Patent ID: 8775522

Claim:
A system comprising a transmission apparatus and a reception apparatus, the system for transmitting e-mail data from the transmission apparatus to the reception apparatus, wherein the transmission apparatus comprises: a generation unit configured to generate the e-mail data; a first transmission unit configured to transmit the e-mail data generated by the generation unit with information for requesting the reception apparatus to transmit a transmittal confirmation result regarding the e-mail data generated by the generation unit, wherein the information includes a request for the reception apparatus to transmit the transmittal confirmation result not via a mail server; and a first reception unit configured to receive the transmittal confirmation result, which is transmitted by the reception apparatus in response to the information transmitted by the first transmission unit, wherein the transmittal confirmation result is transmitted from the reception apparatus not via a mail server, wherein the reception apparatus comprises: a second reception unit configured to receive the e-mail data from a transmission apparatus; a determination unit configured to determine whether the information is received with the e-mail data; and a second transmission unit configured to transmit, not via a mail server, the transmittal confirmation result in a case where the determination unit determines that the information is received with the e-mail data, and to transmit, via a mail server, the transmittal confirmation result in a case where the determination unit determines that the information is not received with the e-mail data; and wherein at least one of the generation unit, the first transmission unit, the first reception unit, the second reception unit, the determination unit, and the second transmission unit is implemented by a processor and a memory.