Patent ID: 8482769

Claim:
A communication apparatus comprising: a reading unit configured to read an image on an original and generate image data based on the read image; a generating unit configured to generate an e-mail message to which the image data generated by the reading unit is attached; a transmitting unit configured to transmit the e-mail message to which the image data has been attached; a processing unit configured to convert the image data generated by the reading unit into image data following an internet FAX standard; a selection unit configured to select one of a first transmission mode in which image data not following the internet FAX standard can be transmitted and a second transmission mode for transmitting image data following the internet FAX standard, as a transmission mode for transmitting the image data generated by the reading unit and attached to the e-mail message; and a control unit configured to control the generating unit to generate the e-mail message to which the image data generated by the reading unit but not converted by the processing unit is attached when the first transmission mode is selected by the selection unit, and to generate the e-mail message to which the image data generated by the reading unit and converted by the processing unit is attached when the second transmission mode is selected by the selection unit, wherein the transmitting unit transmits the e-mail message to which the image data not converted by the processing unit is attached when the first transmission mode is selected, and transmits the e-mail message to which the image data converted by the processing unit is attached when the second transmission mode is selected.