Patent ID: 9641473
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a scanner unit configured to scan an image; a setting unit configured to set a Post Office Protocol (POP) account issued to the image processing apparatus by a POP server, wherein after issuing the POP account to the image processing apparatus, the POP server assigns a mailbox for incoming email to the image processing apparatus; a sending unit configured to send an e-mail, to which the image scanned by the scanner unit is attached, to a destination in accordance with Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP); an authentication unit configured to perform POP authentication using the POP account before sending the e-mail in accordance with the SMTP; a reception unit configured to receive a delete instruction from a user; and a deletion request unit configured to request, based on the reception of the delete instruction, the POP server to delete e-mails stored in the mailbox assigned to the image processing apparatus, the mailbox being included in the POP server and corresponding to the POP account, without receiving the e-mails stored in the mailbox from the POP server, wherein the image processing apparatus has an e-mail transmitting function but does not have an e-mail receiving function.