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PageSender Fax Center

PageSender Fax Center allows you to monitor faxes you've sent via fax modem and to set PageSender preferences.

Fax Center Window

The Fax Center window presents a list of faxes and their status. If there is a number next to the status field, it indicates the attempt number in progress. For example, "Sending (2)" indicates that the second attempt to send that fax is in progress.

These are the operations you can do with a selected fax:

Remove

Press Delete in the toolbar.

Abort Sending

For a fax in progress: press Delete in the toolbar.

Resend

Press Resend in the toolbar.

View

Press View in the toolbar to view the fax with the default viewer application for its file type.

Get Info

Press Get Info in the toolbar to see information about the fax. Get Info for outgoing faxes may be used to:

  • Set the number of tries and interval between tries for a specific outgoing fax
  • Set the time after which the fax is scheduled to be sent
  • Edit mistakes in outgoing fax numbers (then use the Resend button)
  • See the Dial String exactly as it will be sent to your modem

Mark as Read

Select fax(es) then choose Mark as Read from the Fax menu to mark faxes as read. Unread faxes appear with a blue dot.

Mark as Spam

Select fax(es) then choose Mark as Spam from the Fax menu to mark faxes as spam, add the station name of the received fax to the Spam Station Names list in the Spam preferences, and move the fax to the Spam folder.

Drag and drop a fax to make a copy of that fax in the drag destination, or drag to an application (in the Dock) to open the fax with that specific application.

Manual Answer

If you receive a phone call on a line shared with your computer and determine that call is an incoming fax, press the Manual Answer button to begin receiving the incoming fax immediately. Hang up the phone when you see Answering call in the status bar. (Note: Manual Answer is not available when Receive faxes after X rings is checked in the Receive preferences.)

Manual Send

If you would like to dial the phone yourself and then initiate the fax, press the Manual Send button. You will be presented with a sheet which asks you to dial the number then press Send Now when you hear the fax tone. The sheet will disappear when it's okay for you to hang up.

Log

The Log window (Window–Log) shows detailed feedback from efax, the Unix utility used to send faxes. If your fax is not being sent, you should take a look to see if there are any error messages in the log.

History

The History window shows historical information on fax activity. You may limit the history by date, and you may print the history for your records. Because the history is intended for record-keeping purposes, it may not be edited.

Preferences

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The Fax Number and Station Name appear at the top of any faxes you send. Generally, the fax number is of the format: +1 408 884 2320 where 1 is the country code and 408 is the area/city code. Generally the station name is all caps; for example: SMILE SOFTWARE.

Modem

Select the Modem Type you are using and specify your preferred Speaker Behavior and Speaker Volume.

Expert users may wish to set the Initialization String being careful to precede separate entries with "-i". If your modem is made by one of the manufacturers in the list, you may get better performance by choosing it from the Flow Control popup.

Dialing

Click here for more information on how to set the dialing preferences.

Receive

Click here for more information on how to set the receive preferences.

Send

You can choose to print a confirmation sheet on sending, along with a copy of sent faxes, and a record of failed sends.

When a fax is sent you can also select to send email notification, or even run an AppleScript to completely customize send notification.

The Send preferences also allow you to select the application used to view sent faxes.

Fax

Select your Fax service and Fax address book of choice.

Email

Select your Email client and Address book of choice.

If you wish to be carbon copied (CC) on outgoing PageSender emails, check Copy me on PageSender Emails. Note that outgoing PageSender emails are always saved in your email client's Sent Mail folder.

Spam

Incoming faxes can be filtered and treated as spam. Filtering can be turned on or off, and is achieved by comparing the station name of the fax being received with a list that you provide. You can also choose to hang up immediately once a spam fax is detected, as well as where to file spam faxes.


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