Patent ID: 7196824
Filing Date: 2007-03-27
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus, comprising: a setting section which sets an F code indicating a location in which facsimile data received from outside is stored, and a mail address of a computer apparatus connected to a network, associated with the F code; a receiving section which receives the facsimile data along with the F code; a receipt mail creating section which creates, if the facsimile data is received along with the F code, a receipt mail reporting to the mail address associated with the F code that the facsimile data has been received; a processing section which, if a mail including instructions concerning processing on the received facsimile data is accepted with respect to the receipt mail, processes the facsimile data in accordance with the instructions, wherein the mail including the instructions is a reply mail to the receipt mail; and a determining section which receives encryption information preset in association with the mail address along with the reply mail, and determines from the received encryption information whether processing on the facsimile data is performed, wherein if the determining section determines that the processing on the facsimile data is not performed, the determining section deletes the encryption information of the received reply mail and sends the reply mail to a transmission origin.