Installation Guide

Internet Fax Machine Setup (Optional)
Chapter 1: Installing the FlowPort Server ❖ 1–31
Internet Fax Machine Setup (Optional)
FlowPort is an SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) direct
mail system but can be configured to work with the POP3
(Post Office Protocol) polling mail system. To use an
Internet Fax machine as an input and output device for
FlowPort, you must make configuration settings if using
either an SMTP server or a POP3 polling server.
SMTP Server
The FlowPort SMTP option directly manages the Internet
FAX mailboxes through the hostname and user name
mailboxes that are configured for FlowPort.
To complete the FlowPort SMTP configuration, you need
the following information from your Information Systems
(IS) administrator:
•DNS hostname
• DNS domain name
• Static IP address
In addition to the FlowPort configuration, you need to
configure the Internet Fax machine.
• Assign a speed dial number or use an alternate method
to specify the FlowPort server’s Internet Fax address.
For example:
[e-mail]
The FlowPortserver-hostname is a name assigned to the
FlowPort server that receives Internet faxes. By default,
it is the DNS name of the machine running the
FlowPort server. Depending on your mail server, your
Information Systems administrator may need to
customize the server in order to have incoming
Internet faxes forwarded to the FlowPort server. See
your IS administrator.