Patent ID: 7397575

Claim:
A communication apparatus comprising: connecting means for connecting the communication apparatus to a communication network containing an electronic mail exchange device; input means for inputting image data representing an image; transmitting means for transmitting an electronic mail, to which the image data inputted by said input means is attached, via said connecting means; receiving means for receiving an electronic mail as notification of an error, via said connecting means; analyzing means for analyzing the electronic mail as notification of the error received by said receiving means; converting means for converting a size of the image data, inputted by said input means, into a smaller size according to an analysis result obtained by said analyzing means; control means for automatically carrying out a controlling operation so as to retransmit the electronic mail, to which the image data with the size thereof converted by said converting means is attached, by said transmitting means, in response to said receiving means receiving the electronic mail for notifying the error which indicates that the size of the electronic mail transmitted by said transmitting means is too large; and output means for outputting a report including at least a transmitting date, a destination, original information for specifying a parameter of the image data input by said input means, and retransmission information for specifying a parameter of the image data which has been converted by said converting means, in a case where a retransmitting of the electronic mail by said transmitting means has been carried out.