Just Windows Server 2003, and Exchange 2003. I couldn't afford any of the commercial versions of fax software and I knew that W2K3 server has a fax service included. I just configured the fax service to deliver the faxes as emails. The hardest part was getting windows to recognize the fax card properly. Brooktrout supplies no drivers and W2K3 includes some but they are not available until the fax service is installed.
The first card went in fine and was detected properly, but a year later when I installed the second card, I had to pull cards out and switch things about a bunch to get it to properly detect. Maybe it was the newer card, the location on the board, or the upgrade to R2 in the interim. I don't know, but I got them both working and delivering faxes without the expensive third party solutions. It took me some time to get it working, but the nuts and bolts of it is: install the fax service, install the board(s) and once you get them properly detected as fax boards you configure the fax service using the fax service manager and the fax console. You can configure the faxes to be delivered to file locations, shares or email. I send to email and keep a copy to in a central location as well. Here's a couple of articles that might tell it better than me: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5148992.html http://mcpmag.com/reviews/products/print.asp?editorialsid=460 Bill �� -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 6:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Ifax anyone? Bill, that's very interesting. What software are you using for fax handling? On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 15:40, Bill Songstad (WCUL) <administra...@waleague.org> wrote: > Depending on the number of recipients you need, you can get a fax card and > plug it into a server that will deliver faxes to an email > address.���Additionally, the fax can be shared as a print device that the > everyone can send to.���So in our office, I have two 2-port brooktrout cards > ~$500 each attached to my w2k3 server running exchange.���Three lines are > delivered to specific users for private faxes and the fourth line is directed > to a public folder. ��Now I could have my phone system direct the faxes in a > hunt group to have all four lines on one number or assign a number to each > mailbox. ��Depending on how many faxes you define as a high volume, something > like that could work if you had few individual recipients. > > I went that way over the service for cost savings�� $1000 and I was done > forever. Granted our fax line is not ringing non-stop, but if it did, the > brooktrout cards should handle it. > > Bill > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] > Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 3:17 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Ifax anyone? > > Hi folks, > > One of our offices is moving.���Part of that move is the considerations is > using some sort of service that can receive faxes for that program, be access > securely, and hopefully send some sort of notification that a new fax has > arrived. ��A hosted service or in house system - either would work�� This > program also receives a very high volume of faxes. > > Suggestions? > > Tom > Confidentiality Notice�� This e-mail message, including attachments, is for > the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and > privileged information.���Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or > distribution is prohibited.���If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ��~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>���~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
