Patent ID: 8892664
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image communicating apparatus which is capable of performing E-mail communication via a network, comprising: a processor for executing process steps, and a memory for storing process steps executed by the processor, wherein the process steps cause the processor to function as: a transmitting unit, configured to send an E-mail accompanied by an image file to a transmission destination; an adding unit, configured to add, to the sent E-mail, information for requesting a message disposition notification for the sent E-mail; a receiving unit, configured to receive an E-mail and to receive a message disposition notification for the sent E-mail; a managing unit, configured to manage transmission management information of the sent E-mail; and an analyzing unit, configured to analyze the received message disposition notification, wherein the analysis includes a search of the received message disposition notification for disposition information which indicates how the sent E-mail was processed by a receiver of the sent E-mail, and an analysis of the disposition information so as to obtain a determination based on the disposition information of whether the result of sending the sent E-mail was successful or was not successful; wherein the managing units sets the determination to the transmission management information for the sent E-mail, whereby the transmission management information for sent E-mail thereby indicates that the result of sending the sent E-mail was successful or not successful.