FAXCOM Server Administrator
FAXCOM Server can be configured to provide different levels of functionality depending on the business requirements. The basic functions provided by FAXCOM Server are as follows:
* Routing of inbound faxes based on caller ID, TSID (Transmitting Station ID), fax port, or dialed digits.
* Delivery of inbound faxes to SMTP E-mail, Windows share (UNC), printer, FTP, or quarantine.
* Quarantining of inbound junk faxes.
* Least-cost routing (LCR) of faxes.
* Translation of outbound fax attachments into faxable format.
* Integration with email servers for outbound faxing using FAXCOM Suite for Windows.
Inbound Routing
FAXCOM Server provides many possibilities for inbound routing of faxes. In a typical configuration, the inbound fax is received by FAXCOM Server. Based on either the caller ID, TSID, fax port, or dialed digits, FAXCOM delivers the fax to the recipient. To illustrate, the flow of an inbound fax coming to 9085551212, using dialed digits as the routing method could be:
Sender transmits fax to 9085551212 > FAXCOM Server receives transmission > FAXCOM Server looks through its route list for a match to 9085551212 > FAXCOM Server delivers the fax to you@yourdomain.com as SMTP E-mail.
Note: you can choose to deliver inbound faxes using any of the methods mentioned in the prior section. These include SMTP E-mail, UNC, printer, FTP, or quarantine.
Junk Faxes
OK so we are all sick of that dinnertime call from some salesperson trying to sell you car insurance. Here in the U.S., consumers have a choice and can be put on a list preventing such calls. However, the same is not true of faxes. Have you ever come into the office to find a tray full of faxes offering to sell you the dream vacation or some incredible interest rate if you refinance your mortgage? Wouldn’t it be nice if you could prevent these somehow? FAXCOM Server provides this ability using FAXCOM Quarantine Doctor.
The way FAXCOM Quarantine Doctor works is fairly simple. Let’s say you keep getting those dream vacation junk faxes. While you would love to take your wife on a trip to Hawaii, you despise these sales tactics. You note that the fax has a TSID of Dream Vacations, Inc. In FAXCOM Server, you simply setup an inbound route that in plain English translates to “when a fax comes in from TSID Dream Vacations, Inc., quarantine the fax.” The FAXCOM Quarantine Doctor application can then be used to view the contents of the quarantine repository. You can then choose to delete or save the faxes.
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