FAX: Role of the Fax Board and Software

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Mail Gateway to FAX, version 3.0

The fax board used by the Microsoft Mail Gateway to Fax controls the asynchronous connection and the communication with the remote fax machine.

Faxes are placed in the fax board queue by the gateway. The board dials and connects to the remote fax machine, and handles actual transmission of the message. Any errors encountered by the fax board are passed back to the gateway, usually identified by a "Communication Error."

The fax board also accepts incoming calls from fax machines, receives transmitted faxes, and passes the received messages to the gateway.

Fax boards should be tested before running the fax gateway by sending and receiving faxes using the fax software that was shipped with the board.

REFERENCES

The "Installing the Fax Board Software" chapter of the "Microsoft Mail Gateway to Fax Administrator's Guide"

For more information, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   Fax and Gateway and role and pcmail