Welcome to the first beta release of the new Faximum Messaging Server 2 product. We're really excited about the new features in this version and appreciate your willingness to try the software and let us know what you think. Obviously, as a beta release, this documentation is not as complete as we intend for the production release so please bear with us. If you have any questions or have problems that are not addressed by the manual and on-line help as it currently exists, please send us email at support@faximum.com making sure to tell us you are using the FMS 2 beta.

In the production version of the product you will be able to use the link below to access the most up-to-date version of the documentation.

For the most recent version of this manual, please visit our FMS Manual Webpages.

Table of Contents

• Important Notice
• Applicability

CHAPTER 1 Introduction

• What You Really Need to Know
• Known Software Defects
• Guide to this Manual

CHAPTER 2 Installation

• Software Installation Service
• Email Infrastructure Requirements
• Supported Email Clients
• Supported Analog Fax Modems
• Supported Digital (ISDN) Fax Modems
• Supported DID Devices
• Supported Fax Boards (SCO OpenServer only)

CHAPTER 3 FMS Encyclopedia

• Introduction to Zero-Search Time Documentation
• Access, Controlling
• Account, Updating Your FMS
• Accounting Log, Viewing
• Activation Key, Obtaining a
• Attachments, Sending
• Banner, Defining the Top-of-Page FMS Only
• Configuration
• Configuration Files
• Cover Sheet, Defining a (FMS Only)
• Starting the FMS Background Processes
• Daemons, Starting
• Disk Space Consumption, Estimating
• Documentation
• Email Infrastructure, Testing Your
• Exchange, Microsoft
• Fax Lines, Configuring
• Fax Viewer (Linux), Installing & Using
• Fax Viewer (Other Platforms), Installing & Using
• Fax Viewer (UNIX), Installing & Using
• Fax Viewer (Windows 3.x), Installing & Using
• Fax Viewer (Windows 9x & NT), Installing & Using
• Faxes, Annotating
• Faxes, Broadcasting
• Faxes, Printing
• Faxes, Receiving
• Faxes, Routing
• Faxes, Scheduling
• Faxes, Sending
• Faximum Messaging Server, Administering a
• Faximum Messaging Software as a Sendmail Delivery Agent, Configuring
• Faximum Messaging Software as an SMTP Server, Configuring
• Faximum Messaging Server, Configuring
• Faximum Messaging Software
• Files, Faxing
• Log Files
• Key, Obtaining a Software Activation
• Manual, Viewing
• Merge, Configuring
• Modem, Adding a
• Modem, Configuration
• Microsoft Exchange, Using FMS with
• Print Driver for Windows, Installing FMS
• Received Faxes, Annotating
• Received Faxes, Automatic Routing of
• Received Faxes, Handling
• Received Faxes, Manual Routing of
• Received Faxes, Routing of
• Received Faxes, Viewing
• Resolution, Setting Fax
• SCO Merge Installation (SCO OpenServer/UnixWare only)
• Security
• Sendmail
• Sendmail, Locating
• Sendmail, Testing for
• Sendmail.cf
• Sendmail.cf, Testing Changes
• Serial Port, Configuration
• Simple Mail Transport Protocol
• SMTP
• Software, Downloading
• Software Licence Key
• Support, Obtaining
• SWIIFT
• System Log, Viewing
• TIFF-F Files
• User Account, Adding/Modifying a
• Version Information, Viewing Software
• "Your Company Name Here", Changing

CHAPTER 4 Troubleshooting

• Sending Your Support Provider Essential Information
• Diagnosing the Problem
• Unable to View System Log
• FMS Web Server Not Running
• FMS Domain Name Not Being Resolved

CHAPTER 5 Faximum Messaging Gateway

CHAPTER 6 FMS Software Development Kit (SDK)

APPENDIX A Software Licence

APPENDIX B Inventory

• /etc/faximum.conf
• /etc/init.d/fms
• /etc/init.d/fmsinet
• /opt/faximum/fms/
• /var/faximum
• /var/spool/faximum

APPENDIX C File Structures

• /etc/faximum.conf File
• Fax Line File(s)
• Mime Types File
• Users File

APPENDIX D Dialogic GammaFax Support

• Supported Operating Systems
• Supported Fax Board
• Configuring the Dialogic GammaLink Board(s)
• Configuring FMS to Use GammaLink Board(s)

APPENDIX E Man Pages

• List of Man Pages
• asciitiff - convert an ASCII file into a TIFF image
• convert... - render and convert files to TIFF-F
• faxcico - send/receive daemon
• faxsched - fax request scheduler
• sendfax - low-level FAX request handler
• swiiftefg- convert an ASCII file into a TIFF image
• swiiftfeg- convert an ASCII file into a TIFF image
• tiffcompress - TIFF image compressor
• tiffcat - concatenate TIFF files
• tiffhp - convert TIFF files to HP PCL
• tiffps - convert TIFF files to PostScript
• tiffsplit - split a multi-page TIFF file into single-page files
• tifftiff - TIFF image reformatter

APPENDIX F Faximum Installation Service

APPENDIX G Error Codes

APPENDIX G Help Screens

• Start Screen
• Home Page
• Queue Status
• Request Status
• FMS Daemon Status
• Fax Line Status
• Queue Statistics
• System Log
• Account Log
• FMS Version
• FMS Documentation
• System Configuration
• Select Fax Line
• Fax Line Update
• Select User
• Update User (Admin Privleges)
• Update User (Non-Admin Privleges)
• Software Activation Keys
• Updated Licence Page
• Note to the Document Author

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