Contents

1. Overview

6

2. Installation

8

3. Configuring the software

9

3.1

Keywords

9

3.2

Environment variables

9

3.3

Adding actions

10

3.4

XFAX and multiple fax devices

10

4. Sending a fax

12

4.1 faxsend

12

4.2

Attaching a note to a fax

13

4.3

One fax to several recipients (group transmission)

13

4.4

Scheduled transmissions

14

4.5

The ID of the fax in the queue

14

4.6

Printing a fax before sending

14

4.7

The script xfax

14

4.8

The script faxadm

15

4.9

Document codes

15

4.10 The telephone cost file ETCDIR/cost

16

5. Receiving faxes

18

5.1

Automatic printing of incoming faxes

18

6. Handling faxes

19

6.1

Fax queues

19

6.2

Reschedule a fax

20

6.3

Scheduling a fax

20

6.4

Canceling of a fax

20

6.5

Printing a fax

21

6.6

Listing faxes in a particular directory

21

6.7

Routine maintenance

21

6.8

Cleaning the statistics file

22

7. XFAX in a Windows environment

23

7.1

The XFAX Windows client (printer driver)

23

 

7.1.1 Installation

23

 

7.1.2 Using the client

23

7.2

Using the address book in XFAX

23

8. Overlay files and cover sheets

25

8.1

Using overlay files as forms and cover pages

25

8.2

Cover sheets the old way

25

9. XFAX and e-mail

28

9.1

Sendmail

28

9.2

The script faxmail

29

10. XFAX and Ghostscript (sending PDF and Postscript)

31

10.1 Installing Ghostscript and the XFAX driver

31

10.2 Troubleshooting

32

11. The integrated HTTP server

33

12. The integrated SMTP server

34

13. Modems and flow control

35

14. Command reference

36

XFAX - User’s Guide 4.3a

2

Page 2
Image 2
Nordic Star Products 4.3A manual Contents