Facsimile
(FAX, MSFAX)
Support is
required for custom recipient addresses in the following format:
[FAX:Dialable | Name
@ Canonical | SpecialDialing]
Dialable
A dialable
fax phone number that consists of any of the following characters: 0-9, ( ), -,
space. Examples are 64545 and 9, 1-206-8828080.
Name
Optional
field used for inbound routing by Microsoft At Work Fax. MAPI providers that do
not support Microsoft At Work Fax should simply ignore this field. The name
field is interpreted by the receiving machine and can contain any information
which helps route the fax to its intended recipient. For example, this field
might be a recipient s e-mail name. This field can include the at sign
character (@).
Canonical
Must be a
canonical fax phone number. If a canonical fax phone number is included in the
address, and the provider can process canonical numbers, the provider should
always use the canonical number instead of the dialable phone number.
|
Separator
character, ASCII Hex 0x7C. The separator between the subscriber number and
special dialing instructions (such as a postfix or TIA/EIA/IS-141 subaddress)
is optional. If the phone number is in canonical form and a separator is not
present, then the special dialing instructions are assumed to begin with the
first character in the local number which is not one of the following: the
numerals 0-9, hyphen (-), space.
SpecialDialing
Must be a
postfix, TIA/EIA/IS-141 subaddress or ISDN subaddress. MAPI 1.0 providers can
optionally support these special dialing extensions.
Examples of
this address type are:
[FAX:936-7329]
[FAX:1-206-9367329]
[FAX:936-7329 | +1 (206) 936-7329]
[FAX:936-7329 | tedst@ +1 (206) 936-7329]
[FAX:936-7329 | tedst@+1 (206) 936-7329]
[FAX:936-7329 | +1 (206) 9367329|#546]
[FAX:936-7329 | +1 (206) 9364344|,,,,,567]
Note Some service
providers create MSFAX formatted addresses but with the FAX address type.
Providers can either handle these addresses, or not accept responsibility for
them as they see fit; either method is acceptable.
Support is
optional (but recommended) for custom recipient addresses in the following
format:
[MSFAX:Name@ PhoneNumber
| SpecialDialing]
Name
Optional
field used for inbound routing by Microsoft At Work Fax. MAPI providers that do
not support Microsoft At Work Fax should simply ignore this field. The name field
is interpreted by the receiving machine and can contain any information which
helps route the fax to its intended recipient. For example, this field might be
a recipient s e-mail name. This field can include the at sign character (@).
PhoneNumber
Must be a
canonical phone number or dialable phone number.
|
Separator
character, ASCII Hex 7c. This is the separator between the subscriber number
and special dialing instructions (such as a postfix or TIA/EIA/IS-141
subaddress). This separator is optional. If the phone number is in canonical
form and a separator is not present, then the special dialing instructions are
assumed to begin with the first character in the local number which is not one
of the following: the numerals 0-9, hyphen (-), period (.), and space.
DialablePhoneNumber
A dialable
address is a phone number that consists of any of the following characters: the
numerals 0-9, letters A-D, asterisk (*), pound (#), comma (,), exclamation mark
(!), uppercase and lowercase w (W, w), uppercase and lowercase p (P, p),
uppercase and lowercase t (T, t), at sign (@), dollar sign ($), question mark
(?), hyphen (-), period (.), and space. For example 64545. Dialable addresses
are intended to be used to represent internal phone extensions.
SpecialDialing
Must be a
postfix, TIA/EIA/IS-141 subaddress or ISDN subaddress. MAPI 1.0 providers can
optionally support these special dialing extensions.
Examples of
this address type are:
[MSFAX: 936-7329]
[MSFAX: +1 (206) 936-7329]
[MSFAX: tedst@+1 (206) 936-7329]
[MSFAX: +1 (206) 9367329|#546]
[MSFAX: +1 (206) 9364344|,,,,,567]
The following
table includes descriptions of the components of this address:
|
Component |
Description |
|
canonical
phone number |
A phone
number in the form: +CountryCode space (AreaCode) space LocalNumber.
Examples are +1 (206) 936-4479 and +43 443444. CountryCode and AreaCode
can only contain the numerals 0 through 9. If the area code is present it
must be preceded by exactly one ASCII left parenthesis character (0x28), and
be followed by exactly one ASCII right parenthesis character (0x29) and one
ASCII space character (0x20). The local number must contain one or more of
the numerals 0 through 9 but must not include any of the following
characters: AaBbCcDdPpTtWw*#!,@$?;()|^
CRLF |
|
special
dialing |
Must be a
postfix, TIA/EIA/IS-141 subaddress or ISDN subaddress. MAPI 1.0 providers can
optionally support these special dialing extensions. |
|
postfix |
A string of
dialing control characters and digits used to complete calls which require
DTMF routing, manual dialing, or pauses in the dialing sequence. The string
must begin with one of the following characters: $ , ? W w @ and can contain
any of the following characters: 0-9 A-D * # , ! W w P p T t @ $ ?. An
example is +1 (206) 9367329|,,,,,567. This waits for several seconds after
the main number is dialed before entering the DTMF tones 567. |
|
TIA/EIA/IS-141
subaddress |
Used for
inbound routing according to the U.S. standard TIA/EIA/IS-141. MAPI 1.0
providers that cannot transmit this subaddress information should remove this
field before dialing. This field must begin with the number sign (#). In
typical use, this value uniquely identifies a recipient. An example is +1
(206) 9367329|#543. This example enables inbound routing to employee 543 |
|
ISDN
Subaddress |
For faxing
over ISDN. MAPI 1.0 providers that cannot transmit ISDN subaddresses should
remove this field before dialing. An ISDN subaddress can begin with any
character except the following: # $ , ? W w @ |
|
$ |
Wait for
billing signal , such as a credit card prompt tone. |
|
, |
Indicates
that dialing is to be paused. The duration of a pause is device specific. |
|
? |
Indicates
that the user is to be prompted before continuing with dialing. |
|
W w |
Dialing
should proceed only after a dialing tone has been detected. |
|
@ |
Indicates that
dialing is to wait for quiet answer before dialing the remainder of the
number. This means to wait for at least one ringback tone followed by several
seconds of silence. |
|
P p |
Indicates
that pulse dialing is to be used for the digits following it. |
|
T t |
Indicates
that tone (DTMF) dialing is to be used for the digits following it. |
Note Microsoft
supports two FAX address formats. FAX is intended to be used for compatibility
with downlevel systems including
the Microsoft Mail for PC Networks FAX gateway. Although it is optional, all
transport writers are encouraged to support and use the MSFAX standard. The
FAX standard will likely be eliminated in favor of the MSFAX standard in a
future release.
For more
information on dialable and canonical addresses, see the Win32 Telephony (TAPI)
documentation.