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1. An image forming apparatus that has an Internet facsimile function, comprising:
a facsimile device that includes a nonvolatile memory in which received image data of the Internet facsimile function is stored; said nonvolatile memory including one of an on-board memory and a FAX dual inline memory module connected to a memory slot; a mail processing unit that receives an email of the internet facsimile function from a mail server; said email containing a message ID that identifies said email; an image processing unit that generates received image data of the internet facsimile function on the basis of the email received by the mail processing unit; a job managing unit (a) stores a message ID of the email by the mail processing unit, the message ID being related to the received image data of the internet facsimile function in the nonvolatile memory included in the facsimile device, and (b) performs printing of an image based on the received image data of the internet facsimile function stored in the nonvolatile memory included in the facsimile device; and an open confirmation processing unit acquires a part or all of a header of the received email corresponding to the message ID stored in the non volatile memory from the mail server using the mail processing unit, and transmits an open confirmation email to a destination specified by the acquired part or all of the header; wherein when power is resumed after power off, the job managing unit resumes or starts printing the image based on the received image data in the nonvolatile memory, and reads the stored message ID related to the received image data in the nonvolatile memory; when a printing of the image is completed, the job managing unit outputs a completion notification of the printing and the read message ID to the open confirmation processing unit, and deletes the image data and the message ID stored in the non volatile memory; when the completion notification and the message ID is received, the open confirmation processing unit outputs an email information request that specifies the message ID to the mail processing unit; when the email information request is received, the mail processing unit acquires email information of the email having the message ID related to the received image data from the mail server, and provides the acquired email information to the open confirmation processing unit, the email information including the part or all of the header that has information on necessity or not of the open confirmation email and destination information; when the email information is received, the open confirmation processing unit specifies the destination for the open confirmation email, generates the open confirmation email, and outputs a transmission instruction of the generated open confirmation email to the mail processing unit, the destination being a destination specified by the destination information for the open confirmation email in the email information; the mail processing unit transmits the open confirmation email to the destination; when a transmission of the open confirmation email is completed, the mail processing unit outputs a completion notification of the transmission to the open confirmation processing unit; when the completion notification of the transmission is received, the open confirmation processing unit outputs a deletion instruction of the received email corresponding to the open confirmation email to the mail processing unit; and when the deletion instruction is received, the mail processing unit transmits a deletion request of the received email to the mail server and deletes the received email in the mail server. |
