MESSAGING SERVICE CLIENT

With all Outlook clients

Does not require installation on client workstations
Direct Fax transmission from the "New message" function
Use of the Fax field in the "Contacts" address books
Send the same message to Fax and messaging service recipients
Tolerance of styles and fonts contained in the body of the message
Conversion of attachments into Faxes by the server
Notation (text, stamp, signature) and re-transmission
Direct Fax viewer start-up after clicking on the Fax in the "Inbox"
Management of real Exchange reception acknowledgements
Use of message "importance" for Fax priority
Use of MS Exchange 2000 / 2003 public and personal address books
Use of "Contact" address books
Transmission options enabling selection of the cover page, time, resolution, transmission priority and billing account
Automatic printing or on request for transmission receipts (thumbnail or full page image format)

Advanced functions with Outlook client

Easy selection of transmission settings enabling cover page, time, resolution, transmission priority and billing account selection
Facility for putting a title on Faxes and e-mails received

With the Fax print driver

Does not require a messaging client to be started up
Available for PC and Macintosh
Addition of attachments directly converted to Fax locally or on the server (all Windows documents)
Direct typing of recipient's names and Fax numbers and/or recipient selection from the Exchange messaging service address book
Multiple recipients
Fax preview before sending
Cover page, time, resolution, transmission priority and billing account selection
After validation, the message is placed in the messaging services "Outbox", then in "Items sent"
Transmission of mail-shots from the ODBC directories (whether or not via the messaging service)
Transmission from Word's mail merge function
Transmission from a scanner
Programming interface (API) enabling Fax transmission from an automated system

ADMINISTRATION

A single administration point

MMC administration, common to Windows, Exchange and RTE FAX
Use of Active Directory for user and connector related administration functions

User administration

Allocation of user rights, such as:
Definition of a default cover page and the right to change it
Default billing account with locking rights
Default resolution and the right to change it
Possible call restrictions
Automatic printing of transmission receipts

Connector administration

Default profile set-up including: cover page, billing account, number of re-tries, fine/normal resolution, transmission priority, etc.
Use of smoothing mode for Faxes sent in normal mode offering a 30% saving on telephone invoice costs
Setting of cheap rate periods and restriction indicators
Facility to receive Faxes in TIFF multiple page (use of Imaging) and PDF (use of Acrobat Reader© formats)
Setting up the type of attachments accepted by the server

Automatic and simultaneous routing by DID (ISDN), DTMF, CSID, to :

Mailboxes
User groups
Mail databases
Network printer(s)
Archive folders
Redirection to another Fax number

FAX SERVER

NT service

Multi-thread applications fully using single and multiple-processor set-ups
Complies with service management conventions (SMC): enabling remote monitoring and maintenance
Drives up to 256 modems per machine
Adaptation to all set-ups, even when heavily loaded
Architecture enabling Fax server duplication

Remote administration

Use of Windows 2000 / 2003 administration alert messages in the event of a hardware fault on one of the lines
Server management tool enabling specific monitoring of activity and set-up of several servers
Communication cost monitoring tools
Activity and breakdown report in the Windows 2000 / 2003 events manager and/or the Exchange mailbox
Real time remote monitoring and diagnostic tools
Activity and breakdown report in the Windows 2000 / 2003 events manager and/or the Exchange mailbox
Real time remote monitoring and diagnostic tools
Display filter management in the transmission/reception logs
Export of logs containing transmission costs
Dialing rules: use of another telephone operator, use of International directories, etc.

Transmission engine

Automatic redial in the event engaged line or failed attempt
Only sends those pages that did not arrive during first attempt
Spooler priority management
Transmission, reception and mixed line setting up possible