Patent ID: 7054026

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 message, the image data attached to the e-mail as an openable document, the image data communication apparatus comprising: a memory configured to store default information, information regarding an identification of at least one user of the image data communication apparatus, and a default e-mail address of the image data communication apparatus; and a panel section configured to select the information regarding an identification of at least one user stored in the memory; and a controller configured to set the default e-mail address and the default information into the mail message of the e-mail to which the image data is attached when the information regarding the identification of the user is not selected by the panel section, the controller being configured to set the default e-mail address and the information regarding the identification of the user selected by the panel section into the mail message of the e-mail to which the image data is attached when the information regarding the identification of the user is selected by the panel section, whereby opening, at the receiving apparatus, of the attached image data is not required to determine the information regarding the identification of the user.