Sending a fax
with a cover sheet, in a simple way. The user is requested to feed in the recipi- ent’s fax number, name and company, and then a page with this is created and the sender’s (your) information plus a message which can be entered in. You can also add files that are to be sent after the introductory cover sheet. This is useful if you wish, for example, to send a price list that is stored in a file to a prospec- tive customer together with a few polite words.
You can also set up a telephone book to use together with xfax. Not only can glo- bal telephone books be arranged for all users of XFAXDIR/faxdir but personal telephone books can also be set up for each user in the directory .faxdir under the user’s home directory. The format on the file is one recipient per line and each line consists of four fields with “:” as a field separator. The first field contains the name you want to use and the second field contains the fax number. Fields three and four can contain the recipient’s name and company respectively, but these need not be given. E.g.:
icab:7586535:Stefan Norlin:Infoflex Connect AB
If a recipient is chosen from a telephone book the system proposes the recipient’s name and company on the cover sheet, but this can be changed if so required.
Windows clients also use the telephone books in the system.
Note. If an area code given in the telephone number corresponds with that which is defined by LOCAL_PREFIX in the configuration file, it is automatically removed before the fax is placed in the queue. This means that it is possible to always give the area code, e.g. in the telephone book, without any problems aris- ing during transmission.
4.8 The script faxadm
Faxadm is another script that gives a simple menu for the user’s fax handling. This program is an example of how, with simple aids, you can create a more easy to use user interface for your fax users. You are welcome to look in both xfax and faxadm scripts to get your own ideas on how the tools in XFAX can be used.
4.9 Document codes
In order to facilitate transmission from an environment where it is not possible to give a fax number in a simple way, the faxsend command can handle codes that the user places in the document. During conversion faxsend searches for these codes and makes use of the information. The actual code is naturally removed and is not included in the finished fax.
The code is given in the document within square brackets (if it is not defined with the aid of the keywords CODE_START and CODE_END), e.g. [[FAX=123456]].
Note. If an area code given in the telephone number corresponds with that which is defined by LOCAL_PREFIX in the configuration file, it is automatically removed before the fax is placed in the queue. This means that it is possible to
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