user manual

4 - 2 Faxes and the Public Fax Box
Issue 3 EliteMail VMS/EliteMail Limited
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You control how the system handles incoming faxes using the Public Fax
Box. Refer to Figure 4-1 Sample Public Fax Box on Application 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 extension specified in the
Transfer? Yes
field.
The Fax ID is the number a caller presses 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 fax and stating who should receive it.
If the fax extension does not answer (or the extension is busy 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 extension is busy. Obviously, a fax machine sending
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: