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Configuration

Inbound Routing Tables

Fax2Send has 2 inbound routing tables stored in /etc/fax2send:

  • routing is always used when a new fax message is received and can route a message to a printer, email address or InTray. You can also specify an alias name to be used in the list of received messages.
  • intrayactions is used whenever a fax message is routed to an InTray and can route a message to an email address or printer. Note that use of this table is controlled by the InTrays parameter in the config file.

Messages can be routed on one of 2 properties:

  • CSI is the identification string programmed into the calling fax machine. Most lists of received messages include the CSI as one of the fields.
  • CLI is the identification of the calling number and is currently only available with DCE Faxbox modems using Fax2Send.

Routing Table (/etc/fax2send/routing)

The format of a line in the routing file should be one of:

  • csi,CSI~alias~~Printers~Mailing list~In Tray List
  • cli,CLI~alias~~Printers~Mailing list~In Tray List
  • line,faxmodem~alias~~Printers~Mailing list~In Tray List
  • default~~~Printers~Mailing list~In Tray List

Where:

  • Printers is a space separated list of printer names defined in the printer table.
  • Mailing list is a space separated list of email addresses. Note that Fax2Send will use the mail command to send email and attachments will be uuencoded.
  • In Tray List is a space separated list of In Trays.

The default line is used when no other match can be found in the table. It is normally used to route messages into one of the InTrays from where they are sorted by an operator or to print every message to the same printer.

Examples:

csi,123456789~John Smith Inc~~laser_1~johnh~Sales Technical
default~~~~~Unsorted

...will route any fax message received from a machine with local id "123456789" to:

  • The printer "laser_1"
  • The email address "johnh"
  • The In Tray "Technical"
line,faxmodem~~~~~tray1
line,faxmodem1~~~~~tray2

...will route all faxes received on the first line (faxmodem) to the In Tray "tray1" and all faxes received on the second line (faxmodem1) to The In Tray "tray2". This feature is only supported in Fax2Send server V2.1-13 and above. This is useful if, for example, the first line is used for sales orders and the second line by accounts.

To Route Every Message to a PCL compatible Printer...
  • Edit the routing table to contain the following line:

    default~~~FAXPRINTER~~Unsorted
  • Edit the printers table to contain the line:

    FAXPRINTER~hpIII-300~lpr -Pthe queue name for your printer

    If you do not use lpr you will need to replace "lpr -P...." with the appropriate command for your system.

InTrayAction Table (/etc/fax2send/intrayactions)

The format of a line in the intrayactions file is:

In Tray~~Printers~Mailing list

e.g Sales~~pr16 pr13~tony

Whenever a message is posted to an In Tray, the table is consulted. If a match is found then the message is sent to the specified printers and email addresses. There is no default line in this table.