Patent ID: 6961411

Claim:
An electronic-mail apparatus, comprising: an electronic-mail receiver that receives data having an electronic-mail format via a network; an analyzer that analyzes a header of the data in the electronic mail format received by said electronic mail receiver and determines whether or not the data in the electronic mail format agrees with image data of an electronic mail format; a converter that converts the data in the electronic-mail format into printable image data based upon the information in header; a facsimile receiver that negotiates with a facsimile sender, and receives facsimile image data from the facsimile sender via a telephone network; and a printer that is configured to print, based upon the received data, the converted printable image data and the received facsimile image data; wherein said electronic-mail receiver, said converter, said analyzer, said facsimile receiver and said printer are integrated in the electronic-mail apparatus.