Patent ID: 6094277
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
An Internet facsimile apparatus for receiving image data from an e-mail received over a computer network, comprising:a facsimile device connected to a telephone network;a printer for printing data;an interface connected to the computer network;a data storage for storing the data; anda processor controllably connected to the facsimile device, the printer, the interface and the data storage,wherein, when the e-mail is received through the interface and an image file including a plurality of image data is appended to the e-mail, each image data corresponding to one page of an original document, and when an attribute of the image data included in the image file is unsuitable for the function of the Internet facsimile apparatus, the processor decides whether a volume of image data corresponding to one page of the original document is less than a predetermined value,wherein when the volume is less than the predetermined value, the processor generates a reply mail including an error message and appended image data corresponding to one page of the original document, and sends the reply mail to a sender,and wherein when the volume exceeds the predetermined value, the processor generates a reply mail without image data, including e-mail identification information and the error message, and sends the reply mail to the sender.