A facsimile apparatus that receives an e-mail message through a local area
network, stores image data contained in the e-mail message in a data
storage unit, converts the image data stored in the data storage unit
into image data that a facsimile terminal can properly handle, and
transfers the converted image data to the facsimile terminal. The
facsimile apparatus accordingly can transfer the image data contained in
the received e-mail message to the facsimile terminal even if the
facsimile terminal cannot receive e-mail messages.