Patent ID: 7009725

Claim:
An electronic mail communication apparatus transmitting an e-mail to a destination via a mail server, the electronic mail communication apparatus comprising: a scanner configured to scan image data; a memory configured to store a limit capacity of the mail server, the limit capacity indicating a maximum data amount that the mail server can store for one e-mail transmission; and a controller configured to convert the image data into data for Internet transmission, to attach the converted data to the e-mail, and to transmit, to the destination, the e-mail to which the converted data is attached, via the mail server, the controller being further configured to compare the data amount of the e-mail to which the converted data is attached with the limit capacity of the mail server, and to notify a user of the electronic mail communication apparatus of an excess of the data amount of the e-mail to which the converted data is attached over the limit capacity of the mail server when the data amount of the e-mail to which the converted data is attached exceeds the limit capacity of the mail server.