Patent ID: 8676898
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A communication apparatus comprising: a reception unit configured to receive first electronic mail data transmitted by an external apparatus, to which image data is attached; a transfer unit configured to transfer, as attached image data of second electronic mail data, the image data attached to the first electronic mail data to another external apparatus different from the external apparatus, wherein the attached image data of the second electronic mail data is in a same format as a format of the image data attached to the first electronic mail data; a determination unit configured to determine whether the image data attached to the first electronic mail data is able to be decoded by the communication apparatus; a control unit configured to control the transfer unit so as to transfer the image data attached to the first electronic mail data as the attached image data of the second electronic mail data, if the determination unit determines that the image data attached to the first electronic mail data is able to be decoded by the communication apparatus, and not to transfer the image data attached to the first electronic mail data as the attached image data of the second electronic mail data, if the determination unit determines that the image data attached to the first electronic mail data is not able to be decoded by the communication apparatus; a non-transitory computer-readable memory configured to store computer-executable code; and a processor configured to function as at least one of the units by executing the computer-executable code stored in the non-transitory computer-readable memory.