To notify that an electronic mail has been received, only when the electronic mail from a notified object person is received.

This device has a reception means 1 for receiving an electronic mail, an electronic mail analysis means 2 for analyzing a mail received by the electronic reception means 1, a notification object person storage means 3 for storing the notification object person, a notification object person decision means 5 for deciding whether or not the result analyzed by the electronic mail analysis means 2 is stored by the notification object person storage means 3, a notified party storage means 6 for storing a notified party of a user's portable telephone and the like, and a calling means 8 which calls to the notified party stored by the notified party storage means 6, when the mail received by the electronic mail reception means 1 is determined to be the one from the notified object person by the notification object person decision means 5.