Patent ID: 8621579
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A communication apparatus that transmits an email with an email distributing apparatus, the communication apparatus comprising: a non-transitory computer-readable memory configured to store computer-executable codes; and a processor configured to execute the computer-executable codes stored in the non-transitory computer-readable memory to execute: an authentication task that authenticates a user; an acquiring task that acquires authentication information that has been stored in association with the authenticated user, in a case where the authentication by the authentication task succeeds; a performing task that performs a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMPT) authentication with the email distributing apparatus using the authentication information acquired by the acquiring task, when transmitting the email; a transmission task that transmits the email in which an email address of the communication apparatus is set to a FROM field, with the email distributing apparatus, when the SMTP authentication performed by the performing task succeeds; and a determining task that determines whether a transmission mode is a first transmission mode or a second transmission mode, wherein the authentication information acquired by the acquiring task varies with a plurality of users, while the email address of the communication apparatus is common for the plurality of users, wherein the transmission task transmits the email in which the email address of the communication apparatus is set to a FROM field if the determining task determines that the transmission mode is the first transmission mode, and wherein the transmission task transmits the email in which the email address of the authenticated user is set to a FROM field if the determining task determines that the transmission mode is the second transmission mode.