Disclosed are a communication apparatus capable of registering telephone
directory data at once from e-mail containing the telephone directory
data into a telephone directory of a communication apparatus. A
communication apparatus according to this invention is a communication
apparatus having a function of transmitting/receiving e-mail, and
characterized by including a communication partner information storage
unit for storing communication partner information having predetermined
registration items, an identifier detecting unit for detecting a
predetermined identifier from received e-mail, and a registering unit for
registering information described in the e-mail in accordance with the
detected identifier into that registration item of the communication
partner information which corresponds to the identifier.