Method and apparatus for confirming before sending an e-mail attached with image data
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1. A communication apparatus having an e-mail function, comprising:
- an image reader for reading image data from a document;
an input device for inputting a destination e-mail address to which the image data is to be sent;
an e-mail address database retrievably storing a history of sending results for respective destination e-mail addresses; and
a controller searching the e-mail address database to find at least one e-mail address that has a domain name identical to that of the destination e-mail address and has a normal sending result and, when the at least one e-mail address is found in the e-mail address database, sending an e-mail attached with the image data to the destination e-mail address.
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Abstract
A communication apparatus allowing confirmation of e-mail address before sending and allowing the load on the network to be reduced is disclosed. An e-mail address database is provided for retrievably storing a history of sending results for respective destination e-mail addresses. A controller searches the e-mail address database to find at least one e-mail address that has a domain name identical to that of the destination e-mail address and has a normal sending result. When the at least one e-mail address is found in the e-mail address database, the controller sends an e-mail attached with the image data to the destination e-mail address.
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1. A communication apparatus having an e-mail function, comprising:
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an image reader for reading image data from a document; an input device for inputting a destination e-mail address to which the image data is to be sent; an e-mail address database retrievably storing a history of sending results for respective destination e-mail addresses; and a controller searching the e-mail address database to find at least one e-mail address that has a domain name identical to that of the destination e-mail address and has a normal sending result and, when the at least one e-mail address is found in the e-mail address database, sending an e-mail attached with the image data to the destination e-mail address. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method for sending an e-mail to a destination e-mail address, comprising the steps of:
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retrievably storing a history of sending results for respective destination e-mail addresses in an e-mail address database, wherein each of the sending results includes at least an e-mail sending result; searching the e-mail address database to find at least one e-mail address that has a domain name identical to that of the destination e-mail address and has an email sending result indicating that an e-mail has been successfully sent to the e-mail address; and when the at least one e-mail address is found in the e-mail address database, sending an e-mail attached with the image data to the destination e-mail address. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
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6. A method for sending an e-mail to a destination e-mail address, comprising the steps of:
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retrievably storing a history of sending results for respective destination e-mail addresses in an e-mail address database, wherein each of the sending results includes at least an e-mail sending result, wherein the e-mail sending result includes an e-mail sending result flag that is set to a true-indicating value when an e-mail has been successfully sent to a corresponding e-mail address and is set to a false-indicating value when the e-mail failed to be sent; searching the e-mail address database to find at least one e-mail address that has a domain name identical to that of the destination e-mail address and has an e-mail sending result flag set to the true-indicating value; and when the at least one e-mail address is found in the e-mail address database, sending an e-mail attached with the image data to the destination e-mail address. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A communication apparatus having an e-mail function, comprising:
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an image reader for reading image data from a document; an input device for inputting a destination e-mail address to which the image data is to be sent; an e-mail address database retrievably storing a history of an e-mail sending result and a domain sending result for respective destination e-mail addresses, wherein the e-mail sending result indicates whether an e-mail addressed to a corresponding destination e-mail address has been successfully sent and the domain sending result indicates whether an e-mail addressed to a corresponding destination e-mail address has been successfully sent to a domain name server of a domain which the corresponding destination e-mail address belongs to; and a controller searching the e-mail address database to find at least one e-mail address that has a domain name identical to that of the destination e-mail address and has an e-mail sending result indicating that an e-mail has been successfully sent and, when the at least one e-mail address is found in the e-mail address database, sending an e-mail attached with the image data to the destination e-mail address. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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