Electronic mail machine and internet facsimile machine

An Internet facsimile communication method comprising:

• judging whether or not a destination of image data is a destination to which electronic mail can be transmitted without passing through a relay mail server, and whether or not the destination of the image data is an Internet facsimile machine having a mail server function;
• forming image data of an original per page to be transmitted, and transmitting each of the image data formed per page as an attached file of one electronic mail respectively, if the destination of the image data is the destination to which electronic mail can be transmitted without passing through the relay mail server, and the destination of the image data is the Internet facsimile machine having the mail server function;
• forming all pages of the original as one image file, and transmitting the image file as an attached file of one electronic mail, if the destination of the image data is not the destination to which electronic mail can be transmitted without passing through the relay mail server, or if the destination of the image data is not the Internet facsimile machine having the mail server function.

An Internet facsimile machine comprising means for receiving electronic mail;

• and means for, if receiving a plurality of electronic mails within one electronic mail forwarding protocol session, carrying out output processing of each of the electronic mails each time the each of the electronic mails is received.

An Internet facsimile machine comprising means for receiving electronic mail;

• and means for, if receiving a plurality of electronic mails within one electronic mail forwarding protocol session, sending back electronic mail showing a reception processing result of each of the electronic mails each time the each of the electronic mails is received.

An Internet facsimile machine comprising means for receiving electronic mail;

• and means for, if receiving a plurality of electronic mails within one electronic mail forwarding protocol session, sending back electronic mail showing a reception processing result of all of the electronic mails by one transmission after receiving all of the electronic mails.

An Internet facsimile machine comprising:

• means for forming image data of an original, per page, to be transmitted;
• and means for transmitting each image data formed per page as an attached file of one electronic mail respectively to a mail server at a destination within a same electronic mail forwarding protocol session.

An Internet facsimile machine at a transmitting side comprising:

• means for judging whether or not connection is made directly with an Internet facsimile machine at a receiving side without passing through other mail server(s);
• means for designating proceeding to a special communication mode to the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side, and transferring a transmission right of electronic mail to the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side, if it is judged that the connection is made directly with the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side without passing through the other mail server(s);
• means for transmitting, to the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side, image data formed based on ability information of the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side when the Internet facsimile machine at the transmitting side is notified of the ability information of the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side which has received notification of the proceeding to the special communication mode, and the Internet facsimile machine at the transmitting side receives the transmission right.

An Internet facsimile machine at a receiving side comprising:

• means for notifying ability information of the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side to an Internet facsimile machine at a transmitting side, and transferring a transmission right of electronic mail to the Internet facsimile machine at the transmitting side, when from the Internet facsimile machine at the transmitting side connected to the receiving side, proceeding to a special communication mode is designated to the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side, and the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side receives the transmission right of electronic mail;
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• means for receiving image data transmitted, by electronic mail, from the Internet facsimile machine at the transmitting side which has received the ability information.

An electronic mail communication system comprising:

• a machine at a transmitting side for carrying out forwarding of electronic mail with a machine at a receiving side, and transmitting a transmission right reversing command after transmitting electronic mail having a delivery confirmation demand to the machine at the receiving side;
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• the machine at the receiving side for transmitting delivery confirmation concerning the received electronic mail when the machine at the receiving side receives the transmission right reversing command after receiving the electronic mail having the delivery confirmation demand.

An electronic mail communication machine for forwarding electronic mail to a machine at a receiving side, wherein in a case where it is certain that when the electronic mail communication machine transmits electronic mail having a delivery confirmation demand, the machine at the receiving side sends back delivery confirmation, the electronic mail communication machine transmits a transmission right reversing command after the electronic mail communication machine transmits the electronic mail having the delivery confirmation command so that the electronic mail communication machine can receive the delivery confirmation from the machine at the receiving side.

An electronic mail communication machine for receiving electronic mail transmitted from a machine at a transmitting side, wherein in a case where the electronic mail communication machine receives a transmission right reversing right from the machine at the transmitting side after receiving electronic mail having a delivery confirmation demand, the electronic mail communication machine transmits delivery confirmation concerning the received electronic mail.