Network facsimile device
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1. A network facsimile device comprising:
- Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) receiving means for receiving, via a network, electronic mail (email) to which facsimile image data is attached;
domain registration means for registering a domain of an address of the network facsimile device;
email address registration means for registering a plurality of email addresses indicating the network facsimile device; and
controlling means, wherein the controlling means determines whether the address attached to the email is in the network facsimile device domain and is one of the plurality of email addresses registered in the email address registration means, and controls the network facsimile device to receive the email when the address attached to the email is in the network facsimile device domain and is one of the plurality of email addresses registered in the email address registration means, andwherein the SMTP receiving means receives email addressed to the network facsimile device domain registered in the domain registration means and one of the plurality of email addresses registered in the email address registration means.
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Abstract
A network facsimile device capable of Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) receiving, via a network, electronic mail (email) to which facsimile image data is attached, the network facsimile device includes domain registration means for registering a domain of an address of the network facsimile device, and email address registration means for registering a plurality of email addresses indicating the network facsimile device. The network facsimile device receives email when an address attached to such email is the network facsimile device domain and is one of the plurality of email addresses registered in the email address registration means.
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1. A network facsimile device comprising:
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Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) receiving means for receiving, via a network, electronic mail (email) to which facsimile image data is attached; domain registration means for registering a domain of an address of the network facsimile device; email address registration means for registering a plurality of email addresses indicating the network facsimile device; and controlling means, wherein the controlling means determines whether the address attached to the email is in the network facsimile device domain and is one of the plurality of email addresses registered in the email address registration means, and controls the network facsimile device to receive the email when the address attached to the email is in the network facsimile device domain and is one of the plurality of email addresses registered in the email address registration means, and wherein the SMTP receiving means receives email addressed to the network facsimile device domain registered in the domain registration means and one of the plurality of email addresses registered in the email address registration means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10)
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9. A network facsimile device capable of Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) receiving, via a network, electronic mail (email) to which facsimile image data is attached, the network facsimile device comprising:
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an email address storage unit configured to register a domain of an address of the network facsimile device, and register a plurality of email addresses indicating the network facsimile device; and a controller, wherein the controller determines whether an address attached to an email is in the network facsimile device domain and is one of the plurality of email addresses registered in the email arddress storage unit, and controls the network facsimile device to receive the email when the address attached to the email is in the network facsimile device domain and is one of the plurality of email addresses registered in the email address storage unit.
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