Communication device having the capability of performing information exchange between a facsimile medium and an electronic information medium such as an e-mail medium

A communication apparatus comprising:

• an authentication unit, adapted to perform an authentication for checking whether e-mail data to be received is present in an e-mail server;
• a receiver, adapted to receive e-mail data to which an image file is attached from the e-mail server in accordance with a transmission request in a case where the authentication by said authentication unit has succeeded;
• a reproduce unit, adapted to reproduce an image based on the image file attached to the e-mail data received by said receiver;
• a determining unit, adapted to determine whether the image based on the image file attached to the e-mail data received by said receiver is reproducible by said reproduce unit or not, after the authentication performed by said authentication unit has succeeded;
• and
• a request unit, adapted to issue a delete request to the e-mail server for deleting the e-mail data received by said receiver in a case where said determining unit determines that the image based on the image file attached to the e-mail data received by said receiver is reproducible by said reproduce unit and not to issue the delete request to the e-mail server in a case where said determining unit determines that the image based on the image file attached to the e-mail data received by said receiver is not reproducible by said reproduce unit.

A communication apparatus comprising:

• a receiver, adapted to receive e-mail data to which an image file is attached from an e-mail server in accordance with a transmission request;
• a reproduce unit, adapted to reproduce an image based on the image file attached to the e-mail data received by said receiver;
• a determining unit, adapted to determine whether the image based on the image file attached to the e-mail data received by said receiver is reproducible by said reproduce unit or not;
• a printer, adapted to print the image reproduced by said reproduce unit in a case where said determining unit determines that the image is reproducible;
• a request unit, adapted to issue a delete request to the e-mail server for deleting the e-mail data received by said receiver;
• and
• a selection unit, adapted to select a timing for issuing the delete request from a plurality of conditions, the plurality of conditions including any one of a condition regarding said receiver, a condition regarding said determining unit and a condition regarding said printer,
• wherein said request unit issues the delete request for deleting the e-mail data received by said receiver at the timing selected by selection unit.

A communication method comprising:

• receiving e-mail data to which an image file is attached from an e-mail server in accordance with a transmission request;
• reproducing an image based on the image file attached to the received e- mail data;
• determining whether the image based on the image file attached to the received e-mail data is reproducible or not;
• generating error information in a case where it is determined that the image is not reproducible;
• and
• printing the reproduced image in a case where it is determined that the image is reproducible, and printing the generated error information instead of printing the image file attached to the received e-mail data in a case where it is determined that the image based on the image file attached to the received e-mail data is not reproducible, the error information including information for specifying the received e-mail data to which the image file corresponding to the image determined to be not reproducible is attached.

A communication method comprising:

• performing an authentication for checking whether e-mail data to be received is present in an e-mail server;
• receiving the e-mail data to which an image file is attached from the e-mail server in accordance with a transmission request in a case where the authentication has succeeded;
• reproducing an image based on the image file attached to the received e-mail data;
• determining whether the image based on the image file attached to the received e-mail data is reproducible or not, after the authentication has succeeded;
• and
• issuing a delete request to the e-mail server for deleting the received e-mail data in a case where it is determined that the image based on the image file attached to the received e-mail data is reproducible and not issuing the delete request to the e-mail server in a case where it is determined that the image based on the image file attached to the received e-mail data is not reproducible.

A communication method comprising:

• receiving e-mail data to which an image file is attached from an e-mail server in accordance with a transmission request;
• reproducing an image based on the image file attached to the received e-mail data;
• determining whether the image based on the image file attached to the received e-mail data is reproducible or not;
• printing the reproduced image in a case where it is determined that the image is reproducible;
• issuing a delete request to the e-mail server for deleting the received e-mail data;
• and
• selecting a timing for issuing the delete request from a plurality of conditions, the plurality of conditions including any one of a condition regarding the receiving, a condition regarding the determining and a condition regarding the printing,
• wherein the delete request for deleting the received e-mail data is issued at the selected timing.

A computer-readable storage medium, storing, in executable form, a program, comprising:

• a code to receive e-mail data to which an image file is attached from an e-mail server in accordance with a transmission request;
• a code to reproduce an image based on the image file attached to the received e-mail data;
• a code to determine whether the image based on the image file attached to the received e-mail data is reproducible or not;
• a code to generate error information in a case where it is determined that the image is not reproducible;
• and
• a code to print the reproduced image in a case where it is determined that the image is reproducible, and to print the generated error information instead of printing the image file attached to the received e-mail data in a case where it is determined that the image based on the image file attached to the received e-mail data is not reproducible, the error information including information for specifying the received e-mail data to which the image file corresponding to the image determined to be not reproducible is attached.

A computer-readable storage medium, storing, in executable form, a program, comprising:

• a code to perform an authentication for checking whether e-mail data to be received is present in an e-mail server;
• a code to receive e-mail data to which an image file is attached from the e-mail server in accordance with a transmission request;
• a code to reproduce an image based on the image file attached to the received e-mail data;
• a code to determine whether the image based on the image file attached to the received e-mail data is reproducible or not, after the authentication has succeeded;
• and
• a code to issue a delete request to the e-mail server for deleting the received e-mail data in a case where it is determined that the image based on the image file attached to the received e-mail data is reproducible and not to issue the delete request to the e-mail server in a case where it is determined that the image based on the image file attached to the received e-mail data is not reproducible.

A computer-readable storage medium, storing, in executable form, a program, comprising:

• a code to receive e-mail data to which an image file is attached from an e-mail server in accordance with a transmission request;
• a code to reproduce an image based on the image file attached to the received e-mail data;
• a code to determine whether the image based on the image file attached to the received e-mail data is reproducible or not;
• a code to print the reproduced image in a case where it is determined that the image is reproducible;
• a code to issue a delete request to the e-mail server for deleting the received e-mail data;
• and
• a code to select a timing for issuing the delete request from a plurality of conditions, the plurality of conditions including any one of a condition regarding the receiving, a condition regarding the determining and a condition regarding the printing,
• wherein the delete request for deleting the received e-mail data is issued at the selected timing.