Patent ID: 8412781
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image communicating apparatus which is connected to a network capable of performing E-mail communication, comprising: an E-mail receiving unit, constructed to receive E-mail; a detecting unit, constructed to detect control information which requests a message disposition notification (MDN) from the E-mail received by the E-mail receiving unit; a transmitting unit, constructed to transmit the MDN for the E-mail which was received by the E-mail receiving unit and of which the control information was detected by the detecting unit, to a sender of the E-mail; a registering unit, constructed to register information indicating whether or not the transmitting unit automatically transmits the MDN; a display unit, constructed to display a notification that the E-mail having the control information has been received, based on the detection of the control information from the E-mail by the detecting unit, in a case where the information indicating that the transmitting unit automatically transmits the MDN is not registered by the registering unit; and a printing unit, constructed to print the E-mail received by the E-mail receiving unit.