Re: Fax4Outlook vs MSFax?

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Date: 03/25/04

  • Next message: Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]: "Re: Fax4Outlook vs MSFax?" 
    Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 17:02:06 -0800

    When I open a fax from the fax console with the windows
    picture and fax viewer, and I click on the "next" button
    it does not display the next fax? It displays some other
    image that I have opened sometime in the past.
    >-----Original Message-----
    >I'm not following your question.
    >--
    >Russ Valentine
    >[MVP-Outlook]
    ><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    >news:e10701c411aa$34acd130$a001280a@phx.gbl...
    >> Yes windows XP Fax and office xp.
    >>
    >> In addition to maintaining all faxes in the fax
    console I
    >> have configured XP Fax to store a copy in my own Fax
    >> Archive folder.
    >>
    >> Here's an interesting question, when I open a fax from
    >> the fax console the windows picture and fax viewer
    >> displays the image. When I click on the next image
    >> button, or the previous image button the windows
    picture
    >> and fax viewer does not display the previous for next
    >> fax? I can't figure out why windows picture and fax
    >> viewer displays the images that it does with their
    >> seemingly random dates.
    >> >-----Original Message-----
    >> >I assume you mean Windows XP Fax, not Microsoft Fax.
    If
    >> you have emailed
    >> >the faxes to yourself, they are in your PST file, but
    >> Outlook will not
    >> >preview TIF files. Plus, you should still have a
    backup
    >> of your faxes in the
    >> >Fax Console, right?
    >> >--
    >> >Russ Valentine
    >> >[MVP-Outlook]
    >> ><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    >> >news:dca201c41155$211da5e0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
    >> >> I was shocked to learn that Fax4Outlook only
    >> >> created "pointers" in the outlook inbox & sent items
    >> >> folders pointing to the faxes in the fax console!
    >> >>
    >> >> Because of the instability of the "pointers" I was
    >> >> constantly loosing my faxes and all of their
    customized
    >> >> properties. Their tech support claimed that this
    was by
    >> >> design!? I have now lost all of my faxes from the
    last
    >> 8
    >> >> months! Move on.
    >> >>
    >> >> The good news is that I have learned how to use
    MSFax
    >> and
    >> >> I have developed a process of dealing with its
    faxes so
    >> >> that, with a little more work than an email, they
    >> appear
    >> >> in my outlook inbox and sent items folder.
    >> >>
    >> >> When I send a fax through outlook, it appears in the
    >> sent
    >> >> items folder as well as the fax console.
    >> >>
    >> >> When I receive a fax in the fax console, I email it
    to
    >> >> myself and it appears in the inbox. If I use
    >> categories,
    >> >> subjects & contacts appropriately, all of the faxes
    are
    >> >> searchable as easily as all other outlook items.
    >> >> Unfortunately I have not found a way to make the fax
    >> >> attachments appear in the preview window.
    >> >>
    >> >> The question that I have is this, are the faxes in
    the
    >> >> inbox and sent items folders really in the PST file
    or
    >> >> are they only "pointers" to the fax console? My
    concern
    >> >> is for the long term stability of my communications
    >> data.
    >> >
    >> >
    >> >.
    >> >
    >
    >
    >.
    >

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