Fax2Mail

To configure the service you have to click on Modify link and select Yes to Enable Configuration. The following options are displayed:

• Fax Device: Type of physical connection/FAX hardware.
  • Line type: When the server has a telephony PCI card acting as Fax. The type of line could be ISDN or ANALOG in the case of an analogic telephony access (Figure 5.2);
  • Serial Fax Modem: If the modem is connected to the server serial port you should choose the port that connects to the the modem in the Serial Ports list (COM1 to COM8), the Baud rate (1200 to 38400) and Class of the modem (Class1 to Class2.1). To know the appropriate values you should read the modem manual (Figure 5.3).

    Figure 5.2: Fax Server - FAX at telephony card

    

• Number of virtual fax machines: Define the number of virtual FAX's to use;
• Main Fax Number: The PSTN Fax number to be present when a FAX is sended;
• Company identification: Company name to be present when a FAX is sended;
• Country Code: Country phone number code to be present when a FAX is sended;
• Area Code: Area phone number code to be present when a FAX is sended;
• Long distance prefix: 0 by default;
• International prefix: 0 by default;
• Rings Before Answer: Number of rings before IPBrick answers to Fax. Can be useful if another FAX equipment is connected. For example, if the FAX equipment can't receive the FAX, IPBrick FAX server can answer at the 5th ring;
• Speaker volume: FAX sound volume;
• Enable delay: Should be active by default;
• Sender of notifications: It's a internal email account that will send the notifications to users that are using the Mail2FAX. Examples: Error sending the fax, successfully task completed etc. By default we use IPBrick Fax Server that will use the current domain;
• Sender of received fax notifications: Identification of the reception warnings sender. By default we use IPBrick Fax Server;
• Fax resolution: Define the vertical resolution of the fax. There are two resolution modes, a normal resolution of 98 lines/inch and a high resolution of 196 lines/inch;
• Number of attempts to send the fax: Number of tries attempts to send the FAX. By default will terminate a job if 3 consecutive attempts to send a particular page fail;
• Maximum time to send the fax: Sets the time that a fax have to be sent. Stop the process if it does not complete in the indicated time.

If the inserted Fax is connected to a serial port, there are some options:

• Send to: At this moment the single option available is sending to email;
• Destination: Is the email address where the IPBrick incoming faxes are forwarded;
• File type: The format faxes will be delivered (pdf, ps or tiff);

Figure 5.3: Fax Server - Serial Fax Modem

To activate configuration, click Modify

If you access the menu again, there will two new options near the link Modify: Fax Users e Fax Lines (if the Fax is connected to an analogic telephony/ISDN card).

In Fax users (Figure 5.4), you can set which users may be authenticated in the Fax client application and which will have permissions to manage Fax queue lists.

The FAX client can be WinPrintHylafax that is available for download in http://winprinthylafax.sourceforge.net. The advantage of using a FAX client at the workstations side is the possibily to print any document directly to HylaFax, so it's an alternative to Mail2FAX explained down.

Figure 5.4: Fax Server - Fax Users