Patent ID: 8051137

Claim:
A multifunctional input/output device having an e-mail client function for sending/receiving e-mails to/from a mail server, the multifunctional input/output device comprising: an e-mail acquiring unit configured to acquire a first e-mail from the mail server; a storing unit configured to store, at a database storage location identified by an ID, the first e-mail acquired from the mail server by the e-mail acquiring unit; a printing unit configured to print code information onto a print medium and then print the first e-mail stored by the storing unit onto the print medium having the printed code information, the code information having been generated by encoding the ID identifying the database storage location of the first e-mail, and the code information encoding the ID identifying the database storage location of the first e-mail being printed in its entirety onto the print medium; a reading unit configured to read the code information printed onto the print medium by the printing unit to obtain said ID, and access the database storage location identified by the ID to determine a source e-mail address of the first e-mail stored at the database storage location; and an e-mail sending unit configured to send a second e-mail to the source e-mail address acquired from the code information read by the reading unit.