Patent ID: 7440131

Claim:
An Internet facsimile apparatus, comprising: an interface configured to receive an e-mail; a printer configured to print the received e-mail; and a controller configured to: determine whether the received e-mail includes a text part when it is determined that the received e-mail comprises a multipart structure; determine whether the text part includes only a predetermined operational code; and determine whether image data is attached to the received e-mail, the image data being printed without printing a page including the text part of the received e-mail when it is determined that the text part includes only the predetermined operational code and when it is determined that image data is attached to the received e-mail; and a memory configured to store the received e-mail, said controller being further configured to erase the text part of the received e-mail from the memory when it is determined that the text part includes only the predetermined operational code and when it is determined that image data is attached to the received e-mail.