File transmission apparatus, web server, file transmission system, file transmission program storage medium, and web server program storage medium

摘要

A home gateway which receives an e-mail and transmits a file as instructed by the e-mail, comprises: a mail receiver receiving an e-mail; a mail analyzer analyzing the e-mail received by the mail receiver and specifying a requested file for transmission; a file transmitter transmitting, to a web server on the Internet, the file specified by the mail analyzer; and a mail notification unit transmitting, to a terminal, an e-mail indicating that the file transmitter has transmitted the requested file to the web server.