Patent ID: 7142320

Claim:
An Internet facsimile machine comprising: a processor having an ability exchanging function for exchanging a series of electronic mails with a receiving device that relate to a single transmission, including transmitting to the receiving device a first electronic mail that includes format information of original image data and standard format image data, receiving from the receiving device a second electronic mail that includes machine receiving ability information of the receiving device, and transmitting to the receiving device a third electronic mail that includes image data formed from the original image data in accordance with the machine receiving ability information, wherein the relation of the series of electronic mails to the single transmission is indicated by a common message ID in the electronic mails; the processor having a communication management recording function for storing a communication record table of the series of electronic mails, and outputting the communication record table; a storage device storing communication identifying information and communication procedure information for the series of electronic mails as a plurality of communication records; and a communication records outputting device for outputting the communication records formed in accordance with the communication identifying information and the communication procedure information and name the communication records of the series of the electronic mails when outputting the communication record table by the processor having the communication management recording function, wherein the communication record table is formatted according to common message ID to show the relation of the series of electronic mails to the single transmission, wherein the communication records outputting device outputs only a reception record of the electronic mails including the image data that is formed in accordance with the machine receiving ability information, among the communication records of the series of electronic mails.