Patent ID: 6781721
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
A facsimile apparatus connected to a telephone network and to the Internet, the facsimile apparatus being capable of receiving E-mail data via the Internet and transmitting facsimile data to a facsimile destination via the telephone network, the facsimile apparatus comprising:a detector that detects, in a mail address of the E-mail data, a password indicating an instruction to relay the received E-mail data to the facsimile destination, and a telephone number of the facsimile destination; a generator that, when the detector detects the password and the telephone number, deletes the password from the mail address, and generates header information including a mail address after deleting the password; a converter that converts the E-mail data, including the header information, into facsimile data, and a transmitter that transmits the converted facsimile data with the header information, without the password that instructs relaying, to the facsimile destination indicated by the telephone number.