Chapter 3: Server Installation
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7. Setting Up the Mail Server
The FaxFinder uses a mail server to send fax log reports, by email, to the administrator. An email is
also sent to the administrator each time the FaxFinder is powered up. In all cases, you must specify
the address of the mail server and the email address of the administrator. Some email servers require
authentication before allowing the FaxFinder access. In these cases, the FaxFinder unit must be
assigned a Server User ID and a password. If the mail server does not require authentication, the
related
SMTP Configuration
fields (“SMTP Server User ID,” “SMTP Password,” and “Retype SMTP
Password”) must be left blank.
a. In the FaxFinder
Administration
screen, go to the
SMTP Configuration
fields.
b. Fill in the network IP address or domain name of your mail server. Click
Update
.
c. Enter the email address of the administrator (the party that you want to receive fax log reports).
d. At this point the Administrator should receive an email from your FaxFinder saying that the mail server
address has been updated.
e.
Email Server Authentication Parameters
. If your email server requires authentication in order to
give the FaxFinder access, fill in the three related SMTP fields (
SMTP
Server User ID
,
SMTP
Password
,
Retype SMTP Password
). If you can enter the network email program and send
messages
without
entering a User ID and Password, then you
must
leave these fields blank.
However, if your network email program
does
require a User ID and Password in order to send email
messages, you
must
fill in these three fields. If authentication is required and these fields are left
blank, then the error “SMTP Authentication Error” will appear on the
Current Status
screen in the
“Email Status” field. If authentication is not required and these fields
are
filled in, then an error will
also occur.
You must know how your email server works in this regard and complete the
Administration: SMTP Configuration
screen accordingly
.
f. If you do not receive an email saying that the mail server address has been updated, see item #2
“What if I don’t get an email when I set the mail server address?” in the Troubleshooting section of
the Administrator User Guide.
8. Configuring the FaxFinder’s Modem
The FaxFinder’s Modem directs inbound faxes to client email addresses.
a. In the FaxFinder Server software, go to the
Modem Configuration
screen.
b. In the
Modem Configuration: POTS Modem 1
, screen, enter the modem characteristics needed in
your FaxFinder system. The default values have been designed to work well in many situations.
