To obtain network facsimile equipment capable of suppressing intercepting as much as possible in the case of receiving picture information to a self-terminal and control method therefor.

When network facsimile equipment FX1 and FX2 are neither able to record nor output a received image in the case of receiving image information to a self-terminal by using an e-mail or via a public network, they prepare an e-mail carrying the received image information and transmits the e-mail to a preliminarily designated transfer destination. Therefore, it is possible to quickly extract a received image at a transfer destination and to obtain an effect such as to secure the immediacy of communication.