Microsoft KB Archive/85359

= FAX: What the Microsoft Mail Gateway to Fax Does =

Article ID: 85359

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Mail Gateway to Fax 3.0

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This article was previously published under Q85359



SUMMARY
The Microsoft Mail Gateway to Fax transmits mail messages from Microsoft Mail to fax machines and receives items sent from fax machines.



MORE INFORMATION
While the gateway is running, it uses the polling option set in the PROFILE.GLB file to poll the FAX gateway mailbag and poll the fax board for incoming messages.

If the gateway detects any items queued in the mailbag, it will extract all the items queued (up to a maximum of 50), and place them in the fax board queue one at a time. From there, the fax board will transmit the items.

What the gateway does when it detects any items queued in the fax board queue depends on the options set in the &quot;FAXin&quot; field of the PROFILE.GLB file:
 * 1) Field is blank: The gateway leaves any incoming faxes in the fax board queue. You can use the fax board software to manage the queue.
 * 2) Select View in &quot;FAXin&quot;: The gateway extracts all the items from the queue and places the items in the mailbag defined in the &quot;Administrator.&quot;
 * 3) Select Spool in &quot;FAXin&quot;: The gateway extracts all the items from the queue and spools the items to the printer.
 * 4) Select View+Spool in &quot;FAXin&quot;: The gateway sends mail items to both the defined mailbox and the print spooler.

The print spooler is a program called PPB.EXE, located in the mail executables directory. Before an incoming fax can be printed, a printer driver must be generated by running the display program, DISPLAY.EXE, from the directory where the fax gateway will be run. If this is not done, the gateway will be unable to print.

