NEC 750370 SECTION 2 T HE P UBLIC F AX B

4 - 2 Faxes and the Public Fax Box
Issue 3 EliteMail VMS/EliteMail Limited
SECTION 2
THE PUBLIC FAX BOX You control how the system handles incoming faxes using the Public Fax
Box. Refer to Figure 4-1 Sample Public Fax Box on Appl ication Screen
Page 6. To view this screen, sign in to the voice mail system at the system
console. Press to view Application screen Page 6.
Figure 4-1 Sample Public Fax Box on Application Screen Page 6
The settings in the Public Fax Box section apply to both manual and
automatic fax calls. When the system answers a call and hears fax tone, it
immediately transfers the call to the fax ex tension specified in the
Transfer? Yes field.
The Fax ID is the number a caller p resses to send a manual fax.
Depending on how you set up the system, the system may ask the caller
to record a message describing the fa x a nd stating who should receive it.
If the fax extension does not answer (or the extension is bus y and call
holding is not available), the system handles the automatic fax call as
instructed in the Alt Action field. You may allow callers sending a manual
fax to hold if the fax exte nsion is busy. Obviou sly, a fax mach ine se nding
an automatic fax cannot choose to hold if the fax extension is busy.
The fields in the Public Fax Box section of the screen are used as follows: