Sender's Information Missing on Cover Page

[Mark Pearson]

I am using the Fax Mail Transport with Outlook 2000
(Corporate or Workgroup option) on Windows 2000
Professional (Fax Service installed). When I send a fax
using Outlook 2000, and include a cover page, the fax is
sent successfully, but the sender's information on the
cover page is missing (the "From", "Fax number", "Business
phone", and "Home phone" fields are blank). The
recipient's name and fax number, however, are filled in
appropriately. Have I configured something wrong or is
there a way for me to configure these fields to be filled
in correctly so that when I send a fax the recipient will
know who it came from?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Is this the Cover Page you enable in Outlook or the one you configure for
the Fax Service?

 

[Mark Pearson]

It is the cover page that I've enabled for the Fax Service
in Windows 2000. The issue seems to occur for any cover
page that I enable--any of the common cover pages or a
personal cover page--the sender's information is missing
on all of them.

-----Original Message-----
Is this the Cover Page you enable in Outlook or the one you configure for
the Fax Service?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I am using the Fax Mail Transport with Outlook 2000
(Corporate or Workgroup option) on Windows 2000
Professional (Fax Service installed). When I send a fax
using Outlook 2000, and include a cover page, the fax is
sent successfully, but the sender's information on the
cover page is missing (the "From", "Fax number", "Business
phone", and "Home phone" fields are blank). The
recipient's name and fax number, however, are filled in
appropriately. Have I configured something wrong or is
there a way for me to configure these fields to be filled
in correctly so that when I send a fax the recipient will
know who it came from?

.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Right. I'm sure that's still the case with no workaround. Outlook has never
integrated well with cover pages. Sender information and notes will not
appear on the cover page. No better in Windows XP, but we keep making the
request for improvement.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

It is the cover page that I've enabled for the Fax Service
in Windows 2000. The issue seems to occur for any cover
page that I enable--any of the common cover pages or a
personal cover page--the sender's information is missing
on all of them.

-----Original Message-----
Is this the Cover Page you enable in Outlook or the one you configure for
the Fax Service?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I am using the Fax Mail Transport with Outlook 2000
(Corporate or Workgroup option) on Windows 2000
Professional (Fax Service installed). When I send a fax
using Outlook 2000, and include a cover page, the fax is
sent successfully, but the sender's information on the
cover page is missing (the "From", "Fax number", "Business
phone", and "Home phone" fields are blank). The
recipient's name and fax number, however, are filled in
appropriately. Have I configured something wrong or is
there a way for me to configure these fields to be filled
in correctly so that when I send a fax the recipient will
know who it came from?

.

 

[Arindam Basak [MSFT]]

Please try this and see if it works. On Windows 2000 Professional, open
Start --> Settings --> Printers. Goto to Fax --> Properties --> User
Information tab to set the sender information.

Thanks,
--
Arindam Basak
Microsoft Printing, Imaging and Fax Team
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Right. I'm sure that's still the case with no workaround. Outlook has never
integrated well with cover pages. Sender information and notes will not
appear on the cover page. No better in Windows XP, but we keep making the
request for improvement.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

It is the cover page that I've enabled for the Fax Service
in Windows 2000. The issue seems to occur for any cover
page that I enable--any of the common cover pages or a
personal cover page--the sender's information is missing
on all of them.

-----Original Message-----
Is this the Cover Page you enable in Outlook or the one you configure for
the Fax Service?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I am using the Fax Mail Transport with Outlook 2000
(Corporate or Workgroup option) on Windows 2000
Professional (Fax Service installed). When I send a fax
using Outlook 2000, and include a cover page, the fax is
sent successfully, but the sender's information on the
cover page is missing (the "From", "Fax number", "Business
phone", and "Home phone" fields are blank). The
recipient's name and fax number, however, are filled in
appropriately. Have I configured something wrong or is
there a way for me to configure these fields to be filled
in correctly so that when I send a fax the recipient will
know who it came from?


.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

The original poster was asking about the cover pages in Outlook, so this
would not apply.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Please try this and see if it works. On Windows 2000 Professional, open
Start --> Settings --> Printers. Goto to Fax --> Properties --> User
Information tab to set the sender information.

Thanks,
--
Arindam Basak
Microsoft Printing, Imaging and Fax Team
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
Please do not send email directly to this alias. This alias is for newsgroup
purposes only.

Right. I'm sure that's still the case with no workaround. Outlook has never
integrated well with cover pages. Sender information and notes will not
appear on the cover page. No better in Windows XP, but we keep making the
request for improvement.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

It is the cover page that I've enabled for the Fax Service
in Windows 2000. The issue seems to occur for any cover
page that I enable--any of the common cover pages or a
personal cover page--the sender's information is missing
on all of them.

-----Original Message-----
Is this the Cover Page you enable in Outlook or the one
you configure for
the Fax Service?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
I am using the Fax Mail Transport with Outlook 2000
(Corporate or Workgroup option) on Windows 2000
Professional (Fax Service installed). When I send a fax
using Outlook 2000, and include a cover page, the fax is
sent successfully, but the sender's information on the
cover page is missing (the "From", "Fax
number", "Business
phone", and "Home phone" fields are blank). The
recipient's name and fax number, however, are filled in
appropriately. Have I configured something wrong or is
there a way for me to configure these fields to be
filled
in correctly so that when I send a fax the recipient
will
know who it came from?


.

 

[Arindam Basak [MSFT]]

When Outlook is configured to use any of the common coverpages provided with
Microsoft fax or any personal coverpage created with the Cover Page Editor,
it would take the sender information set in the way I mentioned below.

Are you talking about cover pages used while sending fax in Outlook and
created by some other means?

Thanks,
--
Arindam Basak
Microsoft Printing, Imaging and Fax Team
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
Please do not send email directly to this alias. This alias is for newsgroup
purposes only.

The original poster was asking about the cover pages in Outlook, so this
would not apply.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Please try this and see if it works. On Windows 2000 Professional, open
Start --> Settings --> Printers. Goto to Fax --> Properties --> User
Information tab to set the sender information.

Thanks,
--
Arindam Basak
Microsoft Printing, Imaging and Fax Team
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
Please do not send email directly to this alias. This alias is for newsgroup
purposes only.

Right. I'm sure that's still the case with no workaround. Outlook has never
integrated well with cover pages. Sender information and notes will not
appear on the cover page. No better in Windows XP, but we keep making the
request for improvement.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
It is the cover page that I've enabled for the Fax Service
in Windows 2000. The issue seems to occur for any cover
page that I enable--any of the common cover pages or a
personal cover page--the sender's information is missing
on all of them.

-----Original Message-----
Is this the Cover Page you enable in Outlook or the one
you configure for
the Fax Service?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
I am using the Fax Mail Transport with Outlook 2000
(Corporate or Workgroup option) on Windows 2000
Professional (Fax Service installed). When I send a fax
using Outlook 2000, and include a cover page, the fax is
sent successfully, but the sender's information on the
cover page is missing (the "From", "Fax
number", "Business
phone", and "Home phone" fields are blank). The
recipient's name and fax number, however, are filled in
appropriately. Have I configured something wrong or is
there a way for me to configure these fields to be
filled
in correctly so that when I send a fax the recipient
will
know who it came from?


.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Depends on the fax/Outlook versions. In some, the sender information does
not get populated. Current versions work.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

When Outlook is configured to use any of the common coverpages provided with
Microsoft fax or any personal coverpage created with the Cover Page Editor,
it would take the sender information set in the way I mentioned below.

Are you talking about cover pages used while sending fax in Outlook and
created by some other means?

Thanks,
--
Arindam Basak
Microsoft Printing, Imaging and Fax Team
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
Please do not send email directly to this alias. This alias is for newsgroup
purposes only.

The original poster was asking about the cover pages in Outlook, so this
would not apply.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Please try this and see if it works. On Windows 2000 Professional, open
Start --> Settings --> Printers. Goto to Fax --> Properties --> User
Information tab to set the sender information.

Thanks,
--
Arindam Basak
Microsoft Printing, Imaging and Fax Team
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
Please do not send email directly to this alias. This alias is for newsgroup
purposes only.

Right. I'm sure that's still the case with no workaround. Outlook has
never
integrated well with cover pages. Sender information and notes will not
appear on the cover page. No better in Windows XP, but we keep

making
the

request for improvement.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
It is the cover page that I've enabled for the Fax Service
in Windows 2000. The issue seems to occur for any cover
page that I enable--any of the common cover pages or a
personal cover page--the sender's information is missing
on all of them.

-----Original Message-----
Is this the Cover Page you enable in Outlook or the one
you configure for
the Fax Service?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
I am using the Fax Mail Transport with Outlook 2000
(Corporate or Workgroup option) on Windows 2000
Professional (Fax Service installed). When I send a fax
using Outlook 2000, and include a cover page, the fax is
sent successfully, but the sender's information on the
cover page is missing (the "From", "Fax
number", "Business
phone", and "Home phone" fields are blank). The
recipient's name and fax number, however, are filled in
appropriately. Have I configured something wrong or is
there a way for me to configure these fields to be
filled
in correctly so that when I send a fax the recipient
will
know who it came from?


.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Just found a couple of old installations to confirm. Sender information on
the coversheet is not populated using either Outlook 2000 C/W or Outlook
2002 with Windows 2000 Fax. It only works with Windows XP Fax and Outlook
2003.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

When Outlook is configured to use any of the common coverpages provided with
Microsoft fax or any personal coverpage created with the Cover Page Editor,
it would take the sender information set in the way I mentioned below.

Are you talking about cover pages used while sending fax in Outlook and
created by some other means?

Thanks,
--
Arindam Basak
Microsoft Printing, Imaging and Fax Team
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
Please do not send email directly to this alias. This alias is for newsgroup
purposes only.

The original poster was asking about the cover pages in Outlook, so this
would not apply.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Please try this and see if it works. On Windows 2000 Professional, open
Start --> Settings --> Printers. Goto to Fax --> Properties --> User
Information tab to set the sender information.

Thanks,
--
Arindam Basak
Microsoft Printing, Imaging and Fax Team
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
Please do not send email directly to this alias. This alias is for newsgroup
purposes only.

Right. I'm sure that's still the case with no workaround. Outlook has
never
integrated well with cover pages. Sender information and notes will not
appear on the cover page. No better in Windows XP, but we keep

making
the

request for improvement.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
It is the cover page that I've enabled for the Fax Service
in Windows 2000. The issue seems to occur for any cover
page that I enable--any of the common cover pages or a
personal cover page--the sender's information is missing
on all of them.

-----Original Message-----
Is this the Cover Page you enable in Outlook or the one
you configure for
the Fax Service?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
I am using the Fax Mail Transport with Outlook 2000
(Corporate or Workgroup option) on Windows 2000
Professional (Fax Service installed). When I send a fax
using Outlook 2000, and include a cover page, the fax is
sent successfully, but the sender's information on the
cover page is missing (the "From", "Fax
number", "Business
phone", and "Home phone" fields are blank). The
recipient's name and fax number, however, are filled in
appropriately. Have I configured something wrong or is
there a way for me to configure these fields to be
filled
in correctly so that when I send a fax the recipient
will
know who it came from?


.

 

[Erik Naslund]

It does apply, and no, it does not work. No matter where you set the user
settings, (ie. Control Panel - Fax or Fax Printer Properties) the senders
information does not get populated to the cover page. Is there any
workaround to this problem, or another solution all together?

Thanks,
-Erik Naslund

The original poster was asking about the cover pages in Outlook, so this
would not apply.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Please try this and see if it works. On Windows 2000 Professional, open
Start --> Settings --> Printers. Goto to Fax --> Properties --> User
Information tab to set the sender information.

Thanks,
--
Arindam Basak
Microsoft Printing, Imaging and Fax Team
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
Please do not send email directly to this alias. This alias is for newsgroup
purposes only.

Right. I'm sure that's still the case with no workaround. Outlook has never
integrated well with cover pages. Sender information and notes will not
appear on the cover page. No better in Windows XP, but we keep making the
request for improvement.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
It is the cover page that I've enabled for the Fax Service
in Windows 2000. The issue seems to occur for any cover
page that I enable--any of the common cover pages or a
personal cover page--the sender's information is missing
on all of them.

-----Original Message-----
Is this the Cover Page you enable in Outlook or the one
you configure for
the Fax Service?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
I am using the Fax Mail Transport with Outlook 2000
(Corporate or Workgroup option) on Windows 2000
Professional (Fax Service installed). When I send a fax
using Outlook 2000, and include a cover page, the fax is
sent successfully, but the sender's information on the
cover page is missing (the "From", "Fax
number", "Business
phone", and "Home phone" fields are blank). The
recipient's name and fax number, however, are filled in
appropriately. Have I configured something wrong or is
there a way for me to configure these fields to be
filled
in correctly so that when I send a fax the recipient
will
know who it came from?


.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

I was stating that the proposed solution would not apply, which both you and
I have now confirmed.
No. There is no workaround that I know of, and none expected.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

It does apply, and no, it does not work. No matter where you set the user
settings, (ie. Control Panel - Fax or Fax Printer Properties) the senders
information does not get populated to the cover page. Is there any
workaround to this problem, or another solution all together?

Thanks,
-Erik Naslund

The original poster was asking about the cover pages in Outlook, so this
would not apply.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Please try this and see if it works. On Windows 2000 Professional, open
Start --> Settings --> Printers. Goto to Fax --> Properties --> User
Information tab to set the sender information.

Thanks,
--
Arindam Basak
Microsoft Printing, Imaging and Fax Team
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
Please do not send email directly to this alias. This alias is for newsgroup
purposes only.

Right. I'm sure that's still the case with no workaround. Outlook has
never
integrated well with cover pages. Sender information and notes will not
appear on the cover page. No better in Windows XP, but we keep

making
the

request for improvement.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
It is the cover page that I've enabled for the Fax Service
in Windows 2000. The issue seems to occur for any cover
page that I enable--any of the common cover pages or a
personal cover page--the sender's information is missing
on all of them.

-----Original Message-----
Is this the Cover Page you enable in Outlook or the one
you configure for
the Fax Service?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
I am using the Fax Mail Transport with Outlook 2000
(Corporate or Workgroup option) on Windows 2000
Professional (Fax Service installed). When I send a fax
using Outlook 2000, and include a cover page, the fax is
sent successfully, but the sender's information on the
cover page is missing (the "From", "Fax
number", "Business
phone", and "Home phone" fields are blank). The
recipient's name and fax number, however, are filled in
appropriately. Have I configured something wrong or is
there a way for me to configure these fields to be
filled
in correctly so that when I send a fax the recipient
will
know who it came from?


.

 

[Erik Naslund]

That is all together, well just sh*tty. Does anyone have an alternative to
faxing through outlook, 3rd party product etc... that is as seemless but
actually works? (other than moving to XP/Office 2003)

I was stating that the proposed solution would not apply, which both you and
I have now confirmed.
No. There is no workaround that I know of, and none expected.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

It does apply, and no, it does not work. No matter where you set the user
settings, (ie. Control Panel - Fax or Fax Printer Properties) the senders
information does not get populated to the cover page. Is there any
workaround to this problem, or another solution all together?

Thanks,
-Erik Naslund

The original poster was asking about the cover pages in Outlook, so this
would not apply.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Please try this and see if it works. On Windows 2000 Professional, open
Start --> Settings --> Printers. Goto to Fax --> Properties --> User
Information tab to set the sender information.

Thanks,
--
Arindam Basak
Microsoft Printing, Imaging and Fax Team
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
Please do not send email directly to this alias. This alias is for
newsgroup
purposes only.

Right. I'm sure that's still the case with no workaround. Outlook has
never
integrated well with cover pages. Sender information and notes

will
not

appear on the cover page. No better in Windows XP, but we keep making
the
request for improvement.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
It is the cover page that I've enabled for the Fax Service
in Windows 2000. The issue seems to occur for any cover
page that I enable--any of the common cover pages or a
personal cover page--the sender's information is missing
on all of them.

-----Original Message-----
Is this the Cover Page you enable in Outlook or the one
you configure for
the Fax Service?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
I am using the Fax Mail Transport with Outlook 2000
(Corporate or Workgroup option) on Windows 2000
Professional (Fax Service installed). When I send a fax
using Outlook 2000, and include a cover page, the fax is
sent successfully, but the sender's information on the
cover page is missing (the "From", "Fax
number", "Business
phone", and "Home phone" fields are blank). The
recipient's name and fax number, however, are filled in
appropriately. Have I configured something wrong or is
there a way for me to configure these fields to be
filled
in correctly so that when I send a fax the recipient
will
know who it came from?


.