Facsimile mail system

A facsimile mail system including a plurality of subscriber terminals, a facsimile mail apparatus and an exchange for connecting said subscriber terminals to said facsimile mail apparatus, said facsimile mail system comprising:

• adding means attached to said exchange, for adding an originator identification number to necessary information about a mail service entered from one of said subscriber terminals in response to a connection request from said one subscriber terminal;
• transmitting means, attached to said exchange, for transmitting to said facsimile mail apparatus said necessary information about said mail service supplemented with said originator identification number;
• converting means attached to said facsimile mail apparatus, for converting said necessary information coming from said exchange into a mail function code for internal processing;
• and
• connecting means, attached to said exchange, for connecting said one subscriber terminal to said facsimile mail apparatus upon receipt of a connection enable response sent from said facsimile mail apparatus.