With a normal fax machine the confirmation page sometimes contains the first page of the sent fax as a record of what you sent.
I would like to see the pdf you emailed contained in the confirmation email so you can keep that as a record of what was faxed. specially if I had sent the fax from work or an internet kiosk.
Can this be added?
Fax Confirmation Emails
No.
Because I might send several faxes to the same number. I need to know confirmation which one got through.
I would presume that just returning the same pdf with the confirmation would be the easiest code fix to resolve the problem.
Picture this, when I send a fax using a fax machine I like to attach the confirmation page to the original so I have a record that it was sent and a copy of the cover sheet on the confirmation page give me assurance that the confirmation relates to that fax.
I'm just after the same thing via your email2fax solution.
Because I might send several faxes to the same number. I need to know confirmation which one got through.
I would presume that just returning the same pdf with the confirmation would be the easiest code fix to resolve the problem.
Picture this, when I send a fax using a fax machine I like to attach the confirmation page to the original so I have a record that it was sent and a copy of the cover sheet on the confirmation page give me assurance that the confirmation relates to that fax.
I'm just after the same thing via your email2fax solution.
Since there is a three step process of the receiving email, processing the fax and receiving delivery notification you presume that a copy of attachments are kept after the fax is sent to the fax server for processing.
Also, sending each pdf attachment back out would place unnecessary load on the server to handle the request.
Since your sending to the same number, it can only be done sequentially. Each fax sent successfully is given a unique ID as well as being able to differentiate faxes by the time you sent them.
Also, sending each pdf attachment back out would place unnecessary load on the server to handle the request.
Since your sending to the same number, it can only be done sequentially. Each fax sent successfully is given a unique ID as well as being able to differentiate faxes by the time you sent them.
Would it be possible, thinking aloud here, to add a user specified keyword or reference to the subject line following the password, that could be included in the confirmation email?
Ie;
To: fax#@exe...
Subject: <password> Ref Blah Blah
Then the confirmation email could include that:
Your Email 2 Fax has successfully been sent.
To: ########
At: 2008-01-14 11:30:01
Job ID: 1282
Subject: <p/w> Ref Blah Blah
Thank you for using Exetel Email 2 Fax.
Thoughts?
Ie;
To: fax#@exe...
Subject: <password> Ref Blah Blah
Then the confirmation email could include that:
Your Email 2 Fax has successfully been sent.
To: ########
At: 2008-01-14 11:30:01
Job ID: 1282
Subject: <p/w> Ref Blah Blah
Thank you for using Exetel Email 2 Fax.
Thoughts?
As long as there are no spaces in a password, couldn't the system extract the first word from the subject line?William M wrote:The first issue that arises is choosing a unique and reasonable character to differentiate what is the password and what is the subject.
From the password we've stored, not all characters contained within a password are A-Z 0-9. Such as @#!~.*
Unfortunately spaces are included within some passwords.Aquard wrote:As long as there are no spaces in a password, couldn't the system extract the first word from the subject line?William M wrote:The first issue that arises is choosing a unique and reasonable character to differentiate what is the password and what is the subject.
From the password we've stored, not all characters contained within a password are A-Z 0-9. Such as @#!~.*
Actually, that is not a problem because email messages can have other email messages as attachments.William M wrote:The problem with that method is that the body of the email can be the fax message, in which case it would be even more complex to differentiate the fax message and confirmation message from each other.