How to send faxes from a standard email client.
When RelayFax processes an email message in preparation for faxing,
it studies the message carefully to determine where and to whom the fax
should be sent. Most of the time this information will be specified on
the TO: line, however, it is possible to specify several key items
within the email message itself. The following special macros can be
placed within the body of an email message to achieve specific results.
Each macro must appear on its own line and at the top of the message
body:
FAXPASSWORD: Password
Used for
including your fax password within the message. If RelayFax is
configured to require a password then you must use this macro to include
it, when sending a fax via an email client.
FAXID: Text
This macro specifies the fax ID used when RelayFax sends a fax. This information is transmitted to the receiving fax machine.
FAXSUBJECT: Text
This macro specifies the subject of the fax to 'Text'. This information appears on the cover page.
FROMNAME: Text
This macro specifies real name of the sender of the fax to 'Text'.
FROMLINE: 'Text' or FROMADDRESS: Text
Either of these macro specifies the email address of the sender of the fax. The value must be an email address.
FAXNUMBER: Parms
This
macro specifies the first fax recipient. ‘Parms’ can specify a fax
number only or a fax number + recipient name + recipient company name.
Ex: (519) 555-0177
Or (519) 555-0177, Megan Ball, Research In Motion Limited
Or (519) 555-0177, “Perry, Lisa”, “Research In Motion Limited ”
STREET1:Text
The sender’s street address.
STREET2:Text
The sender’s secondary address, or second line of their street address.
CITY:Text
The sender’s city.
STATE:Text
The sender’s state or province.
ZIP:Text
Sender’s zip or postal code.
HOMEPHONE:Text
This is the sender’s home telephone number.
HOMEFAX:Text
This is the sender’s home fax number.
BUSPHONE:Text
The sender’s business phone number.
BUSFAX:Text
Sender’s business fax number.
BILLINGCODE:Text
The billing code of the sender.
CCNUMBER: Parms
Use
this macro to specify additional fax recipients. You can use as many of
these macro as you need. Specify a single recipient per macro. ‘Parms’
can specify a fax number only or a fax number + recipient name +
recipient company name.
Ex: (519) 555-0177
Or (519) 555-0177, Megan Ball, Research In Motion Limited
Or (519) 555-0177, “Perry, Lisa”, “Research In Motion Limited ”
PORT: Number
This macro specifies the port that the fax should be sent on. Use care to ensure that you specify a valid port.
FROMCOMPANY: Text
This macro specifies the company name of the sender of the fax.
FROMPHONE: Text
This
macro specifies the voice telephone number of the sender of the fax.
This is the voice number value that is used in RelayFax’s template
files.
FROMFAX: Text
This macro specifies the fax number of the sender of the fax (typically the RelayFax Server’s fax number).
CONFIRMSEND: true
This
macro specifies that the sender of the fax wishes to receive a
confirmation message when the fax has been successfully sent. The value
of this macro should be the word 'true'.
ATTACHMENT: Path
Causes
the attachment specified in the path to be included in the fax message.
The file path must be accessible to the RelayFax server for it to be
attached.
COVERPAGE: Path
This macro
specifies the cover page that will be used for this fax. 'Path' must
specify a valid .CPE file accessible to the RelayFax Server.
PREFIX: Text
This macro specifies a prefix to the fax number such as '*70' or '9,'.
COMMENTS: Text
This
macro specifies the text that will appear in the NOTES or COMMENTS
section of the cover page. You can specify more than one line of comment
text by placing '%e' into the text where a linebreak should appear.
SCHEDULE: mm/dd/yyyy ##:## am/pm
Designates a specific date and time to send the fax.
Example: SCHEDULE: 01/01/2001 05:30 PM
NOTE:
The day and date parameters must be two characters: 01, 02, etc. The
year must be four. The hour must be 01-12 with AM or PM following the
minutes.
PRIORITY: 00-100
Sets a
priority value for the fax. 00 is the highest priority and 100 is the
lowest. Messages will always be faxed in the order of their priority
setting. When no priority setting is present, they will be treated as
“normal” with a setting of 50.
WAITFORANSWER: Number
This macro specifies how long RelayFax will wait for the receiving fax machine to answer. This is a value in seconds.
RETRYATTEMPTS: Number
This macro specifies how many times RelayFax will retry a failed fax attempt.
RETRYDELAY: Number
This macro specifies the number of seconds RelayFax will wait between subsequent fax attempts.
NOCOVERPAGE: true
This
macro will prevent RelayFax from generating a dynamic cover page and
sending it along with your fax. This is useful for situations in which
you either do not want a cover page or the first printed page of your
document is the cover page for the fax. BANNERTEXT: Text This macro
specifies the text that appears at the top of each faxed page. You can
use the special banner characters here. See the Banner Text &
Formatting Characters for more information.