Brother International MFC 7440N Network Users Manual (Internet Fax and Fax to - Page 8

Internet fax, Overview, Getting connected - password

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1 Internet fax 1 1 Overview 1 Internet faxing (IFAX) allows you to send and receive fax documents using the Internet as the transport mechanism. Documents are transmitted in E-mail messages as attached TIFF-F files. This means that computers are also able to receive and send documents, providing that the computer has as an application that can generate and view TIFF-F files, you can use any TIFF-F viewer application. Any documents sent via the machine will automatically be converted into a TIFF-F format. If you wish to send and receive messages to and from your machine, your mail application on the computer must be able to support the MIME format. E-mail Relay Fax (G3 TX) Internet E-mail Internet Intenet Fax Note Internet Fax is available in Black & White only. Relay E-mail Getting connected 1 Before sending or receiving an Internet fax you must configure your Brother machine to communicate with your network and mail server. You must ensure the following: a correctly configured IP address for your machine, an E-mail address for your machine, the mail server(s) IP address, mailbox name and password for your Brother machine. If you are unsure of any of these items, please contact your systems Administrator. For details of how to configure this information, see Setup Internet (from the Setup IFAX menu) on page 30. 1

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Overview
1
Internet faxing (IFAX) allows you to send and receive fax documents using the Internet as the transport
mechanism. Documents are transmitted in E-mail messages as attached TIFF-F files. This means that
computers are also able to receive and send documents, providing that the computer has as an application
that can generate and view TIFF-F files, you can use any TIFF-F viewer application. Any documents sent via
the machine will automatically be converted into a TIFF-F format. If you wish to send and receive messages
to and from your machine, your mail application on the computer must be able to support the MIME format.
Note
Internet Fax is available in Black & White only.
Getting connected
1
Before sending or receiving an Internet fax you must configure your Brother machine to communicate with
your network and mail server. You must ensure the following: a correctly configured IP address for your
machine, an E-mail address for your machine, the mail server(s) IP address, mailbox name and password for
your Brother machine. If you are unsure of any of these items, please contact your systems Administrator.
For details of how to configure this information, see
Setup Internet (from the Setup IFAX menu)
on page 30.
Internet fax
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Intenet Fax
E-mail
E-mail
Relay Fax
(G3 TX)
Relay E-mail
Internet
Internet