Patent ID: 7702734
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An e-mail communication apparatus comprising: a receiving unit constructed to receive plurality of split e-mails which are generated by dividing an e-mail to which an image file is attached in specified units; a storing unit constructed to store the split e-mails received by said receiving unit; a combining unit constructed to generate combined data including the split e-mails by combining the received split e-mails stored in said storing unit; an output unit constructed to output the combined data generated by said combining unit; a first accepting unit constructed to accept a first instruction input by a user to eliminate the received split e-mails stored in said storing unit in a case where said storing unit doesn't store at least one of the split e-mails generated from the e-mail; an eliminating unit constructed to eliminate 2 or more of the split e-mails which are generated from the e-mail and stored in said storing unit in accordance with the first instruction accepted by said first accepting unit; a second accepting unit constructed to accept a second instruction input by the user to combine the received split e-mails stored in said storing unit; a first control unit constructed to control, in response to the second instruction, said combining unit to generate the combined data by combining 2 or more of the received split e-mails including a leading split e-mail of the e-mail, and to control said output unit to output the combined data, in a case where the received split e-mails include the leading split e-mail of the e-mail; and a second control unit constructed to control, in response to the second instruction, said output unit not to output any of the split e-mails included among those received, when the received split e-mails do not include the leading split e-mail.