XFAX 4.3a - User's Guide

Table of Contents

1. Overview

2. Installation

3. Configuring the software

3.1 Keywords

3.2 Environment variables

3.3 Adding actions

3.4 XFAX and multiple fax devices

4. Sending a fax

4.1 faxsend

4.2 Attaching a note to a fax

4.3 One fax to several recipients (group transmission)

4.4 Scheduled transmissions

4.5 The ID of the fax in the queue

4.6 Printing a fax before sending

4.7 The script xfax

4.8 The script faxadm

4.9 Document codes

4.10 The telephone cost file ETCDIR/cost

5. Receiving faxes

5.1 Automatic printing of incoming faxes

6. Handling faxes

6.1 Fax queues

6.2 Reschedule a fax

6.3 Scheduling a fax

6.4 Canceling of a fax

6.5 Printing a fax

6.6 Listing faxes in a particular directory

6.7 Routine maintenance

6.8 Cleaning the statistics file

7. XFAX in a Windows environment

7.1 The XFAX Windows client (printer driver)

7.1.1 Installation

7.1.2 Using the client

7.2 Using the address book in XFAX

8. Overlay files and cover sheets

8.1 Using overlay files as forms and cover pages

8.2 Cover sheets the old way

9. XFAX and e-mail

9.1 Sendmail

9.2 The script faxmail

10. XFAX and Ghostscript (sending PDF and Postscript)

10.1 Installing Ghostscript and the XFAX driver

10.2 Troubleshooting

11. The integrated HTTP server

12. The integrated SMTP server

13. Modems and flow control

14. Command reference

14.1 Commands

14.1.1 faxadm

14.1.2 fax2bmp

14.1.3 fax2hp

14.1.4 faxclean

14.1.5 faxlogon

14.1.6 faxmail

14.1.7 faxmaster

14.1.8 faxmime

14.1.9 faxprint

14.1.10 faxq

14.1.11 faxrm

14.1.12 faxsend

14.1.13 faxsr

14.1.14 faxstat

14.1.15 faxwho

14.2 Exit codes

15. Keyword reference

15.1 General keywords

15.1.1 FAXLINE

15.1.2 ACCESS_HTTP

15.1.3 ACCESS_SMTP

15.1.4 ACCEPT_USERS

15.1.5 ADMINISTRATOR

15.1.6 ALERT_USER

15.1.7 ARCHIVE_SENT

15.1.8 AUTOPRINT

15.1.9 BROKEN_SELECT

15.1.10 BUSY_FAIL

15.1.11 CHARACTER_SET

15.1.12 CLASS

15.1.13 CODE_END

15.1.14 CODE_START

15.1.15 COMPANY

15.1.16 DEBUG

15.1.17 DEFAULT_FONT

15.1.18 DEFAULT_MARGIN

15.1.19 DENY_USERS

15.1.20 DIAL_PREFIX

15.1.21 DEFAULT_PRINTER

15.1.22 DIAL_TIMEOUT

15.1.23 DOMAIN

15.1.24 EXEC_WORKDIR

15.1.25 EXECUTE_AFTER_RECEIVE

15.1.26 EXECUTE_AFTER_SEND

15.1.27 EXECUTE_BEFORE_SEND

15.1.28 EXIT_STRING

15.1.29 FAIL_DIR

15.1.30 FAIL_FAXNO

15.1.31 FAXHOST

15.1.32 FAXNO

15.1.33 FLOW

15.1.34 FONTDIR

15.1.35 GROUP

15.1.36 HTTP_ENABLE

15.1.37 HTTP_PORT

15.1.38 ID

15.1.39 INIT_STRING

15.1.40 INT_PREFIX

15.1.41 JETFAX_BUSY_TRIES

15.1.42 JETFAX_COPY

15.1.43 JETFAX_PAGE_TIME

15.1.44 JETFAX_RECEIPT

15.1.45 LANGUAGE

15.1.46 LD_PREFIX

15.1.47 LINE_FAIL

15.1.48 LOCAL_PREFIX

15.1.49 LOCK_DIR

15.1.50 LOCKING_STYLE

15.1.51 LP

15.1.52 LP_PRINT_OPTION

15.1.53 MAIL_ON_ERROR

15.1.54 MAIL_ON_SUCCESS

15.1.55 MAX_BPS

15.1.56 MAX_TRIES

15.1.57 NICE_CONV

15.1.58 NICE_SEND

15.1.59 NO_ERROR_SAVE

15.1.60 NO_STATISTICS

15.1.61 OLD_SCO

15.1.62 PARTIAL_PAGES

15.1.63 PORT

15.1.64 PRINT_REC_TO_LEFT

15.1.65 PULSE

15.1.66 QUIET

15.1.67 RECEIVE_ONLY

15.1.68 RESOLUTION

15.1.69 RETRY_TIME

15.1.70 REVERSE_STATS

15.1.71 ROUND_ROBIN

15.1.72 SEND_BPS

15.1.73 SEND_ONLY

15.1.74 SMTP_ENABLE

15.1.75 SMTP_PORT

15.1.76 SMTP_SENDER

15.1.77 SMTP_SERVER

15.1.78 SPOOLDIR

15.1.79 STTY

15.1.80 SYMBOL_SET

15.1.81 T30_ECM

15.1.82 T30_RTC

15.1.83 T30_PAGELENGTH

15.1.84 TONE

15.1.85 USE_SHM

15.1.86 USER_FILE

15.1.87 WAIT_FOR_TONE

15.1.88 XON_XOFF

16. Troubleshooting

17. Technical specifications

17.1 Modem drivers

17.2 File formats

17.3 Memory required

17.4 Tested platforms

17.5 Modems tested

17.6 Typefaces in XFAX