VPOP3 FaxServer Overview

The VPOP3 FaxServer is a network fax solution which is totally integrated into VPOP3. It allows users on your network to send faxes through the fax server from any application. Incoming faxes are delivered as images in email to a specified user or users.

The VPOP3 FaxServer is very cost effective, with a 5 user licence starting from only £50.00 ($77.50).

Sending Faxes

There are two ways of sending faxes through the VPOP3 FaxServer.

• Install a special printer driver on each user's PC. The user can then print to this 'VPOP3 Fax Printer' to send any document to a fax number. So, any document you can print, you can now fax! (This is the recommended solution for user faxing from a Windows PC)
• Send a specially crafted text email message to fax@yourdomain.com. This is intercepted by the VPOP3 FaxServer, which interprets commands in the email message to determine who the fax is to be sent to, and sends the text of your email (along with any attached image files) as a fax. (This allows faxing from an automated script or program, or faxing from non-Windows PCs)

Receiving Faxes

When an incoming fax is received by the VPOP3 FaxServer, it sends it as a TIFF file attachment in an email to a designated user or users. You can tell VPOP3 to send all incoming faxes to a particular user or distribution list, or you can tell VPOP3 to look at the sender's fax ID to decide where to route the incoming fax.

Also, if you have a TAPI compliant PABX with DDI, it is usually possible to configure the PABX so that several DDI numbers get routed to the same physical extension (containing the fax modem). VPOP3 can then find out from the PABX (using TAPI) which actual DDI number was used as the target of the fax, and then route the message according to your rules.