RelayFax
Encyclopedia
RelayFax is fax server
software
for Windows
computer systems, produced by Alt-N Technologies.
Available end-user interfaces include standard e-mail client
, virtual printer
, and dedicated software. All these interfaces result in an e-mail message being sent to a dedicated mailbox on a local or remote mail server. RelayFax polls this mailbox via POP
at regular intervals and turns any messages found into fax messages for transmission. Conversely, incoming fax messages are communicated to users by e-mail; RelayFax can use an OCR
engine to analyse a fax message and try to determine the recipient.
RelayFax licences are priced according to the number of user accounts handled.
Fax server
A fax server is a system installed in a local area network server that allows computer users whose computers are attached to the LAN to send and receive fax messages...
software
Computer software
Computer software, or just software, is a collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instructions for telling a computer what to do and how to do it....
for Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
computer systems, produced by Alt-N Technologies.
Available end-user interfaces include standard e-mail client
E-mail client
An email client, email reader, or more formally mail user agent , is a computer program used to manage a user's email.The term can refer to any system capable of accessing the user's email mailbox, regardless of it being a mail user agent, a relaying server, or a human typing on a terminal...
, virtual printer
Virtual printer
A virtual printer is a piece of computer software whose user interface and API resemble that of a printer driver, but which is not connected with a physical computer printer....
, and dedicated software. All these interfaces result in an e-mail message being sent to a dedicated mailbox on a local or remote mail server. RelayFax polls this mailbox via POP
Post Office Protocol
In computing, the Post Office Protocol is an application-layer Internet standard protocol used by local e-mail clients to retrieve e-mail from a remote server over a TCP/IP connection. POP and IMAP are the two most prevalent Internet standard protocols for e-mail retrieval. Virtually all modern...
at regular intervals and turns any messages found into fax messages for transmission. Conversely, incoming fax messages are communicated to users by e-mail; RelayFax can use an OCR
Optical character recognition
Optical character recognition, usually abbreviated to OCR, is the mechanical or electronic translation of scanned images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text into machine-encoded text. It is widely used to convert books and documents into electronic files, to computerize a record-keeping...
engine to analyse a fax message and try to determine the recipient.
RelayFax licences are priced according to the number of user accounts handled.
Languages
- RelayFax Server: English, French, Italian, Japanese.
- RelayFax Desktop Client: English, French, Italian, Japanese, German, Spanish, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Finnish.