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A message transfer service system comprising a data base for managing an address record for each user, message servers and clients served by the servers. Address data with which a recipient can be identified is used as a destination address. If there is only one address in an address record of the r

A message transfer service system comprising a data base for managing an address record for each user, message servers and clients served by the servers. Address data with which a recipient can be identified is used as a destination address. If there is only one address in an address record of the recipient, a message is sent to the address. If the address record contains a plurality of addresses, the addresses are sorted in order of priority based on destination specifying information, which may be registered in the address record by the recipient or specified by the sender. In this case, the message is sent to the highest-priority address. The format of message is converted according to the kind of terminal identified by the highest-priority address, if necessary. The server can execute a script received with a message. The server can generate a user interface by using interface components stored therein on the basis of application setting information.

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1. A message transfer service system for providing users with improved message transfer services, comprising:a directory server for managing an address record for each of the users of the message transfer service system; at least one message server for providing the user with said improved message t

1. A message transfer service system for providing users with improved message transfer services, comprising:a directory server for managing an address record for each of the users of the message transfer service system; at least one message server for providing the user with said improved message transfer services, each of said at least one message server comprising: means for using address data given as an electronic mail (e-mail) address by a sending user to obtain an address record of a recipient from said directory server, said address data including a recipient identifying part and a server address part; means for obtaining a mail address associated with said address data from said obtained address record, said means for obtaining a mail address including: selecting means, responsive to a determination that said address record of said recipient contains a plurality of addresses, for selecting as said mail address one of said addresses which is of a highest priority based on destination specifying information registered in the address record by the recipient or the sender; and means for transferring a message given with said address data by said sender to said obtained mail address.