Abstract: This invention relates to an e-mail fetching/reading apparatus and recording medium capable of reading by voice whether there is any mail and the content of the mail automatically and remove troublesome and burdensome operations. Thee-mail fetching/reading apparatus according to the invention is structured to notify a user by voice whether there is any e-mail addresses to the user and received at the mail server 1 by making access to the mail server 1 automatically through the network and read by voice the number of received messages, appointed information such as the dates, sender's names, title in the mailer information and/or the content of the e-mail mentioned as the body.