DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION DATA BASE GENERATION BY ELECTRONIC MAIL

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device which generates a personal information data base from information added to electronic mails. SOLUTION: To an electronic mail, a signature part is added which includes personal information consisting of a name entry field, a mail address entry field, a company name department entry field, an address entry field, a telephone number extension entry field, a telephone number line wire entry field, a FAX number extension entry field, and a FAX number line wire entry field. A user once receiving the electronic mail by a mail transmission, a reception part 36 extracts the personal information described in the signature part and a data processor 38 automatically generates and updates the personal information data base and stores it in a storage device 34.