Re: AS/400 based fax solution

Jeff,

I've heard of the eight port card some time ago.  This might be 
great for outbound.  But for large quantities of inbound this 
could be a problem.  In my example we have 40 phone numbers shared 
on two lines.  Each of these numbers serves a seperate user, 
(except in the case of a couple shared mail-in databases).  
Therefore several people have their own fax number:  CEO, HR 
director, VP of IS, me, payroll, etc.  Granted, since they are 
sharing two DID trunks then only two numbers may be in use at any 
time.  (not real numbers) So you dial 219-555-2005 for my fax, 
219-555-2006 for the CEO, etc.  Notes strips off the last 4 
characters and routes the fax as an email attachment, via looking 
up these numbers in the nab, to your inbox.  I question as to 
whether or not the 8 port card will have the same autoroute capability.

I've noticed that the CRTFAXD command added *IMANALOG and *IMISDN 
to the traditional *LAN, *TDLC, *FAX, and *ASYNC.  What intrigues 
me is *IMISDN.  It is described as:
*IMISDN                                                            
    The PCI based integrated remote access ISDN port is attached to
    a point-to-point protocol (PPP) line.                          

Perhaps this will have the autoroute capability built in.  (By the 
way, *IMANALOG is the new 8 port card.)

Come to think about it, I did hear something about a future DFS/400.  
And I did hear about still needing the Nice Try product to handle 
the rendering process.  They went to great lengths to try to explain 
it to me.  Still left a bad taste in my mouth.  Heck, if Fax/400 can 
do overlays and whatnot why couldn't DFS/400?  I understand there 
will be some reinventing of the wheel because Fax for Domino can 
translate some attachments directly in to the fax.





jsilberberg@mindspring.com on 02/16/2000 02:13:12 AM
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Rob,

        At Lotusphere IBM talked about the December announce of an eight
port PCI Fax card for the AS/400 as a replacement for the old cards, I hink
they are using Brooktrouts but do not remember for sure!  As DFS/400 is
supposed to be available in Feburary if I mismember correctly, however you
will still need the Not Trustworthy product to handle the rendering process
even for DFS/400.

        I can cross check some notes Thursday if you would like...


Jeffrey M. Silberberg
CompuDesigns, Inc.
(770) 399-9464



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