- Automatic Reception
AmigaFax may be configured to receive faxes in the background, or to
answer an already ringing line in Fax mode. Autoanswer may also be
integrated with a UUCP or BBS environment, where incoming calls may be
Fax or data, by using a specially modified version of the getty
program that recognises Fax calls.
- Automatic Transmission
Faxes may be queued for transmission after a particular time, to take
advantage of lower off-peak telecom rates, for example. You may specify
the number of times to try before giving up on transmission, and the
period at which retry attempts should be made. All call progress is
logged, and progress may be monitored from the main program. Call
logging displays when attempts were made, the success or failure of
the call, and the Called Number ID of the remote Fax machine reached.
- Multiple Recipients
Fax numbers may be entered either directly, or using defineable
aliases. Therefore instead of sending to `99123456', you could send it
to `Fred'. In the same way, an alias can refer to a list of other
aliases, or numbers, so that one fax could be sent to `Customers',
representing a list of customers.
- Flexible Fax Viewer
The Fax viewer allows you to view a fax document at scales of from 1:1
to 1:8. A 1:3 scale igenerally gives a quite readable image while
still fitting the entire Fax width across a standard Amiga screen. You
can easily zoom in on areas of particular interest if required.
- Powerful Document Builder
This allows you to mix any Amiga font or ILBM graphic on a page,
include text, ILBM, Fax, or AmigaFax command files anywhere on a page or in
a document, perform alignment at character or pixel level, justify
text regardless of font size, automatically add standard information
such as address, signature, logo, and current time/date.
- Highly User Configurable
The configuration file allows you to set the system up to suit your
requirements. You can define your prefered editor for text and for
graphics, set a standard file to use as a template when creating new
Fax documents, customize your dial type (pulse/tone, special prefix to
get outside line, etc), set the Caller ID string to identify yourself
to remote Fax machines, define the modem type you are using, and set
many system default values.
- Multiple Serial Port Support
Using the A2232 multi-serial port card, AmigaFax can support multiple
FaxModems simultaneously, each modem being able to transmit and
receive facimiles and data.
- Uses Preferences Printer
Because the Amiga Preferences printer is used to print out the
documents, you can tradeoff speed for resolution as you require.
- Workbench or CLI interface
AmigaFax can be run either from the workbench, or from a shell or CLI
interface. In either case, an easy to use graphical presentation makes
operation straightforward.