Email Integration

The FaxPress Email Gateways provide a variety of fax and email integration options, depending on the email environment. Serving as a link between the FaxPress Enterprise and your network's mail server, the Gateways allow fax messages to be sent and received directly from a number of mail clients - Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes, Novell GroupWise, as well as most SMTP compliant mail systems.

The Enterprise server's embedded Email Gateway service provides the added benefit of running on the server rather than on a network workstation, and requires no software installation.

The FaxPress Enterprise Email Gateways Guide and FaxPress Enterprise Lotus Notes Integration Guide are available on the web.

Microsoft Exchange and Outlook Environments

The FaxPress Enterprise provides both server-based and client-based email integration options for Microsoft Exchange and Outlook environments. The server-based option, FaxPress Exchange Connector, is installed from the FaxPress Plus CD and runs as a service on your Exchange server. The client-based option, Outlook Direct, is also installed from the FaxPress Plus CD, but, as a service added to the user's Outlook email profile, does not require an Exchange server.

The FaxPress Exchange Connector supports Exchange 5.5 and Exchange 2000/2003 servers. Once installed from the Enterprise 4.x CD, the Enterprise Exchange Connector is then configured to use either the "Microsoft Exchange Connector Using SMTP" option or the "Microsoft Exchange Connector Using MAPI" option of the Enterprise's embedded Email Gateway service. Both enable inbound and outbound faxing through Exchange, synchronizing of the Enterprise and Exchange user databases, and use of the global address book for faxing, as well as convenient server-side deployment. The Enterprise's embedded Email Gateway service provides an accurate conversion of attached files in native formats to faxable images by invoking a background printing of attachments.

The FaxPress Outlook Direct service software provides a convenient, client-based way for Microsoft Outlook users to send and receive faxes as easily as they send and receive email, right from their Outlook client. The Castelle FaxPress Transport, a service added to the user's email profile, connects Outlook directly to the Enterprise server. Client rather than server-based, Outlook Direct has the ability to operate independently of an Exchange server, making it ideal for smaller networks. Outlook Direct is not the ideal choice, however, for a remote, dial-up or Virtual Private Network connection.

IBM Lotus Notes Environments

FaxPress Enterprise and Lotus Notes Gateway integration links the Domino server and FaxPress Enterprise systems, allowing faxes to be sent and received right from the Notes client. Familiar Notes commands are used to create, address, and send faxes, making fax messaging as simple as sending a Notes memo. Fax features are available to both local and offsite FaxPress Enterprise users, and attached files can be sent to both fax and email recipients simultaneously.

The FaxPress Enterprise architecture complements and extends the Lotus Notes/Domino functionality without consuming critical resources, while convenient database synchronization of the two systems simplifies administration.

Novell GroupWise and Other SMTP-Compatible Email Environments

The Enterprise's versatile embedded Email Gateway for Generic SMTP enables users of SMTP-compatible email systems to send and receive faxes. The embedded Email Gateway for Generic SMTP has been tested in variety of email environments. It has proven to be a very reliable alternative to NLMs or connectors, especially since it runs as a service on the Enterprise, and does not run on the NetWare or Windows server of the email system. The embedded Email Gateway for Generic SMTP provides a robust and efficient way to fax-enable Novell GroupWise.

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