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Fax

Fax

The Fax menu allows you to send and receive faxes. If your administrator enables you to monitor a fax extension, you can also manage all faxes received on that fax extension.

This section includes the following topics:

Viewing a fax received on your extension

  1. Go to Fax > Inbox.
  2. Locate the row for the fax that you want to view.
  3. Go to the Download column and click the link.

Sending a fax

  1. Go to Fax and click New.
  2. Configure the following fields:

    GUI field

    Description

    To Enter the fax number to which you want to send the fax.
    Attachment (PDF and JPEG only) Click the plus (+) icon to locate the fax you want to send as either a PDF or JPEG attachment.
    Advanced

    FAX header

    Enter the fax header such as the receiver's name, subject, or number of pages.

    Station ID

    Enter a station ID that shows on each fax sent from the FortiVoice unit.

  3. Click Send.

Viewing a fax sent from your extension

  1. Go to Fax > Sent.
  2. Locate the row for the fax that you want to view.
  3. Go to the Download column and click the link.

Monitoring a fax extension

Note

To monitor incoming faxes on a fax extension, the FortiVoice system administrator must enable this function on your extension.

  1. Go to Fax > Monitor.
  2. Locate the row for the fax that you want to view.
  3. Go to the Download column and click the link.
    • To delete the fax, select the checkbox to the left, and click Delete.
    • To resend the fax, select the checkbox to the left, and click Resend.
    • To forward the fax, select the checkbox to the left, and click Forward

Fax

The Fax menu allows you to send and receive faxes. If your administrator enables you to monitor a fax extension, you can also manage all faxes received on that fax extension.

This section includes the following topics:

Viewing a fax received on your extension

  1. Go to Fax > Inbox.
  2. Locate the row for the fax that you want to view.
  3. Go to the Download column and click the link.

Sending a fax

  1. Go to Fax and click New.
  2. Configure the following fields:

    GUI field

    Description

    To Enter the fax number to which you want to send the fax.
    Attachment (PDF and JPEG only) Click the plus (+) icon to locate the fax you want to send as either a PDF or JPEG attachment.
    Advanced

    FAX header

    Enter the fax header such as the receiver's name, subject, or number of pages.

    Station ID

    Enter a station ID that shows on each fax sent from the FortiVoice unit.

  3. Click Send.

Viewing a fax sent from your extension

  1. Go to Fax > Sent.
  2. Locate the row for the fax that you want to view.
  3. Go to the Download column and click the link.

Monitoring a fax extension

Note

To monitor incoming faxes on a fax extension, the FortiVoice system administrator must enable this function on your extension.

  1. Go to Fax > Monitor.
  2. Locate the row for the fax that you want to view.
  3. Go to the Download column and click the link.
    • To delete the fax, select the checkbox to the left, and click Delete.
    • To resend the fax, select the checkbox to the left, and click Resend.
    • To forward the fax, select the checkbox to the left, and click Forward