Patent ID: 7184161

Claim:
An image data communication apparatus connected 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 communication apparatus comprising: a scanner configured to scan image data; a panel configured to input an e-mail address of a user to the image data communication apparatus, the panel including a start button; and a controller configured to control the scanner to scan the image data and to convert the scanned image data into a format for e-mail transmission in response to the start button being operated by the user of the image data communication apparatus, the controller being further configured to set the e-mail address of the user, input by the panel, into the mail message of the e-mail to which the image data is attached, the e-mail address of the user being distinct from an e-mail address of the image data communication apparatus, whereby the e-mail address of the user set into the mail message of the e-mail can be utilized as a destination of a reply to the e-mail, the reply being sent from the receiving apparatus, the reply being returned to the e-mail address of the user, the reply not being returned to the e-mail address of the image data communication apparatus.