How to automatically set up the MS Fax Transport

[Karl Middleton]

THE PROBLEM:
How to set up using the fax transport using a .PRF profile file.

THE ENVIRONMENT:
Windows XPSP2
Outlook 2003 SP1
OL.PRF configured for Exchange with home server and %username%, and Fax
Transport.
Modem is Best Data 56K. Installed and tests OK.

THE RESULT:
New user logs in and runs Outlook 2003. System automatically sets up
Exchange Profile OK. However Fax Transport does not set up. Each user has to
manually set up the fax transport via the Mail icon on the Control Panel.
Once done, faxing from Outlook works OK.

Can anyone advise how to automate the fax transport setup via the PRF file?

TIA
Karl from Oz

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

I'd ask in an Exchange group, not here.

 

[Karl Middleton]

Russ, you are wrong. This is not an Exchange problem.

This is an Outlook fax problem concerning setting up the fax transport using
a PRF file.

PRF files have in them paramaters that allow the various transports to be
configured automatically upon the first time running of Outlook. By rights,
there should be a set of parameters for the fax transport that can be
incorporated into the PRF file. The parameters would mirror some or all of
the checkboxes, etc, that appear when you hit the Change button under the
Mail settings in Control Panel.

I was hoping that you might be more helpful and less dismissive. If you
don't know, say so. It is not acceptable to handball people seeking advice
off to another NG that is not correct. I have observed through the posts in
this NG a persistent arrogance on your part that is not in the spirit of
what usenet is all about. If you want the MVP tag then live up to it.
Otherwise if you are too busy, get out and let someone with a greater
community spirit step in and assist posters in this NG.

Now, would you like to redeem yourself and offer a useful suggestion as to
how this problem might be solved?

I'd ask in an Exchange group, not here.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

THE PROBLEM:
How to set up using the fax transport using a .PRF profile file.

THE ENVIRONMENT:
Windows XPSP2
Outlook 2003 SP1
OL.PRF configured for Exchange with home server and %username%, and Fax
Transport.
Modem is Best Data 56K. Installed and tests OK.

THE RESULT:
New user logs in and runs Outlook 2003. System automatically sets up
Exchange Profile OK. However Fax Transport does not set up. Each user has
to manually set up the fax transport via the Mail icon on the Control
Panel. Once done, faxing from Outlook works OK.

Can anyone advise how to automate the fax transport setup via the PRF
file?

TIA
Karl from Oz

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

BZZZT! Wrong - setting up the EXCHANGE profile to include the fax transport
is ABSOLUTELY an Exchange problem, not solved here in an Outlook group. If
you don't recognize the difference, I then understand your stance.

Setting up profiles for Outlook using Exchange involves both the Office
Resource Kit and Exchange setup. Re-check your options in the Office
Resource Kit to ensure you are using the correct switches/parameters.


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Karl Middleton asked:

| Russ, you are wrong. This is not an Exchange problem.
|
| This is an Outlook fax problem concerning setting up the fax
| transport using a PRF file.
|
| PRF files have in them paramaters that allow the various transports
| to be configured automatically upon the first time running of
| Outlook. By rights, there should be a set of parameters for the fax
| transport that can be incorporated into the PRF file. The parameters
| would mirror some or all of the checkboxes, etc, that appear when you
| hit the Change button under the Mail settings in Control Panel.
|
| I was hoping that you might be more helpful and less dismissive. If
| you don't know, say so. It is not acceptable to handball people
| seeking advice off to another NG that is not correct. I have observed
| through the posts in this NG a persistent arrogance on your part that
| is not in the spirit of what usenet is all about. If you want the MVP
| tag then live up to it. Otherwise if you are too busy, get out and
| let someone with a greater community spirit step in and assist
| posters in this NG.
|
| Now, would you like to redeem yourself and offer a useful suggestion
| as to how this problem might be solved?
|
|
|
|
|
|
| || I'd ask in an Exchange group, not here.
|| --
|| Russ Valentine
|| [MVP-Outlook]
|| ||| THE PROBLEM:
||| How to set up using the fax transport using a .PRF profile file.
|||
||| THE ENVIRONMENT:
||| Windows XPSP2
||| Outlook 2003 SP1
||| OL.PRF configured for Exchange with home server and %username%,
||| and Fax Transport.
||| Modem is Best Data 56K. Installed and tests OK.
|||
||| THE RESULT:
||| New user logs in and runs Outlook 2003. System automatically sets up
||| Exchange Profile OK. However Fax Transport does not set up. Each
||| user has to manually set up the fax transport via the Mail icon on
||| the Control Panel. Once done, faxing from Outlook works OK.
|||
||| Can anyone advise how to automate the fax transport setup via the
||| PRF file?
|||
||| TIA
||| Karl from Oz

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

This newsgroup was created to provide support for those fax products
provided by Microsoft for integration with Outlook in the standalone
environment (Microsoft Fax, WinFax SE, Windows 2000 Personal Fax and Windows
XP Fax). It simply is not frequented by those who use enterprise fax
products, Exchange, and PRF files.
Accordingly, I simply redirected you to a group that is so you would be more
likely to get an answer. I'm amazed that doing so qualifies as "arrogant and
dismissive." But thanks for sharing your opinion. Sure makes my day.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ, you are wrong. This is not an Exchange problem.

This is an Outlook fax problem concerning setting up the fax transport
using a PRF file.

PRF files have in them paramaters that allow the various transports to be
configured automatically upon the first time running of Outlook. By
rights, there should be a set of parameters for the fax transport that can
be incorporated into the PRF file. The parameters would mirror some or all
of the checkboxes, etc, that appear when you hit the Change button under
the Mail settings in Control Panel.

I was hoping that you might be more helpful and less dismissive. If you
don't know, say so. It is not acceptable to handball people seeking advice
off to another NG that is not correct. I have observed through the posts
in this NG a persistent arrogance on your part that is not in the spirit
of what usenet is all about. If you want the MVP tag then live up to it.
Otherwise if you are too busy, get out and let someone with a greater
community spirit step in and assist posters in this NG.

Now, would you like to redeem yourself and offer a useful suggestion as to
how this problem might be solved?

I'd ask in an Exchange group, not here.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

THE PROBLEM:
How to set up using the fax transport using a .PRF profile file.

THE ENVIRONMENT:
Windows XPSP2
Outlook 2003 SP1
OL.PRF configured for Exchange with home server and %username%, and Fax
Transport.
Modem is Best Data 56K. Installed and tests OK.

THE RESULT:
New user logs in and runs Outlook 2003. System automatically sets up
Exchange Profile OK. However Fax Transport does not set up. Each user
has to manually set up the fax transport via the Mail icon on the
Control Panel. Once done, faxing from Outlook works OK.

Can anyone advise how to automate the fax transport setup via the PRF
file?

TIA
Karl from Oz