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Fax service

Description

The fax service lets Kalliope users send and receive faxes from their user portal on the web GUI or via email.

The service requires the purchase of a KPBX-V4-FAX license. Each license channel allows the configuration of one fax entity. A fax entity is conceptually equivalent to a physical fax machine that can be accessed by one or more users.

Configuration

To configure the service, you must define the settings for simultaneity and archival of sent and received files (including reports). You can do this on the Fax -> Fax settings page.

You will then need to configure the fax entity in the Fax -> Fax entities page.

For each entity you will need to set the following parameters:

• Name
• Numeric selection (extension) associated with the entity; this selection will be automatically inserted in the numbering plan
• Users enabled to use the entity (specifying send and/or receive permissions)
• Configuration template for the fax settings for sending/reception and archival

To configure the MAIL2FAX, go to the Fax -> Fax entities page and select the list of Mail2Fax boxes and add a new one.

You must then fill the following fields:

• Name
• Email address
• Mailbox settings
• Username
• Password
• Private PGP key (insert only if sending encrypted faxes ).

Save the settings and apply the changes.

Using the service

Fax module

Every user with send/receive permissions for a fax entity can view the Fax -> Fax module page.

In this module, you can:

• view the status of all received faxes and download the received file
• view the status of all sent faxes and download the sent file and the sending report

Sending a fax

Each user with send permissions for one or more fax entities can view the Fax -> Send fax page.

From this page, you can set the options for sending faxes:

• origin line (corresponds to the created entity)
• time of sending if required (otherwise the fax will be sent immediately)
• addressee
• pdf file to be sent (pdf, doc, docx, odt are supported)

Click on Send fax to send the fax.

You will be notified via email for each sent fax with the report attached.

MAIL2FAX

Each fax entity must have an associated Mail2Fax box. in the ax entity settings page, select the Mail2Fax settings:

• Mail2FAX box: name of the previously created mailbox
• Authentication method:
  • None: the fax will be sent and received with no authentication
  • PIN: the fax is authenticated with a PIN that must he inserted in the text of the mail
  • PGP signature: the fax is authenticated with a private key
• Request message encryption: enable or disable.

You must insert the email from which faxes will be sent so that the addressee can be recognized and not discarded. From the Users and roles page, select Edit user and insert the email.

You must also insert the email of the sender, from which the faxe will be sent, so that it can be recognized and not discarded by the system. From the Users and roles page, select Edit user and insert the email. Then from the Users and Roles page go to settings for the user that manages the fax entity and insert the email address from which the mailFax should be sent. Select 'edit user' and insert the email in the corresponding field. The same email address must not be used for multiple users (even if they belong to different tenants), otherwise the email will not be correctly sent and/or received.

It is now possible to send an email with the fax attached from the email box. The email must have:

• in the Subject field, the phone number to which to send the fax (you can also write the entity to which to send the fax by entering PnoeNumber@entity)
• in the To: field, the email to which to send the fax, i.e. the one associated with the entity
• in the body, the fax PIN if PIN authentication was selected
• as an attachment, the PDF file to be sent

If the fax is successfully sent, the Fax module page will display the outcome of the transition and an email will be sent to the sender.

Receiving a fax

Each user with receive permission for a fax entity will receive an email notification with the document attached.

When the FAX is received, an email gets sent. It includes a pdf file of the received FAX as an attachment and, as a subject, a string formatted as follows:
Subject: [SERIAL NUMBER] FAX successfully received from 0XXXXXXXX

where 0XXXXXXX is the calling number preceded by 0 of the commitment line.

The following line shows an example of email notification of a FAX sent from the phone number 0501234567.

Subject: [KPBX40299999] FAX successfully received from 050123456

where 0501234567 is the phone number from which comes the FAX.

We also show an example of the body of the email (containing other information):

FAX received from 0501234567 

Date and time: 12/03/2020 11:51:38
Transmission time : 34 seconds
Number of pages: 1 

The pdf file attached to the email has the following naming pattern:
F<0calling_number>_T<reached_number>_YYYY-MM-DD_HH_MM_SS_FAXID.pdf

The following line shows the potential name of the pdf file attached to the mail of the received fax.

F00501234567_T0509655637_2020-03-12_11_51_38_211.pdf

They can also view the status of all received faxes and download the document from the Fax module.