telephone number is sent on the network step 305 thus a call is sent to the facsimile information service terminal and the facsimile apparatus is connected to the facsimile information service terminal of the facsimile information service provider information such as a guidance voice of the facsimile information service is sent to the user from the facsimile information service terminal referring to the contents of the access procedure information table an automatic operation is performed step 306 so as to perform an operation for retrieving desired information preset by the user during this retrieving process the user listens to the automatic operation performed by the group 3 facsimile apparatus and when the operation reaches the desired information the user operates the start key after step 306 the process waits until the start key is turned on no loop at step 307 when the start key is operated and the result of step 307 is yes the predetermined group 3 facsimile receiving process is performed and facsimile image information is received from the facsimile information service terminal step 308 after the receiving operation the line is reconnected step 309 and the process is terminated as has been described above in the present embodiment the preset information of the one touch dialing number contains information indicating whether or not to perform manual connection therefore connections between the facsimile apparatus and the facsimile information service terminal can be established using one touch dialing this significantly reduces efforts required by the user further according to the present embodiment later input operations of telephone numbers made by the user can be reduced also according to the present embodiment procedures performed for retrieving information from the facsimile information service terminal are prestored therefore this significantly reduces efforts.