INTERNET MAIL COMMUNICATION
SM 4-3 IFAX
Internet Fax
(IFAX)
4.2 INTERNET MAIL COMMUNICATION
4.2.1 MAIL TRANSMISSION
Procedure
Scanned documents are sent as electronic mail (e-mail).
All messages are sent using memory transmission.
All e-mail transmissions are controlled using Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
procedures. There must be an SMTP server on the same LAN as the sending
machine, or the machine will not be able to send e-mail (it is not necessary to set
up an SMTP account).
Data Formats
The scanned data is converted into a TIFF-F formatted file (only MH compression
can be used).
The fields of the e-mail and their contents are as follows:
Field Content
From Mail address of the sender
Reply To Destination requested for reply
To Mail address of the destination
Bcc Backup mail address
Subject From CSI or RTI (Fax Message No. xxxx)
Content Type
Multipart/mixed
Attached files: image/tiff
Content Transfer Encoding Base 64, 7-bit, 8-bit, Quoted Printable
Message Body
MIME-converted TIFF-F (MIME standards specify how files
are attached to e-mail messages)
Errors
An error report is generated if an error occurs during communication between the
machine and the SMTP server. However, it is possible that the sender will not
IFAX
SMTP
Server
E-mail
LAN
Router
Router
Internet
IFAX
POP/IMAP
Server
E-mail
LAN
Sending Terminal
IFAXD601.WMF
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