I do have a Brooktrout card I'm not using. A while back I started to implement Biscom fax to e-mail but there was little demand and not cost effective. So I do have a card that I could use if I could find a basic solution that just used SMTP mail to forward faxes.
>>> Kurt Buff <[email protected]> 3/11/2009 9:10 PM >>> Bill, that's very interesting. What software are you using for fax handling? On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 15:40, Bill Songstad (WCUL) <[email protected]> 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:[email protected]] > 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/> ~ 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/> ~
