Patent ID: 7558983

Claim:
An electronic mail server device, comprising: an electronic mail receiving means for receiving an electronic mail with image data; an electronic mail transmitting means for transmitting the electronic mail with image data received by the electronic mail receiving means to a destination terminal; a facsimile transmitting means for transmitting a facsimile with image data; a storing means for storing an electronic mail address of the destination terminal corresponding with a facsimile number of the destination terminal; and a control means for controlling the facsimile transmitting means to transmit an image data included in the electronic mail to the destination terminal in accordance with the facsimile number corresponding to the electronic mail address of the destination terminal when the electronic mail transmitting means fails to transmit the received electronic mail with image data to the destination terminal; wherein said control means controls a sequence of retransmissions from a plurality of terminal devices, and wherein when the electronic mail transmitting means fails to transmit the electronic mail with image data received by the electronic mail receiving means to the destination terminal, the control means determines whether to retransmit by the facsimile transmitting means in accordance with an electronic mail address which is a transmitter of the electronic mail.