An e-mail sending and receiving system in which positional data about a
plurality of places can be included in an e-mail message to be sent, and
further detailed data can be obtained based on the included positional
data, thereby improving the convenience and effectiveness of the
positional data. The system includes a mail generating section for
generating an e-mail message to be sent to an addressee; a positional
data storage section for storing a plurality of positional data; and a
positional data attaching section for attaching one or more of the
positional data stored in the positional data storage section to the
e-mail message generated by the mail generating section. The system may
further include a section for generating detailed data relating to each
positional data attached to the e-mail message, and attaching a URL for
accessing the detailed data to the e-mail message.