Technical information

INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION GUIDE
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If you are Do this
Modifying
vsisrv.ini
Go to the VPOPD section and add the host name, domain name or IP address of
your incoming (POP3) Internet mail server to the host-name= entry.
2. Enter the name of the POP3 user account you created in step 1.
If you are Do this
Using the MMC
snap-in
Go to the Fax Server Email Gateway properties and enter the user name in
the User name field.
Modifying
vsisrv.ini
Go to the VPOPD section and add the user name to the user-name= entry.
3. Enter the password for the POP3 user account.
If you did not create a password for this account in step 1, you do not need to enter a password
If you are Do this
Using the MMC
snap-in
Go to the Fax Server Email Gateway properties and enter the password in the
Password field.
Modifying
vsisrv.ini
The vsisrv.ini password entry is encrypted, therefore it cannot be directly
added via a text editor. You must use the vfxadmin command line utility to add
this entry.
Open a command shell and enter the following:
vfxadmin config -a -e VPOPD password <entry>
Where <entry> is the actual password defined for the POP3 user account you
created in step 1.
Message formats
There are two different acceptable message formats for email messages sent to the autofax account.
Fax number in subject line
If your email message to the autofax account includes a valid fax number or email address in the subject line, the fax
server assumes that the body of the email message is plain text.
The syntax for including a fax number in the email subject line is:
<fax_number>[<subject_text>]
Where <fax_number> is a valid fax number or an Internet email address. The email address must be preceded by a
# sign. <subject_text> is optional subject line text, enclosed in brackets.
The remainder of the mail message is limited to ASCII text and other file attachments that can be natively imaged by
the fax server (e.g., PostScript, PCL, text, etc.). For example, you cannot include tag or batch files in this kind of
email message. The fax server will image the tag and batch files as plain text.
No fax number in subject line
If your email message to the autofax account does not include a valid fax number or email address in the email
subject line, the fax server assumes that the body of the email message is a tag or batch file.
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