Step 3: Setting up a fax domain in Notes

To setup a fax domain in Lotus Notes, you must:

Set-up forwarding of the domain.
Modify the FAXmaker notes mailbox views.

Setting up of forwarding of the domain.

1. From the workspace, open the address book.

2. In the address book select server, domains.

Setting up a Foreign Domain in Lotus Notes

3. Click on `add domain'

4. When the new domain window opens up, go to the basics section and select the Domain type to be 'Foreign Domain'

5. In the Foreign Domain name field enter the name of the domain you want to set up (e.g. fax)

6. In the 'Mail information' Tab enter your server name (the server where the FAXmaker mailbox is found) in the 'Gateway server name' (e.g. fax\gfi).

7. In the same tab enter the name of the FAXmaker mail file (of the FAXmaker mailbox) in the 'Gateway mail file name' field (e.g. mail\faxmaker.nsf).

Foreign Domain options

8. Click on 'Save and close'.

Now all mails with the domain @fax will be forwarded to the FAXmaker mailbox.

Modifying the FAXmaker notes mailbox views.

After setting up the domain forwarding you would need to set up the FAXmaker mailbox views to allow the FAXmaker MTA to see the forwarded mail. This may be done as follows:

1. Log on the FAXmaker mailbox client from a notes client.

2. Select design, Views.

3. Select ($POP3) and double click on it to open the view.

Modifying the mailbox views: Selecting Design->Views->($POP3)

4. When the view setup opens, delete all the entries in the script windows (lower window).

5. Save the view and close.

The ($POP3) view