JPH11146117A - FAX management device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] A mail server 3 temporarily stores image information and then distributes the image information to a terminal device of a LAN 1. As the number of image information to be distributed and the data amount increase, the processing load on the mail server 3 increases. And the original processing of the mail server 3 cannot be performed quickly and accurately. SOLUTION: When a delivery request is output from a facsimile machine, a reception guide mail created by the facsimile machine is delivered to a terminal device used by a delivery target user.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a facsimile management apparatus for distributing image information received via a telephone line to terminal equipment connected to a LAN.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a conventional facsimile management apparatus disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-288668. In FIG.
Network), 2 receives image information via a telephone line from a facsimile machine (hereinafter referred to as “FAX”) which is a partner device, transmits the image information to the mail server 3, and receives a guide mail for the image information. Facsimile machine (hereinafter, referred to as "LAN fax") for sending an e-mail to a personal computer 4 or the like which is a distribution target device.
Storing the image information received by AN Fax 2,
A mail server that sends image information by e-mail when there is a distribution request of image information from the personal computer 4 or the like that is the distribution target device.
6 are personal computers which are terminal devices connected to the LAN 1,
Reference numerals 7 and 8 denote workstations which are terminal devices connected to the LAN 1.

Next, the operation will be described. First, LAN
When the fax 2 receives an incoming call from a facsimile machine as a fax machine via a telephone line, the facsimile data including address information and image information for specifying a terminal device of the LAN 1 for distributing image information from the facsimile machine as the fax machine is transmitted. Receive.

When the LAN fax 2 receives the facsimile data, the LAN facsimile 2
The message is transmitted to the mail server 3 via N1. Also, LAN
The fax 2 recognizes the terminal device of the LAN 1 that distributes the image information from the address information included in the facsimile data (here, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the image information with the personal computer 4 as the distribution target device has been received). 4
Then, a reception guide mail of image information for the target is generated, and the reception guide mail is transmitted to the personal computer 4 by mail.

[0005] When facsimile data is transmitted from the LAN fax 2, the mail server 3 stores the image information, and transmits the image information to the personal computer 4 by e-mail in response to a distribution request from the personal computer 4 as a distribution target device. I do. As a result, the distribution process of the image information transmitted from the partner device ends, but the mail server 3 is not limited to the distribution process of the image information received by the LAN
When sending mail between the personal computers 4 to 6 and the workstations 7 and 8 connected to each other, processing for temporarily storing and delivering the mail transmission document is also executed.

[0006]

Since the conventional FAX management device is configured as described above, the mail server 3 temporarily stores the image information and then distributes the image information to the terminal device on the LAN 1. The processing load on the mail server 3 increases as the number of data items and the data amount increase, and the original processing of the mail server 3 (e.g., mail performed between the personal computers 4 to 6 and the workstations 7 and 8 connected to the LAN 1). Transmission processing) can not be executed quickly and accurately.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and is capable of converting image information transmitted from a partner apparatus to an LA without increasing a processing load on a mail server.
It is an object of the present invention to obtain a facsimile management device that can deliver to a N terminal devices.

[0008]

A facsimile management apparatus according to the present invention, when a distribution request is output from a facsimile apparatus, distributes a reception guide mail created by the facsimile apparatus to a terminal device used by a distribution target user. It was made.

In the FAX management apparatus according to the present invention, a list of a plurality of FAX documents is included in the body of the reception guide mail.

[0010] In the FAX management apparatus according to the present invention, the storage destination information of the image information is added to the reception guide mail as an attached file, and the attribute of the attached file is associated with the viewer.

In the FAX management apparatus according to the present invention, the storage destination information of the image information is described as a hyperlink in the reception guide mail, and the viewer is associated with the browser as a plug-in or a helper program.

In the FAX management apparatus according to the present invention, the fact that the image information is a FAX document is specified in the title of the reception guide mail or the body of the reception guide mail.

[0013] In the FAX management apparatus according to the present invention, the document title of the image information is specified in the title of the reception guide mail or the body of the reception guide mail.

In the FAX management apparatus according to the present invention, a comment for image information is specified in the title of the reception guide mail or the body of the reception guide mail.

The facsimile management apparatus according to the present invention reduces the image information to generate a thumbnail image, and includes the thumbnail image in the reception guide mail.

In the FAX management apparatus according to the present invention, the thumbnail images are stored in the storage device, and the reception guide mail includes only the storage destination information.

In the FAX management apparatus according to the present invention, the storage destination information of the thumbnail image is added to the reception guide mail as an attached file, and the attribute of the attached file is associated with the viewer for viewing the thumbnail image.

In the facsimile management apparatus according to the present invention, when each thumbnail image is designated, browsing of image information is executed.

In the facsimile management apparatus according to the present invention, an image of a predetermined area in the image information is included in the reception guide mail.

In the FAX management apparatus according to the present invention, the reception time of the image information is specified in the title of the reception guide mail or the text of the reception guide mail.

The facsimile management apparatus according to the present invention specifies the source of the image information and includes the source information in the title of the reception guide mail or the body of the reception guide mail.

A facsimile management apparatus according to the present invention specifies a transmission source based on a signal transmitted from a partner apparatus.

In the facsimile management apparatus according to the present invention, a source is specified from character information included in image information.

In the facsimile management apparatus according to the present invention, a source is specified from a bar code included in image information.

In the facsimile management apparatus according to the present invention, when the sender of the image information is a specific person set in advance, the reception guide mail of the image information is addressed to a predetermined terminal device. .

The FAX management apparatus according to the present invention, when it is not possible to specify the distribution destination of the image information,
The reception guide mail is posted on a bulletin board of a mail server that can be browsed commonly by the terminal devices connected to.

In the FAX management apparatus according to the present invention, when it is not possible to specify the destination of the image information, the image information is transferred to a predetermined storage medium connected to the LAN.

In the facsimile management apparatus according to the present invention, when the destination of the image information cannot be specified, the image information is printed.

[0029]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below. Embodiment 1 FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an F-type antenna according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram illustrating an AX management device, in which 11 is a LAN (Local Area Network), 1
2 is a facsimile machine (hereinafter referred to as "FA
X "), receives the image information from the FAX, creates a reception guide mail containing the storage destination information of the image information, and outputs a delivery request for the reception guide mail. (Facsimile machine), 13 is a file server (storage device) for storing image information received by the LAN fax 12, 1
Reference numeral 3a denotes a storage medium of the file server 13 in which a storage area is divided for each terminal device of the LAN 11, and 15 denotes a LAN.
When the delivery request is output from the facsimile 12, the mail server that delivers the reception guide mail, and 16 and 17 display the contents of the reception guide mail when the reception guide mail is delivered from the mail server 13, and display the contents of the reception guide mail. This is a terminal device having a viewer that executes browsing of image information desired by a distribution target user based on storage destination information included in a reception guide mail.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the LAN fax, in which 21 is a CPU for controlling the operation of the LAN fax 12, 22 is a ROM for storing a program of the LAN fax 12, and the like. Is a RAM that stores the network addresses and the like of the terminal devices 16 and 17, 24 is a network interface with the LAN 11, 25 is a printer interface, 26 is a printer, and 27 is an optical character reading device (hereinafter, referred to as character information) that reads character information and the like of a sender. Reference numeral 28 denotes an encoder / decoder for encoding or decoding facsimile data including image information, 29 denotes an NCU, 30 denotes a modem, and 31 denotes a hard disk for temporarily storing image information and the like.

Next, the operation will be described. First, LAN
When the facsimile machine 12 receives an incoming call from a facsimile device via a telephone line, facsimile data including address information and image information for specifying a terminal device of the LAN 11 for distributing image information from the facsimile device is transmitted. Receive.

When the LAN fax 12 receives the facsimile data, the LAN facsimile 12
The file is transferred to the file server 13 via the AN 11. Further, the LAN fax 12 recognizes the terminal device of the LAN 11 that distributes the image information from the address information included in the facsimile data (here, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the terminal device 16 receives the image information with the terminal device 16 as the distribution target device). A reception information mail for image information intended for a user who uses the terminal device 16 is created (the reception information mail includes information on a storage location of the image information). Then, a delivery request for requesting transmission of the reception guide mail is output to the mail server 15.

When facsimile data is transmitted from the LAN fax 12, the file server 13 stores the image information in the directory for the terminal device 16 in the storage medium 13a, while the mail server 15 stores the image information in the terminal device 16. In response to the request, a list of reception guide mails created by the LAN fax 12 is delivered to the terminal device 16. Thus, as a result of referring to the reception guide mail, the user of the terminal device 16 requests the mail server 15 for the reception of the FAX document if the user wishes to receive the FAX document. The terminal device 16 is connected to the mail server 15
When the reception guidance of the FAX document is transmitted from the PC, the reception guidance is displayed. Then, for example, in the Windows system, when the user double-clicks the attached file of the reception guide of the FAX document indicating the storage destination information of the image information, the viewer application associated with the attribute of the attached file is started. With reference to certain storage destination information, the image information is extracted from the storage medium 13a and displayed on the terminal device 16.

As is apparent from the above, the first embodiment
According to the above, when a delivery request is output from a facsimile,
The mail server 15 manages the image information (accumulates the image information and distributes the image information in response to the distribution request), since the reception guide mail created by is distributed to the terminal device used by the distribution target user. ) Without distributing image information to distribution target devices.
As a result, the image information transmitted from the partner apparatus can be transmitted to the terminal of the LAN 11 by providing the same operability as attaching the actual state of the FAX reception information to the e-mail without squeezing the capacity of the storage medium in the mail server 15. Equipment 16,1
7 can be delivered.

Embodiment 2 In the first embodiment, L
Although the case where the AN fax 12 simply generates the reception guide mail indicating that the image information has been received is shown in FIG.
As shown in (1), the type of the received document (for example, the type of FAX document or e-mail), the document title (title), the sender, and the reception time may be clearly indicated in the title of the reception guide mail.

Thus, the user of the terminal device 16, 17 can determine whether the general electronic mail and the FAX reception guide mail are at the received mail list level and the image information transmitted from the partner device is the image information necessary for the user. Can be determined, and an effect that unnecessary image information can be avoided can be obtained.

It should be noted that the document title (title) can be normally included in facsimile data transmitted from the partner device when the fax machine and the LAN facsimile machine 12 are machines of the same maker. Therefore, the LAN fax 12 can recognize the document title from the facsimile data. As for the sender of the image information, the sender information (name or name of the sender, F
AX number, etc.), the LAN fax 12 can recognize the source from the facsimile data.

Embodiment 3 In the first embodiment, the case where the image information is linked with the image information using the attached file indicating the storage destination information of the image information has been described. However, the storage destination information is linked by a hyperlink in the reception guide mail. Thus, when a hyperlink is clicked, a viewer program registered in advance as a browser plug-in or a helper program may be activated to display image information of the link destination.

Embodiment 4 In the second embodiment, the case where the document title (title) is explicitly specified in the title of the reception guide mail has been described.
If the AN fax 12 is a machine of the same maker, a comment on the image information in the facsimile data transmitted from the partner device (for example, a comment indicating that the FAX document is an important document relating to a certain product)
May be included, so that a comment on the image information may be clearly indicated in the title of the reception guide mail.

Embodiment 5 In the above-described second embodiment, the case where the sender is recognized from the facsimile data has been described. For example, when the character indicating the sender is printed in a predetermined area (for example, the top of a sheet) of the received document. The OCR 27 may read the character information in a predetermined area to recognize the transmission source, and the same effect as in the second embodiment can be obtained.

Embodiment 6 FIG. In the second embodiment, the case where the source is recognized from the facsimile data has been described. For example, a case where a barcode indicating the source is printed in a predetermined area (for example, the top of a sheet) of a received document. Then, the OCR 27 may read the barcode in the predetermined area to recognize the transmission source, and the same effect as in the second embodiment can be obtained.

Embodiment 7 In the second embodiment and the like,
Although a description has been given of a case in which various information is specified in the title of the reception guide mail, the various information may be described in the body of the reception mail, and operability for receiving image information and the like can be improved.

Embodiment 8 FIG. In the first to seventh embodiments, the case where one FAX document is received has been described. However, when a plurality of FAX documents (image information) are received, as shown in FIG. May indicate that a plurality of FAX documents have been received. Note that the storage destination information of the image information is included in the attached file attached to each received document, and when each is double-clicked, as in the first embodiment,
Image information can be displayed in the viewer.

Embodiment 9 In the eighth embodiment, the case where the storage destination information is included in the attached file of the received document has been described, but a hyperlink may be described in the reception guide mail instead of the attached file.

Embodiment 10 FIG. In the above-described embodiment, the case where the reception guide mail includes the document title and the like has been described. However, the encoding / decoding unit 28 reduces the image information to generate a thumbnail image, and includes the thumbnail image in the received document. Is also good. However, as in the first embodiment, the storage destination information of the thumbnail image is added to the reception guide mail as an attached file, and the attribute of the attached file is associated with the viewer for viewing the thumbnail image. The thumbnail image browsing viewer includes only the storage destination information of the image information. When each thumbnail image is designated, the browsing of the image information is executed. This allows
Although the data amount of the reception guide mail is slightly increased, it is possible to more accurately determine whether the image information transmitted from the partner device is image information necessary for the user. The thumbnail image may be generated with the first page or the last page of the received document (image information) as a representative, or may be generated on all pages. When a plurality of FAX documents are received, each F
A thumbnail image may be displayed for each AX document.

Embodiment 11 FIG. In the tenth embodiment, the case where the thumbnail image is included in the reception guide mail has been described. However, instead of the thumbnail image, an image of a predetermined area in the image information (for example, an upper right area of the first page of the received document) is received. The information may be included in the guide mail, and the same effect as in the tenth embodiment can be obtained.

Embodiment 12 FIG. In the second embodiment and the like, the case where the sender is clearly indicated in the title of the reception guide mail has been described. However, when the sender of the image information is a specific person set in advance, the reception guide mail of the image information is displayed. The address may be addressed to a predetermined terminal device. For example, when the specific person set in advance is Mitsubishi Electric, and the transmission source is Mitsubishi Electric, the terminal information 17 is always used as the reception guide mail of the image information. As a result, the same person can handle all FAX documents related to Mitsubishi Electric. For example, in the case where the responsibility is determined on a company basis, the image information can be efficiently distributed. Play.

Embodiment 13 FIG. In the first embodiment,
In the above description, the terminal device of the LAN 11 that distributes the image information is recognized from the address information included in the facsimile data transmitted from the partner device. However, the terminal device of the LAN 11 that distributes the image information cannot be recognized from the facsimile data. In this case, the reception guide mail may be posted on a bulletin board of the mail server 15 that can be commonly viewed by the terminal devices 16 and 17 connected to the LAN 11. Thus, even when image information whose distribution destination cannot be specified is transmitted, the terminal device 1 can be referred to by referring to the reception guide mail posted on the bulletin board of the mail server 15.
There is an effect that the users 6 and 17 can obtain image information addressed to themselves.

Embodiment 14 FIG. In the first embodiment,
In the above description, the terminal device of the LAN 11 that distributes the image information is recognized from the address information included in the facsimile data transmitted from the partner device. However, the terminal device of the LAN 11 that distributes the image information cannot be recognized from the facsimile data. In that case, the image information is
11 may be transferred to a predetermined storage medium. Accordingly, even when image information whose transmission destination cannot be specified is transmitted, by accessing a predetermined storage medium, the terminal devices 16 and 17 can obtain image information addressed to themselves.

Embodiment 15 FIG. In the first embodiment,
In the above description, the terminal device of the LAN 11 that distributes the image information is recognized from the address information included in the facsimile data transmitted from the partner device. However, the terminal device of the LAN 11 that distributes the image information cannot be recognized from the facsimile data. In this case, the image information may be printed by the printer 26 (the printer for printing may be any printer connected to the LAN). As a result, even when image information whose transmission destination cannot be specified is transmitted, the user of the terminal device can obtain the image information addressed to the terminal device.

Embodiment 16 FIG. In the first embodiment and the like, the reception guide mail is transmitted by e-mail, and the transmission means of the image information is not particularly described.
It may be transmitted by X communication or file transfer, etc. For image information, FA
What is necessary is just to transmit by X communication, file transfer, mail transmission, etc.

[0052]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a delivery request is output from a facsimile machine, a reception guide mail created by the facsimile machine is delivered to a terminal device used by a delivery target user. Therefore, the mail server can distribute the image information to the distribution target device without managing the image information (accumulating the image information and distributing the image information in response to the distribution request). As a result, the image information transmitted from the partner device is delivered to the terminal device of the LAN while providing the same operability as attaching the actual state of the image information to the e-mail without squeezing the capacity of the storage medium in the mail server. There is an effect that can be.

According to the present invention, since the list of a plurality of FAX documents is included in the body of the reception guide mail,
Even if a plurality of FAX documents are received, the user of the terminal device
It is possible to determine whether or not the image information transmitted from the partner device is image information necessary for itself, and as a result, it is possible to avoid obtaining unnecessary image information.

According to the present invention, since the storage destination information of the image information is added to the reception guide mail as an attached file, and the attribute of the attached file is associated with the viewer, the image information itself is attached. There is an effect that the same operability can be obtained.

According to the present invention, since the storage destination information of the image information is described as a hyperlink in the reception guide mail and the viewer is associated with the browser as a plug-in or a helper program, the image information itself is attached. There is an effect that it is possible to have the same operability as there is.

According to the present invention, the fact that the image information is a facsimile document is specified in the title of the reception guide mail or in the body of the reception guide mail, so that the user of the terminal device transmits the fax information from the partner device. It is possible to determine whether or not the image information is necessary image information for itself, and as a result, it is possible to avoid obtaining unnecessary image information.

According to the present invention, since the document title of the image information is specified in the title of the reception guide mail or the text of the reception guide mail, the user of the terminal device can check the image information transmitted from the partner device. It is possible to determine whether or not the image information is necessary for the user, and as a result, it is possible to avoid obtaining unnecessary image information.

According to the present invention, the comment on the image information is configured to be clearly specified in the title of the reception guide mail or the main body of the reception guide mail. This makes it possible to determine whether or not the image information is necessary, and as a result, it is possible to avoid obtaining unnecessary image information.

According to the present invention, since the thumbnail information is generated by reducing the image information and the thumbnail image is included in the reception guide mail, an increase in the data amount of the reception guide mail is suppressed to a necessary minimum. In addition, it is possible to accurately determine whether the image information transmitted from the partner device is image information necessary for the user.

According to the present invention, the thumbnail image is stored in the storage device, and the reception guide mail is configured to include only the storage destination information. Therefore, an increase in the data amount of the reception guide mail can be suppressed. effective.

According to the present invention, the storage destination information of the thumbnail image is added to the reception guide mail as an attached file,
Since the attribute of the attached file is configured to be associated with the viewer for viewing the thumbnail image, there is an effect that the same operability as the image information itself is attached can be obtained.

According to the present invention, when each thumbnail image is designated, browsing of the image information is executed, so that the same operability as the image information itself is attached can be obtained. effective.

According to the present invention, the image of the predetermined area in the image information is configured to be included in the reception guide mail. Therefore, an increase in the data amount of the reception guide mail is suppressed to a necessary minimum and the reception guide mail is transmitted from the partner device. There is an effect that it is possible to accurately determine whether or not the obtained image information is image information necessary for the user.

According to the present invention, since the reception time of the image information is specified in the title of the reception guide mail or the text of the reception guide mail, the user of the terminal device can check the image information transmitted from the partner device. It is possible to determine whether or not the image information is necessary for the user, and as a result, it is possible to avoid obtaining unnecessary image information.

According to the present invention, the source of the image information is specified, and the source information is included in the title of the reception guide mail or the body of the reception guide mail. It is possible to determine whether or not the image information transmitted from is self-necessary image information, and as a result, it is possible to avoid obtaining unnecessary image information.

According to the present invention, since the transmission source is specified based on the signal transmitted from the partner device, the transmission source can be easily specified.

According to the present invention, the transmission source is specified from the character information included in the image information. Therefore, even if the transmission source cannot be specified based on the signal transmitted from the partner device, the transmission source is specified. There is an effect that the source can be specified.

According to the present invention, the transmission source is specified from the bar code included in the image information. Therefore, even if the transmission source cannot be specified based on the signal transmitted from the partner device, the transmission source can be specified. There is an effect that the source can be specified.

According to the present invention, when the sender of the image information is a specific person set in advance, the reception guide mail of the image information is configured to be addressed to a predetermined terminal device. When the person in charge of the image information is determined in units, there is an effect that the image information can be efficiently distributed.

According to the present invention, when the distribution destination of the image information cannot be specified, the reception guide mail is posted on the bulletin board of the mail server that can be commonly viewed by each terminal device connected to the LAN. With this configuration, there is an effect that each terminal device can obtain image information addressed to itself even when image information whose distribution destination cannot be specified is transmitted.

According to the present invention, when the distribution destination of the image information cannot be specified, the image information is transmitted to the LAN.
Is configured to transfer the image information to a predetermined storage medium connected to the terminal device. Therefore, even when image information whose transmission destination cannot be specified is transmitted, each terminal device can obtain image information addressed to itself.

According to the present invention, when the distribution destination of the image information cannot be specified, the image information is printed. Therefore, even if the image information whose distribution destination cannot be specified is transmitted, There is an effect that each terminal device can obtain image information addressed to itself.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating a facsimile management device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a detailed configuration of a LAN fax.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the contents of a reception guide mail.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the contents of a reception guide mail.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram showing a conventional FAX management device.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 LAN, 12 LAN fax (facsimile machine), 13 file server (storage device), 15 mail server, 16, 17 terminal equipment.

Claims (21)

[Claims] When an incoming call is received from a partner device, image information is received from the partner device, a reception guide mail containing the storage destination information of the image information is created, and a distribution request for the reception guide mail is sent. A facsimile device for outputting, a storage device for storing the image information received by the facsimile device, a mail server for distributing the reception guide mail when a distribution request is output from the facsimile device, and a receiving device for receiving from the mail server. When the guide mail is distributed, the display unit displays a content of the received guide mail and has a viewer for browsing image information desired by the distribution target user based on the storage destination information included in the received guide mail. A facsimile management device including a terminal device. 2. A fax machine according to claim 1, wherein the body of the reception guide mail includes a list of a plurality of fax documents.
Management device. 3. The facsimile management according to claim 1, wherein the storage destination information of the image information is added to the reception guide mail as an attached file, and the attribute of the attached file is associated with the viewer. apparatus. 4. The storage device according to claim 1, wherein the storage destination information of the image information is described as a hyperlink in the reception guide mail, and the viewer is associated with the browser as a plug-in or a helper program. F
AX management device. 5. A facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said image information is a facsimile.
3. The facsimile management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the fact that the document is a document is specified in the title of the reception guide mail or the body of the reception guide mail. 6. The facsimile management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the facsimile apparatus specifies the document title of the image information in the title of the reception guide mail or the body of the reception guide mail. 7. The facsimile management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the facsimile apparatus specifies a comment on the image information in a title of the reception guide mail or a text of the reception guide mail. 8. The facsimile management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the facsimile apparatus reduces the image information to generate a thumbnail image, and includes the thumbnail image in the reception guide mail. 9. The thumbnail image is stored in a storage device,
9. The facsimile management apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the reception guide mail includes only the storage destination information. 10. The fax machine according to claim 8, wherein the storage destination information of the thumbnail image is added to the reception guide mail as an attached file, and the attribute of the attached file is associated with the viewer for viewing the thumbnail image. Management device. 11. The FAX management according to claim 10, wherein the viewer for browsing the thumbnail images includes storage destination information of the image information, and browses the image information when each thumbnail image is designated. apparatus. 12. The facsimile management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the facsimile apparatus includes an image of a predetermined area in the image information in the reception guide mail. 13. The facsimile management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the facsimile apparatus specifies the reception time of the image information in a title of the reception guide mail or a text of the reception guide mail. 14. The facsimile management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the facsimile apparatus specifies a transmission source of the image information, and includes the transmission source information in a title of the reception guide mail or a text of the reception guide mail. 15. The facsimile management apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the facsimile apparatus specifies a transmission source based on a signal transmitted from a partner apparatus. 16. The facsimile management apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the facsimile apparatus specifies a transmission source from character information included in the image information. 17. The facsimile management apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the facsimile apparatus specifies a transmission source from a bar code included in the image information. 18. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 14, wherein, when the source of the image information is a specific person set in advance, the reception guide mail of the image information is addressed to a predetermined terminal device. FAX management device. 19. When the facsimile apparatus cannot specify the destination of the image information, the facsimile apparatus posts a reception guide mail on a bulletin board of a mail server that can be commonly viewed by each terminal device connected to the LAN. The facsimile management device according to claim 1, wherein: 20. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the destination of the image information cannot be specified, the facsimile apparatus transfers the image information to a predetermined storage medium connected to a LAN. FAX management device. 21. The facsimile management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the facsimile apparatus prints the image information when the destination of the image information cannot be specified.