Abstract: In a method of reading files from a remote server by an email, the method is applied in a network system having a remote server, a computer and the Internet. The remote server includes a database for storing files and is connected with the computer through the Internet. Users can create an email including a request instruction at the computer and send the email to the remote server for a request of reading files from the remote server. After the remote server reads the email, a file list is replied to the computer according to the request instruction. The user can create another email including a select instruction and a file location and send such email to the remote server. After the remote server receives such email, a corresponding file in the database is returned to the computer according to the select instruction and the file location.