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Configuring an SMTP/POP3 server for
faxing
Introduction
If you are using an SMTP/POP3 server, there are 2 ways of setting up
the Email2Fax gateway for these mail servers:
1. Create a routing rule on your mail server which routes all messages
sent to the faxmaker.com and smsmaker.com domain to the GFI
FAXmaker Fax server machine. You will also need to install & enable
the IIS SMTP server on the GFI FAXmaker fax server machine. This is
the preferred option but requires that GFI FAXmaker is not installed on
the mail server machine itself.
2. Create a DEDICATED mailbox for FAXmaker on your mail server,
which FAXmaker will use to send and receive faxes, e.g.
fax@company.com. This option allows you to install GFI FAXmaker
on the mail server machine.
If using Active Directory, you must ensure that the e-mail address of
each GFI FAXmaker user has been entered in Active Directory. If you
don’t use Active Directory you have to configure the name and email
address of the GFI FAXmaker users. For more information, please
see the paragraph ‘Step 3: Specifying the fax administrator & users’ of
the chapter ‘Installing GFI FAXmaker’.
Configuring the Email2Fax Gateway
After you have configured your mail server to route mail either to the
GFI FAXmaker fax server or to a dedicated mailbox:
1. In the GFI FAXmaker configuration, right-click on the Email2Fax
gateway node and select properties.
2. In the General tab specify the name or IP of your mail server. If your
mail server requires authentication, specify authentication details. This
entry will be used to send inbound faxes and delivery reports.
