Administering Guaranteed Fax as A Communication Manager Messaging Subscriber

About this task

To administer a Fax endpoint as a messaging subscriber:

Procedure

Have the switch administrator administer the Fax machine's extension for call coverage to messaging.
Go to the Communication Manager Messaging web page.
Under Messaging Administration, select Subscriber Management.
The system displays the Manage Subscribers page.
In the Add or Edit text box, type in a new subscribers extension.
The system displays the Add Local Subscriber page. See, adding a messaging subscriber as described in Adding Subscribers.
Under Incoming Mailbox, in the Retention Times field, enter a value of 3 or 4 days.
Keep this value low to avoid accumulating undeleted messages. However, you must also consider what the longest period of time is that the destination Fax machine will go unattended, for example, over a 4-day holiday weekend.
Under MISCELLANEOUS, in the Call Answer Message Maximum Length field, enter 1200 seconds.
In the Mailbox Size field, enter a minimum value of 5000 seconds.
Note
5000 seconds is the equivalent of 50 to 150 pages of Fax, depending on the nature of the Fax. Monitor this setting to ensure that its value is sufficient to guarantee storage of all incoming Faxes. If this mailbox is heavily used or regularly receives graphic-intensive Faxes, you might need to increase the mailbox size (to 10,000 seconds, for example).
Click Save to update this information to the system database.
Use the telephone interface to:
- Record the name of the Fax print destination machine. When the system prompts you for your name, reply with the name of the Fax machine, for example, "Sales department Fax machine."
- Record a greeting that identifies the Fax print destination machine.
- Activate Autoprinting from the mailbox (to the specified Fax endpoint).
- Enter the Fax print destination machine extension as the default Fax machine. This value must match the allowed or denied Fax dial string restrictions as described in Specifying Fax Dial Strings.
- Activate Autodelete to delete Fax messages after a successful autoprint.