Running on a W2k Server based network, Exchange Server 2000, Outlook XP clients...
I'm looking for a solution, either open source (linux preferred) or windows based, for setting up centralized faxing. Currently folks have to open a document, print it, go to the fax machine, send the fax. I'm looking for something where users can easily open a document and submit a fax electronically. The fax server software would handle queues. If possible, integration with Outlook for client side would be great, to be able to make use of the "Fax" field in an Outlook Contact. Fax server would also need to have decent logs, which could be queried easily if necessary, possibly even web front end managed.
It would seem to me that submitting to a "network printer" which acted as a fax
queue on the server makes the most sense. Although this doesn't necessarily
integrate with the Outlook Contact info, it is certainly more universal than
client software and Outlook plugins. Hylafax is the first recommendation I
have received (www.hylafax.org), but I am certainly open to other options. Consideration for incoming faxes and how to route those, possibly to people's
Inbox on Exchange would be great.
thanks, David
I read a review of Outlook 2003 which integrates seamlessly with Venali Fax over IP technology. You might want to check that out. Otherwise, check out venali.com for what they might offer. Bottom line according to Oliver Rist (http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/10/17/41enterwin_1.html) is that you won't get better than 81% uptime for a fax server, so you may as well outsource it.
For a small shop, sharing your "fax" printer from a single W2k or XP desktop setup with a fax/modem, and setting it up as a remote printer on all the other machines *might* work, though I've never tried it.
Joseph
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