AT&T 3 manual Considerations and Constraints

Fax Extension and Fax Message Receiver

When a call is transferred to a Fax Extension, a Fax Notification Message is sent to the Fax Message Receiver and the Fax Message Receiver’s message light is turned on. The Fax Notification Message announces that a fax was delivered to the Fax Extension, and provides the date and time of the last fax received. If the mail system finds a prior Fax Notification Message in the mailbox, that message is replaced by the newer one. Therefore, only one Fax Notification Message will be in the Fax Receiver’s mailbox even if multiple faxes were received.

The fax message:

—Is left even if the mailbox is full.

—Is always the first message played.

—Cannot be forwarded or replied to.

The message light stays on until the Fax Notification Message is deleted and there are no other new messages in the mailbox.

If the mailbox owner has Outcalling and it is On, Outcalling occurs (subject to the Outcalling Schedule). The mailbox owner should check to see who the faxes are for and notify the intended recipients.

Considerations and Constraints

The message light will light only if the phone is a system phone or (for a Release 3.1 or later communications system) a standard phone with an LED-compatible message light connected to a Release 3.1 or later 206 module.

Related Communications System Features

■Automatic VMS Cover should be set to Off for the Fax Extension.

■Line Ringing must be used to set all lines for Fax Extensions to No Ring.

■Hunt Group Extensions (#505) can be used to assign multiple fax machines to a Hunt Group.

■Faxes can be routed automatically only if VMS Hunt Delay (#506) is set to Immediate. It cannot work if the VMS Hunt Delay setting is Delayed, because the sending machine will stop sending the fax calling (CNG) tone and hang up after 35 seconds.

■Fax Machine Extensions (#601) must be used to identify extensions to which fax machines are connected.

Related Mail System Features

You can assign Fax Extensions or Fax Message Receivers to any Automated Attendant. See Single/Multiple Automated Attendant.

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