JP2002132683A - Electronic mail transmission control method and electronic mail reception control method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic mail transmission control method and an electronic mail reception control method especially suitable for controlling a receiver such as a facsimile type electronic mail device capable of transmitting image data to individuals with excellent operability. SOLUTION: A receiving terminal is constituted as a device which is provided with a function for transmitting image data to a network by converting the image data into the format of an electronic mail, and a control instruction and an electronic mail address list for registration are described in an electronic mail telegraphic message and transmitted by a transmitting terminal. The receiving terminal recognizes whether or not the control instruction is included in the received electronic mail, and when the character string of the control instruction recognized, a destination mail address for registration included in the electronic mail is registered in an external storage part 4 of the receiving terminal.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic mail transmission control method and an electronic mail reception control method in a facsimile-type electronic mail apparatus capable of transmitting and receiving image data by a simple operation similar to that of a facsimile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, facsimile machines have been widely used by many companies as devices capable of transmitting and receiving images by simple operations. However, there are problems such as not knowing whether or not the transmitted image has reached the intended person, and that any received document can be read. For the former problem, a method of returning a communication result report from the receiving side to the transmitting side has been considered, and for the latter problem,
There has been considered a method of securing confidentiality by assigning an ID number to a transmitted image and registering the transmitted image in a memory of a receiver, but in any case, operability is poor and a problem is fundamentally solved. Absent.

[0003] On the other hand, the Internet, which is a worldwide network, is rapidly growing at present, and the number of people who use e-mail using the Internet is also rapidly increasing, mainly at companies. E-mail is sent to a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as P
C) and a workstation (hereinafter, referred to as WS) for transmission / reception, and does not cause the above-described problem of facsimile.

[0004] However, data transmitted and received by e-mail is mainly character codes input from a keyboard, and image data is not yet general. The reason may be that it takes time and effort to convert the image data into a format that can be transmitted as an e-mail. That is, the operability for transmitting image data as e-mail is poor.

In order to improve operability, a facsimile apparatus using electronic mail is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-1.
No. 72348, for example. FIG. 6 shows a schematic configuration diagram of a conventional facsimile apparatus using electronic mail. A CPU 601 controls the apparatus. A ROM 602 stores a program. A RAM 603 is used for program data. Reference numeral 604 denotes a modem unit connected to a telephone line. A printer unit 605 prints image data. A scanner unit 606 reads an image. Reference numeral 607 denotes a panel unit which issues an instruction to read an image, input identification information of a sender, and input identification information of a receiver. A compression / decompression unit 608 compresses or decompresses image data. A computer I / F 609 is connected to the host computer and transmits and receives e-mail.

[0006] The transmission operation of the facsimile apparatus configured as described above is as follows. First, the operator places a document on the scanner unit 606, inputs a destination telephone number and a sender identification code from the panel unit 607, and presses a start button. The scanner unit 606 reads the image, compresses the image data with the compression / decompression unit 608, and transmits the image data from the telephone line to the destination via the modem unit 604 by facsimile procedure. The transmission result is transmitted from the computer I / F unit 609 to the sender's terminal via the host computer as a character-code electronic mail.

The receiving operation is as follows. First, the receiver inputs user identification information from the panel unit 607 in advance and stores it in the RAM 603. When the facsimile original is received via the modem unit 604, when the destination information is sent in the facsimile procedure, it is checked whether or not the destination information matches the user identification information stored in the RAM 603. If they match, the terminal of the user is notified by e-mail via the computer I / F unit 609 that the facsimile document has been received. The received facsimile image data is printed by the printer unit 605.

[0008]

However, in the above-described conventional configuration, although it is notified that the facsimile document has been received by the partner terminal, it is not known whether the transmitted facsimile data actually reaches the intended person. If both the transmitting side and the receiving side do not have the facsimile having the above configuration, there is a problem that the destination cannot be confirmed in the facsimile procedure and that the intended recipient is not notified that the facsimile data has been received. . In other words, the image data transmission itself is performed to the shared facsimile apparatus in the same manner as the normal facsimile transmission, so that it is possible to specify the other party's PC or WS and freely transmit the data. There is no such convenience.

The present invention is intended to solve the above-mentioned conventional problem, and assumes a facsimile-type electronic mail apparatus which can transmit image data to an individual and has excellent operability. An object of the present invention is to provide an e-mail transmission control method and an e-mail reception control method that are particularly suitable for controlling a device.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an apparatus (a facsimile-type electronic apparatus) having a function of converting image data read from a document into an electronic mail format and then transmitting the converted data to a network. Using the e-mail device) as the receiving terminal, the transmitting terminal described and transmitted a control command including a predetermined unique character code in the e-mail message, and the control command was extracted and analyzed from the e-mail message received by the receiving terminal. Thereafter, a predetermined control corresponding to the command is executed. According to the present invention, by transmitting an electronic mail describing a control command from a transmitting terminal such as a personal computer or a work station to a receiving device, it is possible to control the receiving device extremely easily. In particular, it is suitable for controlling a device having insufficient functions of the input means and the display means. For example, if an e-mail address table is registered and e-mail transmission is performed in accordance with the e-mail address table, the operability is remarkably improved.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS According to the present invention, a transmitting terminal describes a control command including a predetermined unique character code in an e-mail message and transmits the same, and the receiving terminal extracts the control command from the received e-mail message. -After analysis, a predetermined control according to the instruction is executed.

[0012] This makes it possible for the transmitting terminal to easily generate a control command, and to transmit and receive the control command by e-mail, so that the receiving device can easily detect and analyze the control command. Control can be performed.

[0013] Further, the present invention provides the above-mentioned electronic mail transmission control method, wherein an electronic mail in which a plurality of control commands are continuously described is transmitted, so that the receiving terminal can continuously execute a plurality of different controls. .

This makes it possible for the receiving apparatus to easily execute different types of control, the same type of continuous operation control, and the like.

Further, according to the present invention, in the electronic mail transmission control method, the control command includes an execution command statement having a specific code, a control target line, and an instruction end statement having the same code as the specific code. Configured.

Thus, the existence of the control command, the control command itself, and the end of the control command are reliably identified on the receiving device side, so that the control of the receiving device itself can be reliably performed.

According to the present invention, in the above-mentioned electronic mail transmission control method, the transmission terminal describes a destination registration instruction as a control instruction and also describes a destination electronic mail address or a destination facsimile number and an ID number corresponding thereto. When the control terminal is detected from the received electronic mail message at the receiving terminal, the destination and the corresponding ID number are registered in the memory.

Thus, the e-mail address and the corresponding ID number can be written by e-mail to the memory of the receiving device. In particular, it is convenient when a large address table is registered from a personal computer, a workstation, or the like to a receiving device such as a facsimile device having insufficient functions of a keyboard and a display.

The present invention also provides the electronic mail transmission control method, wherein the electronic mail is transmitted from the receiving terminal when the registered ID number is input.
As a destination e-mail address or a source e-mail address, the registered e-mail address corresponding to the ID number is written in an e-mail message.

Thus, when an e-mail is transmitted from the receiving terminal, the destination e-mail address can be described in the e-mail to be transmitted according to the registered address table only by inputting the ID number. .

According to the present invention, in the above-mentioned electronic mail transmission control method, when an electronic mail is transmitted from a terminal different from the receiving terminal, the electronic mail address registered in the memory of the receiving terminal before the electronic mail is transmitted. If an ID number corresponding to the ID number is downloaded and the downloaded ID number is input at the time of sending an e-mail, the downloaded e-mail corresponding to the ID number is used as a destination e-mail address or a source e-mail address. The mail address is configured to be written in the e-mail message.

With this, when sending an e-mail from a terminal different from the receiving terminal, even if the terminal does not have a storage device, the size of the address table registered in the receiving terminal is reduced. Since the corresponding table can be downloaded and acquired by providing the corresponding RAM, just by inputting the ID number, the destination can be sent to the e-mail to be transmitted according to the registered address table, similarly to the invention according to claim 5. Can be described.

According to the present invention, in the above-mentioned electronic mail transmission control method, registration is performed by associating a single ID number with a plurality of destination electronic mail addresses, and a single ID number is input when an electronic mail is transmitted. Thus, the broadcast transmission to a plurality of destination e-mail addresses is performed.

Thus, when an e-mail is transmitted from the receiving terminal, the e-mail to be transmitted is described in the e-mail to be transmitted according to the registered address table by inputting a single ID number. Therefore, the registration of the broadcast destination list of the e-mail and the instruction of the broadcast transmission can be executed very easily.

According to the present invention, in the electronic mail transmission control method, a terminal for transmitting an electronic mail according to a registered electronic mail address table reads a document and converts the image data into image data; A facsimile-type electronic apparatus comprising: means for converting to a mail format; and transmitting means for adding a destination mail address and a source mail address to the image data converted to the electronic mail format and transmitting the image data as an electronic mail. It is a mail device.

According to the present invention, in the above-mentioned electronic mail transmission control method, the facsimile type electronic mail device compresses image data to be transmitted for normal facsimile transmission, accumulates the image data in a memory, and converts the image data into an electronic mail format. It was configured to convert.

According to the above, according to the address table having the registered e-mail address and the ID number corresponding to the registered e-mail address, the facsimile-type e-mail apparatus capable of transmitting the e-mail by the same operation as the normal facsimile apparatus, It is very easy to send image data by e-mail. Further, it is possible to configure a facsimile-type electronic mail apparatus by using a circuit for executing the processing of the reading system of a normal facsimile apparatus as it is.

Further, according to the present invention, in the above-mentioned electronic mail transmission control method, the terminal transmitting the electronic mail according to the registered electronic mail address table inputs the registered ID number, and the terminal transmits the electronic mail with the ID number. Describe the corresponding e-mail address, and add an arbitrary e-mail address that is different from the source terminal and is the destination of the error notification when a transmission error is detected in the e-mail. It is configured to include a transmission unit that transmits the data.

Thus, when transmitting image data by e-mail, an error mail notified when an error occurs in the e-mail can be received not at the terminal from which the e-mail is transmitted, but at the user's seat.

The present invention is also a reception control method for a facsimile-type electronic mail device having a memory for storing a destination mail address, and includes a special character string indicating a control command by analyzing the received electronic mail. And if the character string is not recognized, the electronic mail is converted to image data, and if the character string is recognized, the destination mail address included in the electronic mail is It was configured to register in memory.

Thus, the destination e-mail address can be written to the memory of the facsimile type e-mail device by e-mail, which is convenient for registering the destination address in the facsimile type e-mail device having insufficient functions of the keyboard and the display. Become.

Further, in the electronic mail reception control method according to the present invention, the electronic mail includes a plurality of destination mail addresses.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a facsimile-type electronic mail device which is a device suitable for applying the present invention and which can transmit image data by a simple operation like a facsimile. In FIG. 1, 1 is C
It is a PU and controls the present apparatus. 2 is a ROM,
The program is stored. Reference numeral 3 denotes a RAM which is used for program data. An external storage unit 4 such as a hard disk stores compressed image data. A format conversion unit 5 converts the compressed image data into an e-mail format.
A scanner unit 6 reads an image. Reference numeral 7 denotes a panel unit for instructing reading of an image and inputting an e-mail address. A compression / expansion unit 8 compresses the read image data or decompresses the transmitted image data. Reference numeral 9 denotes a LAN control unit.
(Local area network) to send and receive Internet e-mail data.

FIG. 2 shows a flow when image data is transmitted by the facsimile type electronic mail device.
First, in step S1, a document is set on the scanner unit 6,
Enter the destination (alphanumeric) of the e-mail from the panel 7 and press the start button. Next, in step S2, the original set on the scanner unit 6 is input as image data,
In step S3, the compression / decompression unit 8 sets the MR, MM
The data is compressed in an appropriate form such as R or JBIG and stored in the external storage unit 4. At this time, if the document has a plurality of pages, the plurality of pages are stored in the external storage unit 4 as one file.

Next, the stored image data is converted into a character code by the format conversion unit 5, which is based on MIME (Multipurpose I / O).
It follows the Internet e-mail standard called Internet Mail Extensions. In step S4, data is read out from the external storage unit 4 for each page, and TIFF (Tag Image File Fo) is read out.
rmat) header, and in step S5, BASE
Perform 64 encoding. BASE64 converts binary data into a 7-bit text code on the transmission side and restores the original 7-bit code on the reception side.
ncode, ish, etc., but MIME
Adopts this BASE64. This is because special symbols are often used in the header of the email,
In uencode, coding is hindered, but B
This is because ASE64 solves this by assigning another code to such a special symbol.

Then, in step S6, the destination, the source, the conversion method to the character code, and the like are described in the BASE64-encoded data, and a header is added to generate the e-mail data. The destination e-mail address and the source e-mail address are input from a separately prepared keyboard, but if they are input by communication from another PW or WS, the input operation is easy, and the operability at the time of transmission is significantly improved. This input method will be described later in detail. Next, in step S7, the first page of the e-mail data is transmitted from the LAN control unit 9 as an e-mail.
If there are a plurality of pages of image data in the external storage unit 4, the image data of the second and subsequent pages are converted into an e-mail format and transmitted in parallel with the transmission of the e-mail data of the first page. The operation is repeated until the end of the page, and a series of procedures is completed.

In the present embodiment, since the facsimile type e-mail device is connected to the network by the LAN control unit 9, transmission of the e-mail and generation of the e-mail data of the second and subsequent pages are performed in parallel. If the facsimile-type e-mail device is independently connected to a public line or the like, transmission is executed after generating all e-mail data.

As described above, the image data can be extremely easily transmitted as e-mail from this apparatus to a terminal in which an e-mail program supporting MIME is installed. Therefore,
Image data can be sent directly to a personal PC or WS,
Since the transmitted data cannot be viewed by anyone other than the intended person, the immediacy and confidentiality of the data communication can be ensured for the transmission of the image data as well as the electronic mail communication.

When receiving and outputting an e-mail with the facsimile type e-mail device, the procedure is the reverse of the above description. That is, first, the image data of the e-mail is received from the LAN control unit 9 and temporarily stored in the external storage unit 4. Next, the format inverse conversion unit 10 decodes the BASE64 with respect to the image data of the e-mail, converts the image data into a facsimile format, decompresses it by the compression / decompression unit 8, temporarily stores it in the external storage unit 4, The image data is printed by the printer unit 11.

Next, a process for registering a destination mail address and a source mail address in the facsimile-type electronic mail device will be described. The destination mail address and the source mail address can of course be directly input from the keyboard. However, if the input is made by e-mail communication from another PW or WS, the input operation is easy, and the transmission operation is easy. The operability at the time is also significantly improved.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a format for registering a destination mail address and a sender address by electronic mail. The electronic mail is mainly composed of a header 31 and a text 32. @Mail shown in the main text 32
ist is a control command instructing registration of a mail address, a shortened ID number thereof, and a destination address of an error mail described subsequently, and is described as “yamada @ xx.
yy. "zz" and "toyoda@xx.yy.zz" are the destination e-mail addresses, "taro" and "kiyo".
Indicates the shortened ID number as "aaa@bb.cc.dd".
Indicates the return mail address of the error mail when a transmission error occurs in the electronic mail. G1 is “tanaka@xx.yy.zz”, “y”
amada @ xx. yy. zz "" yosida @ x
x. yy. zz "is instructed to be broadcast to three mail addresses, and a single group shortened ID number is assigned to these three destination mail addresses. Also, ＠from is the mail address of the sender of the Internet FAX, usually registers the mail address of the administrator, and is set as the default mail address for returning the error mail. Therefore, when the destination mail address is registered, if the destination of the error mail is the e-mail address of the administrator, it is not necessary to input the error mail. yy.zz ". Further, when the facsimile-type electronic mail device receives facsimile data from a public line instead of from the LAN control unit 9, the @ G3recv converts the data into an electronic mail format and specifies the electronic mail address of the designated PC or WS. nnn@xx.yy.zz ". Similarly, for example, when facsimile data is received from a public line by a control command such as $ rcv, a reception notification may be transmitted by e-mail to a specified terminal. Conversely, the received electronic mail or facsimile data can be transmitted to another facsimile apparatus via a public line by a control command such as $ send. In this case, the destination FAX number is registered instead of the destination mail address.

In the above-described example, the control command instructing the registration is described in the body of the electronic mail. However, a unique code not described in the normal electronic mail indicating the control electronic mail is included in the header. It may be described. For example, Subject :! ! There is a method of describing ＄. In the case of a normal e-mail message, the subject of this e-mail is entered after Subject :, so that the receiving apparatus detects the code of "! Can be identified as a special control instruction different from the title. It goes without saying that the identification code of the control command and the description of the control command itself can be changed as appropriate.

Next, the registration processing on the facsimile type electronic mail device when such a registration instruction e-mail is received will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, in step S41, when the LAN control unit 9 receives the character code data of the e-mail, in step S42
Then, the body of the e-mail is analyzed. Next, step S43
Then, it is determined whether or not a description indicating an instruction exists in the text. If a command statement exists, the subsequent character string is analyzed in step S44. Next, in step S45, the administrator mail address is registered in the external storage unit 4, and in step S46
In step S47, the destination mail address, its shortened ID number, and the destination address of the error mail are registered in the external storage unit 4, and the transfer destination mail address of the G3 FAX is registered in the external storage unit 4 in step S47. On the other hand, if the command statement does not exist, the character data is converted into image data in step S48, and the image data is printed in step S49.

In this way, a list of destination e-mail addresses can be easily input for each individual. Of course, it is not always necessary for the facsimile-type e-mail device serving as a receiving terminal to directly receive the e-mail describing the registration command. For example, the e-mail server on the network receives the e-mail and stores it in a memory as an address table. It is also possible to download the electronic mail device from the electronic mail server as needed, such as when the power is turned on or when the electronic mail application is started. This eliminates the need for preparing a large-sized memory on the terminal side of the facsimile-type electronic mail device.

The above is the description of the registration of the e-mail address table. According to such a method, various controls other than the registration processing of the e-mail address table are performed between the PC and the instruction terminal such as WS. This allows the receiving apparatus to execute the processing without requiring a special protocol.

The procedure for transmitting image data based on the e-mail address table registered in the above procedure will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, in step S51, the destination list button on the panel unit 7 is pressed, and in step S52, an ID number is input. In step 53, the destination mail address corresponding to the ID number is read from the previously registered mail address table. This is displayed on the panel unit 7. Next, step S54
When the start button is pressed, the format of the image data input from the scanner unit 6 is converted and transmitted to the destination (steps S55 to S57). The details of this format conversion are as already described with reference to FIG. Note that the address of the error mail return destination in the previously registered mail address table is described as the source mail address of the e-mail for transmitting the image data, and the error mail return destination is set in the mail address table. If not registered, the administrator email address set as the default is described.
This ensures that the error mail is returned to any of the terminals. Further, when a sender's mail address is input at the time of transmission, the address is described in preference to these addresses. As a method of inputting a sender address at the time of transmission, a sender button of the panel unit 7 is pressed and a sender ID is input.
By inputting, the source address table registered in advance is displayed on the panel unit 7, and one of the source address tables can be designated from among them to improve operability.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, a control command can be easily generated at the transmitting terminal, and the control command can be easily detected and analyzed at the receiving device by transmitting the control command by e-mail. Therefore, it is possible to easily control the e-mail receiving device.

Further, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to cause the receiving apparatus to execute different types of control, the same type of continuous operation control, and the like very easily.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the existence of the control command, the control command itself, and the end of the control command are reliably identified on the receiving device side, so that the control of the receiving device itself is reliably performed. sell.

Further, according to the present embodiment, a plurality of e-mail addresses and their corresponding ID numbers can be written into the memory of the receiving device by e-mail. In particular, it is convenient when a large address table is registered from a personal computer, a workstation, or the like to a receiving device such as a facsimile device having insufficient functions of a keyboard and a display.

According to the present embodiment, when an e-mail is to be transmitted from the receiving terminal, only by inputting an ID number, an e-mail to be transmitted is transmitted to an e-mail to be transmitted in accordance with a registered address table. Address can be described.

Also, according to the present embodiment, when sending an e-mail from a terminal different from the receiving terminal, even if the terminal does not have a storage device, the receiving terminal By providing a RAM corresponding to the size of the registered address table, the table can be downloaded and acquired. Therefore, just as in the above-described invention, the user simply transmits the ID number and transmits data according to the registered address table. The destination e-mail address can be described in the e-mail.

Further, according to the present embodiment, when sending an e-mail from the receiving terminal, a single ID
By simply entering the number, the e-mail to be sent according to the registered address table can be used to describe the e-mail addresses of multiple destinations, making it extremely easy to register the e-mail destination list and instruct the user to send the e-mail. Can be performed.

Further, according to the present embodiment, an e-mail can be transmitted by the same operation as that of a normal facsimile machine according to an address table having a registered e-mail address and an ID number corresponding to the registered e-mail address. Image data can be transmitted by e-mail from a facsimile-type electronic mail device very easily. Further, it is possible to configure a facsimile-type electronic mail apparatus by using a circuit for executing the processing of the reading system of a normal facsimile apparatus as it is.

Further, according to the present embodiment, when transmitting image data by e-mail, an error mail notified when an error occurs in the e-mail is sent to the user at his / her desk, not at the terminal that sent the e-mail. It becomes possible to receive.

[0056]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, a facsimile-type electronic mail apparatus which can transmit image data to an individual and has excellent operability is assumed. An electronic mail transmission control method and an electronic mail reception control method particularly suitable for controlling such a receiving device can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a facsimile type e-mail device used in the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for transmitting image data after format conversion in the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a format example of an e-mail instructing registration of a mail address table in the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a registration process when a registration instruction e-mail is received in the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a transmission procedure based on the e-mail address table of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a conventional facsimile apparatus using electronic mail.

[Description of Signs] 4 External storage unit 5 Format conversion unit 9 LAN control unit

Claims (12)

[Claims] At a transmitting terminal, a control command including a predetermined unique character code is described and transmitted in an e-mail message, and the control command is extracted and analyzed from the received e-mail message at a receiving terminal. An electronic mail transmission control method, wherein a predetermined control according to a command is executed. 2. The electronic mail transmission control according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of different control commands are continuously described to transmit an electronic mail, thereby causing the receiving terminal to continuously execute a plurality of different controls. Method. 3. The control command according to claim 1, wherein the control command includes an execution statement having a specific code, a control target line, and an instruction end statement having the same code as the specific code.
Or the electronic mail transmission control method according to claim 2. 4. A transmitting terminal describes a destination registration command as a control command, and describes and transmits a destination electronic mail address or a destination facsimile number and an ID number corresponding thereto. 4. The electronic mail transmission control method according to claim 1, wherein when the control instruction is detected from a mail message, the destination and an ID number corresponding to the destination are registered in a memory. 5. When transmitting the e-mail from the receiving terminal, if the registered ID number is input, the registered e-mail address corresponding to the ID number is set as a destination e-mail address or a source e-mail address. 5. The electronic mail transmission control method according to claim 4, wherein said electronic mail address is written in an electronic mail message. 6. When transmitting an electronic mail from a terminal different from the receiving terminal, an electronic mail address registered in a memory of the receiving terminal and an ID number corresponding to the electronic mail address are downloaded before transmitting the electronic mail. When the downloaded ID number is input at the time of sending the mail, the downloaded electronic mail address corresponding to the ID number is written in an electronic mail message as a destination electronic mail address or a source electronic mail address. The electronic mail transmission control method according to claim 5, wherein: 7. Registering a plurality of destination e-mail addresses in correspondence with a single ID number, and inputting a single ID number when transmitting an e-mail, allows a plurality of destination e-mail addresses to be entered. 7. The electronic mail transmission control method according to claim 5, wherein the broadcast transmission is performed. 8. A terminal for transmitting an e-mail according to a registered e-mail address table, reading means for reading a document and converting the image data into image data, means for converting the image data into an e-mail format, A facsimile-type e-mail apparatus comprising: a transmission unit that adds a transmission destination e-mail address and a transmission source e-mail address to the image data converted into the e-mail format and transmits the image data as an e-mail. The electronic mail transmission control method according to any one of claims 5 to 7. 9. The facsimile-type electronic mail device converts the image data to be transmitted into an e-mail format after performing compression processing used for normal facsimile transmission and storing the compressed data in a memory. E-mail transmission control method. 10. A terminal which transmits an e-mail according to a registered e-mail address table is registered with a registered I-mail address table.
By entering the D number, the e-mail describes the e-mail address corresponding to the ID number,
A transmission means for transmitting an e-mail after adding an arbitrary e-mail address which is a mail address different from the source terminal and which is a destination of an error notification when a transmission error is detected in the e-mail. The electronic mail transmission control method according to claim 5 or 6, wherein: 11. A reception control method for a facsimile-type e-mail apparatus having a memory for storing a destination e-mail address, wherein the received e-mail is analyzed to determine whether a special character string indicating a control command is included. If the character string is not recognized, the electronic mail is converted into image data.If the character string is recognized, the destination mail address included in the electronic mail is registered in the memory. An e-mail reception control method. 12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the e-mail includes a plurality of destination e-mail addresses.