Panasonic DX-600 appendix Internet Communication Features, Direct Smtp Direct Ifax XMT

Internet Communication Features

Direct SMTP (Direct IFAX XMT)

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is used to transfer mail reliably and efficiently. An important feature of SMTP is its capability to transport mail across networks, usually referred to as SMTP mail relay by employing SMTP server.

Direct SMTP allows you to transmit documents to another Internet Fax directly without using an SMTP server. For this feature to work reliably, the IP Address should remain unchanged (ask your Network Administrator to reserve the IP Address). The Domain Name of the machines and other record information must be properly registered in the DNS server.

Further more, in common cases only email and web service from the Internet are permitted into the corporate intranet, and corporate network administrators are extremely unwilling to open the firewall for other, incoming services, since each opened path represents additional, potential security threats.

This makes Direct SMTP attractive because it can operate throughout the organization's Intranet.

Capability exchanges and content negotiations are also available to take advantageous communication between Internet Fax communications.

	LAN
	Direct SMTP
	Capability	Exchange
Internet Fax	Typical SMTP	Internet Fax
	routing
	SMTP Server	Intranet
		Internet

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