference screen 2 is closed.
3 is converted to a format including the storage location of the file, and
1 is read from the data storage unit 11-1.

Next, data for confirming the file contents is generated using the read file, and the attached file window 24 and the generated data 24-1 for confirming the contents are generated as shown in FIG. indicate.

At the same time, an attached file confirmation window 25 is displayed.

In the attached file confirmation window 25, the user confirms the contents of the file displayed in the attached file window 24, and touches the OK button 25-1 if they match, and NO button 25-2 if they are different. Touch.

When the OK button 25-1 is touched, the specified file "List.xls" is displayed as an attached file together with the file location on the attached file input section 18 as shown in FIG. 5B.

When the user touches the NO button 25-2, the attached file window 24 and the attached file confirmation window 25 are closed, and the attached file input section 18 remains blank.

The return button 23-5 on the reference screen 23
When you touch, the set value is canceled and
The reference screen 23 is closed.

Next, in FIG. 5B, the transmission button 2
When “0” is touched, the input various information is stored in the transmission mail storage unit 11-4 of the RAM 11, and the mail is transmitted to the mail address input to the destination input unit 16.

When the return button 22 is touched, the input value is cancelled, and the screen returns to the screen before creating the transmission mail.

FIG. 6 is a display screen diagram when a plurality of files are attached.

When attaching a plurality of files on the file reference screen 23, first, a plurality of designation buttons 23-
Touch 6.

The touched plural designation button 23-6 is highlighted. When a file in the file list display section 23-3 is touched in this state, all the touched files are selected, and as shown in FIG. It is highlighted.

At this time, all of the highlighted file names are displayed on the file name display section 23-1.

When the user touches the setting button 23-4 in FIG. 6A, the file reference screen 23 is closed, and the file name displayed on the file name display section 23-1 of the file reference screen 23 includes the file storage location. Converted to the form
The data is read from the data storage unit 11-1 of M11.

Next, data for confirming the file contents is generated using the read file, and the attached file window 26 and the generated data for confirming the contents are displayed as shown in FIG. 6B.

Here, contents confirmation data conforming to various file formats is generated, and the file "Voice.w" is generated.
For audio data and the like that cannot be displayed, such as “av”, a symbol for understanding the content is displayed as shown in the figure.

At this time, if all the generated content confirmation data cannot be displayed in the attached file window 26, a scroll bar 26-1 is displayed as shown in FIG. Like that.

At the same time, an attached file confirmation window 25 is displayed.

In the attached file confirmation window 25, the user confirms the contents of the file displayed in the attached file window 26, and touches the OK button 25-1 if they match, and NO button 25-2 if they are different. Touch.

When the OK button 25-1 is touched, the specified files "Main.
mo. txt, "List.xls", "Voic"
e. wav "," zukei.gif "," report.d
"oc" is displayed as an attached file in the attached file input section 18 together with the location of the file.

When the user touches the NO button 25-2, the attached file window 24 and the attached file confirmation window 25 are closed, and the attached file input section 18 remains blank.

Here, the data for confirming the contents of the file when the attached file is selected is displayed.
The confirmation of the attached file may be performed when the transmission instruction is given.

FIG. 7 is a display screen view for setting whether or not to confirm the contents of the attached file.

From a mail-related menu (not shown),
When the user specifies the attached file content confirmation processing setting, an attached file content confirmation processing setting screen shown in FIG. 7 is displayed.

If the user wants to check the contents of the attached file, he touches the radio button 27 with confirmation.

Radio button 27 with confirmation touched
Is added with a check mark.

Here, when the setting button 29 is touched,
The attached file content confirmation flag 11-5 of the RAM 11 is set to "
1 "is set, and the setting process ends.

When the radio button 28 without confirmation is touched, a check mark is added to the radio button 28 and the RAM 11
Is set to "0" in the attached file content confirmation flag 11-5, and the setting process ends.

When the attached file at the time of creating the outgoing mail is designated, the value of the attached file content confirmation flag 11-5 of the RAM 11 set here is checked, and the value of the attached file content confirmation flag 11-5 is "1". At times, the contents of the attached file can be confirmed as shown in FIGS. 5A and 6B.

When the return button 30 is touched on the attached file content confirmation processing setting screen shown in FIG. 7, the setting is invalidated and the screen returns to the original screen.

The operation for performing the above operation will be described with reference to the processing block diagram of FIG.

In FIG. 8, a central control unit 8 includes a network interface 8 for performing network communication.
-1, a mail transmitting means 8-2 for transmitting a mail to a designated destination, a received mail storage unit 11- of the RAM 11 for receiving a mail and classifying the received mail for each destination.
E-mail receiving means 8-3 stored in ROM 3, ROM 10,
A control unit 8-0, which includes a RAM 11, an input / output control device, etc., and performs overall control of the device according to the present embodiment, and a display means for controlling the liquid crystal display circuit unit 5, which drives the liquid crystal display unit 2-1 shown in FIG. 8-4 and the transparent tablet unit 2-2 shown in FIG.
Input means 8 for controlling the tablet control unit 4 for controlling the
5, a storage unit 8-6 for storing the received mail in the RAM 11, and a storage unit 8 according to an instruction from the control unit 8-0.
-6 is provided with content generation means 8-7 for generating data for content confirmation from the file stored in -6.

The received mail is temporarily stored in the received mail storage unit 11-3 of the RAM 11, but can be read out and output by the output means 44 as needed.

The transmitted mail is received at the receiving side, which is the destination, via the network interface 8-1, and is classified by the mail receiving means 8-3 into areas secured in the storage means 8-6 for each destination. Is stored.

FIG. 4B and FIG. 6 of the transmitted mail display screen
In the file reference screen 23 shown in FIG.
When the user designates a file with the button 5 and touches the setting button 23-4, a signal is output from the control unit 8-0 to the storage unit 8-6, and the designated file is read.

The read file data is output to the contents generating means 8-7, where data for confirming the contents is generated and output to the display means 8-4.
The file is displayed on the input / output unit 2 like the attached file windows 24 and 26 shown in FIG.

By touching the OK button 25-1 in the attached file confirmation window 25 displayed together,
The designated attached file name is displayed on the attached file input section 18 of the mail transmission screen shown in FIGS.

When the user touches the send button 20 after inputting all the data necessary for mail transmission, the control unit 8-
From 0, a signal is output to the storage means 8-6, and the outgoing mail data displayed on the input / output unit 2 is stored.

Next, based on the outgoing mail data stored in the storage unit 8-6, the mail transmitting unit 8-2 performs a mail transmitting process by attaching the set file.

Next, processing for performing the above operation will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a process for setting whether or not to confirm the contents of the attached file.

First, when an attachment file content confirmation processing setting is instructed by a menu means (not shown), ST
At EP1, an attached file content confirmation processing setting screen is displayed.

In step 2, the process waits until the input / output unit 2 is touched by the pen.

When the pen touches the input / output unit 2,
In step 3, the touched position is read, and in step 4, it is determined where the pen is touched.

If the pen touch position is the return button 30, the screen returns to the screen before displaying the attached file content confirmation processing setting screen.

If the pen touch position is the radio button 27 with confirmation, the radio button 2 with confirmation in STEP 5
A check mark is added to 7 and the process returns to STEP2.

If the pen touch position is the radio button 28 without confirmation, the radio button 2 without confirmation in STEP 6
A check mark is added to No. 8 and the process returns to STEP2.

If the pen touch position is the setting button 29, it is determined in STEP 7 which radio button is the position where the check mark is added.

If the check mark is added to the radio button 27 with confirmation, the RAM is determined in STEP 8
"1" is set to the attached file content confirmation flag 11-5 of No. 11, and the process proceeds to STEP10.

If the check mark is added to the radio button 28 without confirmation, the RAM is determined in STEP 9
"0" is set to the attached file content confirmation flag 11-5 of No. 11 and the process proceeds to STEP10.

At STEP 10, the attached file content confirmation processing setting screen is closed.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the mail transmission process.

First, a mail transmission screen is displayed in STEP 11, and the process waits until the input / output unit 2 is touched with a pen in STEP 12.

When the pen touches the input / output unit 2,
In step 13, the touched position is read, and in step 14, it is determined where the pen is touched.

If the pen touch position is the return button 22, the screen returns to the screen before the mail transmission screen is displayed.

If the pen touch position is the destination input section 16, the destination mail address is input in STEP15, and
The mail address input to the destination input unit 16 is displayed in STEP 16, and the process returns to STEP 12.

If the pen touch position is the title input section 17, the title is input in STEP17, the title input in the title input section 17 is displayed in STEP18, and the process returns to STEP12.

If the pen touch position is the content input section 19, the mail content to be transmitted is input in STEP19, and the STE
The content input to the content input unit 19 at P20 is displayed, and S
Return to TEP12.

If the pen touch position is the reference button 21, the reference process is performed in STEP21, and the process returns to STEP12.

The reference processing will be described later in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

If the pen touch position is the send button 20, the mail address displayed in the destination input section 16 in STEP 22 is stored in the send mail storage section 11-
4 in the destination memory 11-4-1.

Next, the title displayed on the title input section 17 is stored in the title memory 11-4-2 of the transmission mail storage section 11-4 in STEP 23, and the content input section 19 is stored in STEP 24.
Is stored in the content memory 11-4-4 of the transmission mail storage unit 11-4.

At STEP 25, the attached file input unit 1
By checking whether 8 is not blank, it is determined whether there is an attached file.

If there is no attached file, STEP 27
If there is an attached file, the attached file displayed in the attached file input section 18 is copied to the
It is stored in the attached file memory 11-4-4 of the outgoing mail storage unit 11-4 of M11.

In STEP 27, the mail transmission screen is closed, and in STEP 28, the transmission mail storage unit 11 of the RAM 11 is closed.
The transmission process is performed based on the stored contents of -4, and the process ends.

Next, the file reference process will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the file reference screen 23 shown in FIG. 4B is displayed in STEP 29, and the process waits until the pen touches the input / output unit 2 in STEP 30.

When the pen touches the input / output unit 2,
In step 31, the touch position is read, and in step 32, it is determined where the pen is touched.

If the pen touch position is the return button 23-5, the file reference screen 23 is closed.

If the pen touch position is the arrow button 23-2, a list of file locations is displayed in STEP33.

Then, the process waits until the input / output unit 2 is touched by the pen in STEP34.

When the pen touches the input / output unit 2,
In step 35, the touch position is read, and in step 36, the position where the pen is touched is determined.

If the pen touch position is in the file location list, the file list of the storage location designated in STEP 37 is displayed on the file list display section 23-3, and
Return to 30.

If the pen touch position is other than the file location list, the file location list is closed in STEP 38, and the process returns to STEP 30.

If it is determined in STEP 32 that the pen touch position is on the file list display section 23-3, it is determined in STEP 39 whether the pen touch position is a file name.
Return to

If the pen touch position is a file name, S
The TEP 40 determines what the value of the multiple designation flag 11-6 of the RAM 11 is.

If the value of the multiple designation flag 11-6 is "0", the file name display section 23-1 displays ST in step 41.
The file name specified in EP39 is displayed, and STEP
Return to 30.

If the value of the multiple designation flag 11-6 is "1", the file name display section 23-1 displays ST in step 42.
The file name specified in EP39 is additionally displayed and ST
Return to EP30.

If it is determined in STEP 32 that the pen touch position is the plural designation key 23-6, then STEP 4
In step 44, the multiple designation key 23-6 is displayed in reverse video.
To determine what the value of the plural designation flag 11-6 of the RAM 11 is.

If the value of the plural designation flag 11-6 of the RAM 11 is "0", "1" is set in the plural designation flag 11-6 of the RAM 11 in STEP45, and the process returns to STEP30.

If the value of the plural designation flag 11-6 of the RAM 11 is "1", "0" is set to the plural designation flag 11-6 of the RAM 11 in STEP46, and the process returns to STEP30.

If the pen touch position is the setting button 23-4, the reference screen is closed in STEP47, and in STEP48,
The file name displayed on the file name display section 23-1 is converted into a format including the storage location of the file.

In STEP 49, it is determined what the value of the attached file content confirmation flag 11-5 of the RAM 11 is, and the value of the attached file content confirmation flag 11-5 is set to "0".
If it is, the attached file input section 18 is set to ST in STEP50.
The file name converted in EP48 is displayed, and the file reference processing ends.

If the value of the attached file content confirmation flag 11-5 of the RAM 11 is "1", the RAM 11 is renamed according to the file name converted in STEP 48 in STEP 51.
Then, the designated file is read out from the data storage unit 11-1 of, and data for content confirmation is generated from the file read out in STEP52.

In STEP 53, FIG. 4B and FIG.
Open the attached file windows 24 and 26 shown in
The data for content confirmation generated in EP52 is displayed.

In STEP 54, the process waits until the input / output unit 2 is touched by the pen.
Read the position touched by the pen in EP55, STEP
At 56, it is determined where the pen is touched.

When the scroll bar 26-1 is displayed as in the attached file window 26, if the pen touch position is the arrow button of the scroll bar 26-1, the display in the attached file window 26 is scrolled in STEP57. Then, the process returns to STEP54.

If the pen touch position is the OK button 25-1, the attached file windows 24 and 26 and the attached file confirmation window 25 are closed, and the file name converted in STEP 48 is displayed in the attached file input section 18 in STEP 58, and the file is displayed. The reference processing ends.

When the pen touch position is the NO button 25-
If it is 2, the attached file windows 24 and 26 and the attached file confirmation window 25 are closed, and the file referencing process ends.

According to the above-described processing, when an instruction to attach one or more files is made during creation of a mail to be transmitted, the contents of the specified file can be confirmed.

[0131]

According to the present invention, an invention according to claim 1 is an information processing apparatus for transmitting / receiving an electronic mail via a communication line, the mail generating means for generating the mail,
A file attachment unit for attaching a file to the mail created by the mail creation unit; and a display unit for displaying the contents of the file attached by the file attachment unit, and transmission of the mail created by the mail creation unit. Before, since the content of the attached file is displayed by the display means, and the content of the attached file is urged,
By making it possible to check the contents of a file attached to an e-mail before sending the e-mail, it is necessary to perform another operation to check the contents of the file to be attached before sending the e-mail. And the file to be attached will not be mistaken.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to the first aspect, when a plurality of files are attached by the file attaching means, the display means displays a list of the plurality of attached files. Therefore, when a plurality of files are attached, the files can be listed and viewed, and the file attachment process can be performed easily and reliably.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to the first or second aspect, it is possible to set whether or not to display the contents of the attached file by the display means. Processing can be performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an apparatus employing the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of an input / output unit.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a device employing the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a display screen at the time of mail transmission when a file is attached.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a display screen at the time of mail transmission when a file is attached.

FIG. 6 is a view showing a display screen at the time of mail transmission when a plurality of files are attached.

FIG. 7 is a display screen view for setting whether or not to check the contents of an attached file.

FIG. 8 is a processing block diagram illustrating a mail transmission process.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a process for setting whether or not to check the contents of an attached file.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a mail transmission process.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a file reference process.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Main body cabinet part 2 ... Input / output part 3 ... Cover part 4 ... Tablet control part 5 ... Liquid crystal display circuit part 6 ... Common circuit 7 ... Segment circuit 8 ...・ Central control unit 9 ・ ・ ・ RTC 10 ・ ・ ・ ROM 11 ・ ・ ・ RAM 12 ・ ・ ・ Modular unit 13 ・ ・ ・ Modular control unit 14 ・ ・ ・ Main unit power switch 15 ・ ・ ・ Program media

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An information processing apparatus for transmitting and receiving an electronic mail via a communication line, comprising: a mail creating unit that creates a mail; and a file attaching unit that attaches a file to the mail created by the mail creating unit. Display means for displaying the contents of the file attached by the file attaching means, before sending the mail created by the mail creating means, the contents of the attached file is displayed by the display means, An information processing device for prompting the user to confirm the content. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when a plurality of files are attached by the file attaching means, the display means displays a list of the plurality of attached files. . 3. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein whether or not to display the contents of the attached file by said display means can be set.