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- URL : http://www.tpc.int/faxbyemail.html
- Title: TPC.INT: Send a FAX by E-mail
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- Send a FAX by e-mail
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- Other Languages: English, Italian, German
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- An experiment started in June 1993 now makes it possible to send a FAX (for
- free) to many different parts of the world by using internet e-mail. Any
- e-mail software can be used to send a text mesage, however formatted
- documents with fonts and pictures require a more sophisticated e-mail
- utility. (read our Client Software page for more information on this topic)
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- Before you begin, use our Check Coverage page to verify the area you wish to
- send a fax to is covered by the TPC Probject.
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- To send your fax via e-mail, start your mail software and compose a new
- e-mail message.
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- The Address Format:
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- remote-printer.recipient_name@fax_number.iddd.tpc.int
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- recipient_name fax_number
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- o Use the name of the recipient you wish to have on the coversheet.
- o The character '_' is converted to a space
- o The character '/' is converted to start a new line
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- o Do not use long distance and international access codes
- o Begin with country code (1=USA, 44=UK, etc)
- o Strip out punctuation characters
- o Maximum number of digits is 15
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- An example:
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- remote-printer.Arlington_Hewes/Room_403@14959682590.iddd.tpc.int
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- This will send a fax to the number 495-968-2590 (the first '1' at in the fax
- number is the country code for the USA)
- The coversheet will look like this:
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- Please deliver to:
- Arlington Hewes
- Room 403
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- The message content of the e-mail follows on separate pages of the fax
- transmission. An e-mail message will be sent back to you confirming the fax
- was sent, or information about any problems.
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- [Image] Tip: this type of e-mail to fax will generate pages aproximatly 80
- characters wide using 11 point courier font. Ascii graphics and special
- characters may or may not look correct when faxed. Keep your text simple.
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- [Image] Do you want more than just a text e-mail message? Do you want to
- graphics, fonts, special characters, etc? Visit our Client Software page for
- software to help you.
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