Chapter 3: FaxFinder Server Software Screens

Phone Book Screen

The Phone Book screen maps the PBX extension phone numbers of clients to their respective email inbox addresses at which they will receive incoming faxes as viewable drawing files.

Sorting Function. You can sort the entries of this screen by clicking on the column name; the entries will be re-sorted by that column’s parameter in ascending alphabetical or numerical order.

Phone Book Screen Field Definitions

Field Name

Values

Description

 

 

 

Name

alphanumeric

For each client entry, this column shows the client’s name.

User ID

alphanumeric

For each client entry, this column lists an additional one-word identifier

 

 

for each client that is typically shorter than the client’s name. Often this

 

 

consists of initials, first name only, first initial plus last name, etc. The

 

 

“User ID” field of the FaxFinder Server Phone Book corresponds to the

 

 

“Username” field of the FaxFinder Fax Client Software (see “Add

 

 

FaxFinder Address” screen).

Email Address

alphanumeric in

For each client entry, this column shows the client’s email address.

 

email name format

 

Ext #

numeric

For each client entry, this column shows the client’s PBX extension

 

 

phone number. This is the directory number for incoming faxes only.

 

 

You can use this field to direct faxes to multiple client-users even though

 

 

the fax itself was originally directed to only one client-user.

 

 

By entering <extensionA> , <extensionF> in this field, the client-user of

 

 

extensionA will also receive all faxes sent to extensionF.

 

 

By entering <extensionA>-<extensionC>in this field, the client-users of

 

 

extensions A, B, and C will all receive faxes sent to any of them.

 

 

By entering <extensionA>, * in this field, the client-user of extensionA

 

 

will receive all faxes sent to all extensions in the Phone Book.

 

 

Also, you can assign the same extension number to two client-users.

 

 

Both will receive faxes sent to that extension number.

Function

Buttons for

For each client entry, this column presents functions that can be invoked

 

Update, Delete,

upon the entry.

 

and Add functions

 

Delete button

--

Use to remove a client user from the Phone Book.

Admin row

--

The party whose email address is entered here has extensive special

 

 

rights to configure the FaxFinder client and server software.

 

 

The faxes in email form received by FaxFinder client users will be shown

 

 

as coming from the party having the name and email address listed in

 

 

the Admin row. The FaxFinder administrator also receives fax logs

 

 

every n faxes (where n can be set as needed).

 

 

The first row is always for the “Administrator” function. No matter what

 

 

values are used for the Name, User ID and Email Address fields of this

 

 

row, it still applies to the person doing the Administrator function for the

 

 

FaxFinder system.

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