US 6,983,309 B1
Electronic apparatus transmitting electronic mail including image information, a control apparatus, and a storage medium
Hiroyuki Yoshizawa, Kawasaki (Japan)
Assigned to Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki (Japan)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2000, as Appl. No. 9/667,723.
Claims priority of application No. 11-304627 (JP), filed on Oct. 26, 1999.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/60 (2006.01); H04K 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 709—206 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a transmitter transmitting electronic mail in which a symbol including image information, which enables a sender to be specified therefrom, is included within an electronic signature file of the electronic mail, said electronic signature file including an email address of the sender, wherein said transmitter transmits the electronic mail only when an error, between the image information and prestored image information, is less than a predetermined value, and an adding unit adding to the electronic signature file a parameter which indicates an importance of the electronic mail by a display format of the electronic signature file.