Administration Methods
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3.4 Administration via Email
You can administer the print server via email and thus via any com-
puter with Internet access.
Functionalities
An email allows you to
• send print server information,
• print emails and attachments,
• perform an update on the print server or
• define print server parameters.
Requirements
A DNS server has been configured on the print server, see:
32.
In order to receive emails, the print server must be set up as user
with its own email address on a POP3 server.
POP3 and SMTP parameters have been configured on the print
server; see: 36.
Sending
Instructions via
Email
If you want to administer the print server, you must enter the rele-
vant instructions into the subject line of your email.
1. Open an email program.
2. Write a new email.
3. Enter the print server address as recipient.
4. Enter an instruction into the subject line; see: ’Syntax and
Format of an Instruction’
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.
5. Send the email.
The print server receives the email and carries out the
instruction.
Syntax and Format
of an Instruction
Note the following syntax for instructions in the subject line:
cmd: <Command> [<Port>] [ack] [<Comment>]