Format Settings

Fax Delivery Format

In this area, you can specify fax delivery format that you want to use with the current rule. You also can specify whether to attach the fax to e-mail message.

Deliver incoming faxes in the following format

Select fax delivery format, that you want to use with the current rule. The incoming fax can be delivered via e-mail as TIFF, PDF or SFF attachment.

Do not attach a copy of the received fax

Check If you do not want to attach the fax to e-mail message.

Filename Template

In this area, you can specify filename template for the attached faxes.

Use Default Template (FAX...)

Select this option to use default filename template with the current rule. When specifying the default filename template, the fax attachment name is FAX.tif, FAX.pdf or FAX.sff (depending on the selected fax delivery format).

Use Custom Template:

Select this option to specify custom filename template in the text box below. Filename template may contain arbitrary text, as well as so-called %variables% that are replaced by actual data (e.g. %CallerID%, %StartTime%, %PagesReceived% etc.). Filename template can not contain any of the following characters: \ / : * ? " < > | ; An example of file name for the current filename template (taking into account the selected date and time formats) is shown below under Example.

Insert a variable

Use this button to insert a variable in the text box on the left, where the custom filename template is specified. To insert a variable into the text, place the cursor in the desired location (or select text segment that you want to replace), press the button and then select a variable from the drop-down menu.

The following variables can be used with custom filename template (replaced by actual data):

%CallerID%. The telephone number of the calling device.
%CalledNumber%. The telephone number of the called party (DID).
%RemoteFaxID%. The Transmitting Subscriber ID (TSID) received from the fax sender.
%LocalFaxID%. The Called Subscriber ID (CSID) that identifies you as a fax recipient, sent to the fax sender.
%StartTime%. The starting time for the fax job that received the fax document.
%EndTime%. The ending time for the fax job that received the fax document.
%Duration%. The total time that elapses between the beginning of fax reception and the end of fax reception.
%PagesReceived%. The number of pages in the received fax document.
%DeviceName%. The name of the device that received the fax document. Example: Fax Voip 14.4K TAPI Voice-Fax Modem #2.
%FaxMessageID%. The unique number that identifies the fax job that received the fax document.

Format

Select the locale (region and language) to specify how to display date and time values for the current filename template. This selection affects the display of date and time values defined by the following variables: %StartTime%, %EndTime%. By default, the date and time is formatted in accordance with operating system settings.

Use default date and time formats that match Windows display language

Click this button to select date and time formats that match Windows display language (for the current user).

Date

Check this box to use the date part of DateTime value. Select date format from the drop-down list. Available date formats depend on the selected locale (region and language). Slashes ' / ' that cannot be used in file names are replaced with dashes ' - '. An example of the formatting for the current selection is shown on the right under Example.

Time

Check this box to use the time part of DateTime value. Select time format from the drop-down list. Available time formats depend on the selected locale (region and language). Colon characters ' : ' that cannot be used in file names are replaced with dashes ' - '. An example of the formatting for the current selection is shown on the right under Example.

Example

An example of file name for the current filename template (taking into account the selected date and time formats, as well as the selected fax delivery format).

Notes

When using CDO.Message method for sending e-mail messages (see more details in the SMTP Settings chapter) and the presence of unicode characters in the name of the attached file (usually when using a non-standard locale to format date and time), these characters can be replaced by underlining ' _ '. To fix the problem, use SecureSmtpClient or System.Net.Mail method for sending e-mail messages.

Format Settings (Route through e-mail, Microsoft Fax)