Re: Shared Fax Service

"=?Utf-8?B?QnJpYW4gSG91c2xleQ==?=" <Brian
Housley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:D9F545B8-971D-46EE-AFFC-2B5B489028F5@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> I have a 2003 SBS Server Premium server. I have been tasked with
> implementing the Shared Fax Service.
>
> 1st priority is to send faxes from an application to the server with a
> shared modem.
>
> 2nd priority would be to receive incoming faxes and distribute the
> faxes to a printer or to a pop3 email address.
>
> I have found a terrible lack of documentation at Microsoft on how to
> complete this.
>
> You would think it would be a simple operation.
>
> Can someone provide a like to a Microsoft document that will explain
> the details of how to implement the shared fax service.
>
> The hardware HCL list does not indicate any fax modems for 2003
> Server. Does anyone have a list of modems that work.
>

If you have successfully installed the fax services, your #1 and #2
priroties are relatively simple. Remember that MS treats outgoing fex
devices the same as printers.

Share your FAX on SBS 2003 the same as a printer share. Clients
connect to your shared fax. Then your MS apps simply print to the
"Fax Device". They get the outgoing fax wizard each time they print to
it. You can also integrate the Outlook Address book as a list of
receivers.

In SBS 2003 you use sharepoint to direct incoming faxes to multiple
locations. One of those is an email address. I found it best to assign
several the task to check that email address and forward faxes based
in the fax content. As of now, you can not auto forward based on the
incoming phone id.

BEWARE of internal modems. I tried several and ended up with a couple of
US ROBOTICS EXTERNAL serial modems that worked well. The 1st internal I
tried got me the BSOD which necessitated a complete reinstall of SBS
2003. Very ugly.

Hope this helps a little.





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    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Re: Monitoring inbound faxes on shared fax SBS 2003
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    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Re: Fax service failing to send faxes out? Receives ok.
    ... Fax boards or external fax modems do hang once in a while. ... As to sending from the server, you are correct that it is a permission issue ... and I wouldn't change it unless you absolutely have to send faxes from the ... Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support ...
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    ... Of course it initially had one in and yes ran the wizard to configure it. ... Les Connor [SBS MVP] ... modems on a 2003 environment is much tougher than it should be. ... I've quit using the sbs fax server for faxing in most cases. ...
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