Mail attachment searching and managing method and system

The invention discloses a mail attachment searching and managing method. The method comprises the steps of obtaining information in a mail; forming a first attachment list according to the obtained mail information; filtering the repeated attachment information contained in the first attachment list to generate a second attachment list; searching for attachments according to information content in the second attachment list. The invention further provides a mail attachment searching and managing system. The method and the system have the advantages that the mail attachments can be effectively managed, the retrieval efficiency can be effectively improved, and the time cost for retrieval is reduced.