interruption during the operation the channel is disconnected s22 to end the communication if an operation is not performed and the predetermined time interval timer time is over s23 the channel is disconnected to end the communication s24 in this manner since reception of facsimile transmission for fun or advertising facsimile transmission such as direct mail can be prevented the channel is not unnecessarily connected or paper is not wasted by such a facsimile transmission fig4 is a flow chart for explaining another embodiment of the present invention in this embodiment processing performed upon reception from a non registered apparatus will be described processing before step s18 is identical to that before step s18 in fig3 that is if the destination is registered a cfr is sent to receive an image s14 and s16 in this embodiment independent of data representing destinations to be connected by one touch dialing or abbreviation dialing data representing destinations not to be connected are stored if the received telephone number is registered as a destination as what is not connected i e a telephone number of a destination registered as what is not connected s25 a channel is immediately disconnected to end the communication if the received telephone number is not registered as a destination as what is not connected the received telephone number is displayed on the lcd 8 to inform an operator of reception s26 if a receive mode is manual s27 the operator performs a manual receive operation to.