A server apparatus which accepts the transfer of image data from a user
who can access the apparatus through a network, and can limit image data
whose transfer is accepted with various conditions is disclosed. The
server apparatus according to this invention determines whether given
image data is data that can be received, in accordance with the type of
image input device contained in the additional information of the image
data and the presence/absence of data such as photographing conditions
and the like, thereby receiving only images photographed by specific
input devices or rejecting images containing no information required for
printing.