Patent ID: 7321442

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 the image data; a memory configured to store a default e-mail address, the memory being within the image data communication apparatus; a panel configured to input an e-mail address of a user into the image data communication apparatus, the panel including a start actuator; 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 operation of the start actuator, the controller being further configured to set the default e-mail address into the mail message of the e-mail to which the image data is attached when the e-mail address of the user is not input by the panel, 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 when the e-mail address of the user is input by the panel, 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 is 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, and not being returned to e-mail address of the image data communication apparatus.