Communication device and communication method

A communication device comprising:

• a transmission file setter which sets an upper limit value of a file capacity transmittable by e-mail;
• a transmission page setter which sets a page count of a transmission file;
• a communicator which divides, when a transmission file including a plurality of number of pages exceeds the upper limit value of the file capacity, the transmission file into a plurality of divided transmission files whose capacity does not exceed the upper limit value, and transmits the plurality of divided transmission files to a specified address;
• a transmission setter which receives a combining configuration file for combining the plurality of divided transmission files, and a setting of a combining tool;
• and
• a controller which controls the transmission file setter, the transmission page setter, and the communicator, wherein
• when the communicator divides the transmission file and transmits the plurality of divided transmission files to the specified address, the controller causes the communicator to also transmit the combining configuration file and the combining tool for creating a file of the page count set by the transmission page setter, in accordance with the setting of the transmission setter.