Patent ID: 7355734

Claim:
A dial-up Internet facsimile apparatus, comprising: a modem that makes a dial-up connection to a service provider of e-mail via a telephone line; an operation section that includes at least a start button and a stop button, the stop button being configured for disconnecting the connection to the service provider; and an e-mail receiver that receives e-mail data from the connected service provider and that, when the stop button is operated while receiving the e-mail data, disconnects the connection to the service provider without waiting for the completion of the e-mail data reception, and requires operation of the start button to perform another communication, wherein the e-mail receiver, upon disconnection of the connection to the service provider, stores data indicating that the e-mail data has been incompletely received, wherein, prior to receiving e-mail data, the e-mail receiver determines whether the e-mail data represents new data or represents previously incompletely received data, wherein when the e-mail receiver determines that the e-mail data represents previously incompletely received data, the e-mail receiver does not receive the e-mail data and determines whether another e-mail is to be received.