Sending Faxes using Faxback Fax Server and MAILSPLF
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Install / Upgrade Email Report Server/400
Install Email Report Server/400 or upgrade to V2.54 or above.
Creating a Host Entry to Point to Faxback Server
Create a host entry that points to your Faxback SMTP Gateway via iSeries menu GO CFGTCP, option 10. Work with TCP/IP host table entries.
Press F6 to create a new host entry called: FAXBACK and enter the IP address of the Faxback Server. Ex: (10.1.2.2)
Press Enter to save the new host entry.
Making Sure the Faxback SMTP Gateway is Running on FAXBACK server Address
From the iSeries command line, type the following:
TELNET RMTSYS(FAXBACK) PORT(25)
If the SMTP server connects you will see the following message or similar:
220 <faxback.rjssoftware.com> Simple Mail Transfer service ready 500 Syntax error, command unrecognized 500 Syntax error, command unrecognized
Type quit and press Enter to exit from the Telnet session.
Using MAILSPLF command to send Faxes via the Faxback SMTP Gateway
When running the MAILSPLF command, format the fax information as follows:
(Joe Jones)<999-735-9910^company=RJS Destination Company@faxback.rjssoftware.com>
Friendly name: Joe Jones Fax: 999-739-9910 Company Name: RJS Destination Company Domain: faxback.rjssoftware.com (Internet Domain name assigned to the Faxback SMTP Gateway during Faxback server setup on the PC)
Sample Command to send fax via MAILSPLF command
MAILSPLF FILE(QPJOBLOG)
JOB(000206/QSYS/QWCBTCLNUP)
TOADDRESS('(Joe Jones)<999-735-9910^company=RJS Destination Company@faxback.rjssoftware.com>')
FRADDRESS('(RJS Sales)sales@rjssoft.com')
SUBJECT('This is a test with MAILSPLF')
MESSAGE('Here is your report')
CONVTYPE(PDF)
SMTPHOST(FAXBACK)
BRACKETS(*NO)
**Note: Make sure to specify the BRACKETS parm and set it to *NO or the friendly name may not show up in the outbound fax message.
