Information processing apparatus for retransferring fax documents that were unsuccessfully transmitted

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising

a processor programmed to:

delete from a first region a fax document that has been successfully transferred to a predetermined transmission destination; and

move from the first region to a second region a fax document that has been unsuccessfully transferred to a transmission destination, wherein:

the first region and the second region are two separate fixed regions in a same hardware memory where copying, deleting, and modifying of the two fixed regions are inhibited,

the first region is accessible only by a system controller, and a user is not permitted to perform any operation on the fax document stored in the first region, and

the second region is accessible by the user, and the user is permitted to perform an operation on the fax document stored in the second region.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is programmed to

if the fax document stored in the second region has an owner, limit the user who is permitted to perform the operation to the fax document to a person who is the owner or an administrator.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is programmed to

if the fax document stored in the second region has no owner, limit the user who is permitted to perform the operation on the fax document to an administrator.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is programmed to

if the fax document stored in the second region has no owner, limit the user who is permitted to perform the operation on the fax document to the administrator.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is programmed to

if the fax document stored in the second region has an owner, limit the user who is permitted to reference the fax document to a person who is the owner or an administrator.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is programmed to

if the fax document stored in the second region has no owner, limit the user who is permitted to reference the fax document to the administrator.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is programmed to

if the fax document stored in the second region has no owner, limit the user who is permitted to reference the fax document to an administrator.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

a rule of transfer different from a rule of transfer applicable to the first region is set in the second region.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein

the transmission destination of the fax document from the second region is set to be different from the transmission destination of the fax document from the first region.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein

a file name of the fax document transferred from the second region is set to be different from a file name of the fax document transferred from the first region.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is programmed to

if a predetermined condition is satisfied, move from the first region to the second region the fax document that has been unsuccessfully transferred to the transmission destination.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein

the condition is that the fax document has been unsuccessfully transferred because of a network failure.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein

the condition is that a specific term is detected from the fax document.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein

the condition is that an owner of the fax document is a specific user.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the second region has been present since an initial state of the information processing apparatus.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

an increase in amount of fax documents stored in the second region does not lead to a decrease in available storage capacity in the first region.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for processing information, the process comprising:

deleting from a first region a fax document that has been successfully transferred to a predetermined transmission destination; and

moving from the first region to a second region a fax document that has been unsuccessfully transferred to a transmission destination, wherein:

the first region and the second region are two separate fixed regions in a same hardware memory where copying, deleting, and modifying of the two fixed regions are inhibited,

the first region is accessible only by a system controller, and a user is not permitted to perform any operation on the fax document stored in the first region, and

the second region is accessible by the user, and the user is permitted to perform an operation on the fax document stored in the second region.

18. An information processing apparatus, comprising

management means for

deleting from a first region a fax document that has been successfully transferred to a predetermined transmission destination; and

moving from the first region to a second region a fax document that has been unsuccessfully transferred to a transmission destination, wherein:

the first region and the second region are two separate fixed regions in a same hardware memory where copying, deleting, and modifying of the two fixed regions are inhibited,

the first region is accessible only by a system controller, and a user is not permitted to perform any operation on the fax document stored in the first region, and

the second region is accessible by the user, and the user is permitted to perform an operation on the fax document stored in the second region.