Siemens HiPath Xpressions Unified Messaging user manual Requirements for Sending a Fax, Fax Cover

Fax Mail Service

Overview

4 Fax Mail Service

4.1Overview

The following options are available to fax-mail users in HiPath Xpressions, depending on how the system is configured.

●You can send and receive fax messages on your workstation using the default e-mail client. An incoming fax is displayed as an attached graphics file (TIF or JPEG file) in an e-mail.

●You can retrieve and output fax messages on the telephone. Fax messages can be output using

a)standard fax device,

b)standard printer,

c)any fax machine.

4.1.1Requirements for Sending a Fax

The Xpressions fax function can be used from every PC application that permits data to be di- rectly sent to an e-mail recipient. This chapter describes how to use Xpressions to send files from Microsoft Windows Explorer in the form of a fax message.

4.1.2Requirements for Receiving a Fax

Please read Section , "Mailbox Processing on the PC and the E-Mail Service" on page 2-1 for information on receiving a fax with an e-mail client.

To retrieve and output fax messages on the phone, see Section 3.2.3.1, "Listening to/Retrieving Messages" on page 3-11 .

4.1.3Fax Cover

Your system administrator can provide you with various cover pages that are sent as the first page of the fax. Different variable components such as the originator, recipient or subject line can be added automatically to the cover page. You can use the Client Assistant (see Section 2.9.12, “Fax Forms”) to define the cover page that is to precede your fax pages. Alter- natively you can consult your system administrator in this regard.

This function only works if your Internet e-mail address in your mail client corresponds to the STMP address of your Xpressions mailbox.

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