FACSIMILE EQUIPMENT

PURPOSE:To easily utilize an electronic mail function by preliminarily forming facsimile picture information corresponding to the content of an electronic mail, and transmitting the electronic mail or the facsimile picture information according to the function of a destination. CONSTITUTION:When electronic mail transmission is requested from either personal computer PC1-PCm, a facsimile equipment IFAX receives and preserves an electronic mail file from the personal computer PC1-PCm which issues the request. Next, electronic mail management information relating to the electronic mail is prepared, and the electronic destination of a designated destination ID is read. At that time, whether or not a user name is stored in the destination information is checked. In the case of YES, the electronic mail file is transmitted to the computer PC in which the user of the user name is logged in. In the case of NO, the telephone number of the destination information is called, the function of the other terminal is identified, and the transmission of the Fax or the electronic mail is controlled corresponding to it.