Patent ID: 7012708

Claim:
A transmitting Internet facsimile apparatus transmitting data to a receiving Internet facsimile apparatus via a telephone network and being connected to the Internet, the receiving Internet facsimile apparatus being connected to a mail server via the Internet, the mail server storing an e-mail directed to the receiving Internet facsimile apparatus, the receiving Internet facsimile apparatus accessing the mail server to obtain the e-mail directed to the receiving Internet facsimile apparatus, the transmitting Internet facsimile apparatus comprising: a controller configured to transmit, to the mail server via the Internet, the e-mail directed to the receiving Internet facsimile apparatus, the controller being further configured to transmit a predetermined notice to the receiving Internet facsimile apparatus via the telephone network, the predetermined notice indicating that the transmitting Internet facsimile apparatus has transmitted the e-mail directed to the receiving Internet facsimile apparatus, the predetermined notice further including information regarding a time period that the e-mail is obtainable from the mail server.