Patent ID: 6972874

Claim:
An image communicating apparatus for transmitting image data to another apparatus through a public communication network, comprising: input means for inputting image data; compression means for compressing the image data input by said input means; first transmission means for transmitting by facsimile the image data compressed by said compression means; second transmission means for transmitting the image data compressed by said compression means as attached data in an e-mail message; selection means for selecting said first transmission means or said second transmission means; determination means for determining, when said second transmission means is selected by said selection means, whether or not the amount of image data compressed by said compression means is a predetermined amount or greater; and reduction means for reducing the amount of image data to less than the predetermined amount when said determination means determines that the amount of image data is the predetermined amount or greater, wherein said reduction means decompresses the compressed image data and causes said compression means to again compress the image data with a lower resolution.