Patent ID: 8614816

Claim:
A communication device comprising: a setting unit configured to set recipient e-mail addresses for transmitting e-mail data via a mail server or for transmitting e-mail data via a route that does not include any mail server, designated by a user; a generating unit configured to generate the e-mail data having image data; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the e-mail data generated by the generating unit to the recipient e-mail addresses set by the setting unit, wherein, when a plurality of different recipient e-mail addresses including both at least one recipient e-mail address to which the generated e-mail data is to be transmitted via the mail server and at least one other recipient e-mail address to which the generated e-mail data is to be transmitted via a route that does not include any mail server are set by the setting unit, said transmission unit automatically transmits the generated e-mail data to each of the set recipient e-mail addresses by (i) transmitting the generated e-mail data via the mail server, to the at least one recipient e-mail address to which the generated e-mail data is to be transmitted via the mail server, and (ii) transmitting the generated e-mail data via the route that does not include the mail server to the at least one recipient e-mail address to which the generated e-mail data is to be transmitted via the route that does not include the mail server.