Patent ID: 7394559
Filing Date: 2008-07-01
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A network facsimile device connected to the Internet or a local area network, employing an electronic mail function, and having a function of exchanging image information through said Internet or said local area network and functions of a facsimile device, comprising: delivery notifying partner storing means for storing a mail address of a destination address to which a confirmation is to be delivered; delivery confirmation mail confirming means for detecting, at a time of receiving electronic mail, whether the received electronic mail is an electronic delivery confirmation mail for confirming mail delivery; and delivery confirmation mail transferring means for determining whether the delivery confirmation mail indicates successful mail delivery, and for transferring said delivery confirmation mail confirmed by said confirming means to said destination address stored in said delivery notifying partner storing means when the delivery confirmation mail indicates successful mail delivery.