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Abstract

A multi-media information transfer system transfers information between a computer center and a multi-media mail apparatus which is coupled to a communication network. The multi-media information transfer system includes a first part provided in the computer center and the multi-media mail apparatus for specifying a transfer mode based on an attribute of information which is to be transferred, a second part provided in the multi-media mail apparatus for storing information which is received from the computer center and the communication network, and a third part provided in the computer center and the multi-media mail apparatus for transferring the information between the computer center and the multi-media mail apparatus in the transfer mode specified by the first part. The first part specifies the transfer mode from a general transfer mode in which a plurality of pages are transferred together in response to one instruction of a transfer format, a page transfer mode in which the transfer is made one page at a time by instructing the transfer format of each page, and a combined transfer mode in which the general transfer mode and the page transfer modes are combined.

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