Patent ID: 6995856

Claim:
An image data communication apparatus connected to an image data source and to a network, and transmitting image data attached to an e-mail to a receiving apparatus via the network, the e-mail including a mail from command and a mail message, the image data attached to the e-mail as an openable document, the image data communication apparatus comprising: a memory configured to store information regarding an identification of at least one user of the image data communication apparatus and a mail address of the at least one user; a panel section configured to select the information regarding an identification of at least one user and the mail address of the at least one user stored in the memory; and a controller configured to set the information regarding the identification of the user and the mail address of the user selected by the panel section, into the mail message of the e-mail to which the image data is attached, whereby opening, at the receiving apparatus, of the attached image data is not required to determine the information regarding the identification of the user, and the mail address of the user set into the mail message of the e-mail can be utilized as a destination for a reply to the e-mail, the reply being sent from the receiving apparatus.