To provide an information distribution system and information distributing method and program for increasing the utility value of a portable terminal as a communication tool to both a distributor and a receiver of information by assisting in facilitating a display operation of information to be distributed to the portable terminal.

An information distribution server 5 receives e-mail 4 including an image and a message transmitted to the portable terminal 6 from a distribution terminal 2 (2a, 2b) and creates and transmits display data to be displayed on the screen of the portable terminal 6. The portable terminal 6 executes a waiting display program and displays the received display data on a waiting screen. The portable terminal 6 can eliminate an access wall of a display operation to the image and the message without being disturbed by the display operation of the e-mail 4 as in the conventional practice because of this.