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How to save faxes in structured folders

How to:

How to let Digital Fax save incoming/outgoing faxes in structured folders on file system.

Solution:

If you want Digital Fax save the received or sent faxes to a structured tree of folders, proceed as follows.

Edit this configuration file with your favorite editor: 

<AppSuiteDir>\Apps\Stonefax\Server\System\StoneFax.ini

Under [Settings] section, locate the following parameters:

  • CopyPathFormatIncoming defines the full destination filename for incoming faxes

  • CopyPathFormatOutgoing defines the full destination filename for outgoing faxes

For example if you want to save all incoming/outgoing faxes with this structure:

K:\BACKUP\2014\08\22\In\user_a\Fax_20140822_1504_From_02037811.pdf
K:\BACKUP\2014\08\22\Out\user_a\Fax_20140822_1504_To_035288219.pdf
...
K:\BACKUP\2013\11\09\In\user_n\Fax_20131109_0957_From_02037812.pdf
K:\BACKUP\2013\11\09\Out\user_n\Fax_20131109_0932_To_072173261.pdf

Ensure the [Settings] section of the configuration file includes the following lines:

[Settings]
CopyPathFormatIncoming=K:\BACKUP\{date:yyyy}\{date:MM}\{date:dd}\In\{username}\Fax_{date}_{time}_From_{callingnumber}
CopyPathFormatOutgoing=K:\BACKUP\{date:yyyy}\{date:MM}\{date:dd}\Out\{username}\Fax_{date}_{time}_To_{callednumber}

ArchiveFileFormat=2 --> Set the archive fax format (1=TIFF, 2=PDF)

Placeholders

You can use the following placeholders as part of your file names or folder names.

{serial}

Unique identifier (serial number) of the fax

{callingnumber}

Calling fax number.

{callednumber}

Called fax number.

{remotenumber}

Remote fax number, i.e. sender for incoming faxes; destination for outgoing faxes.

{localnumber}

Local fax number, i.e. the internal number and it is destination for incoming faxes; sender for outgoing faxes.

{username}

Application username of the sender or destination of the fax

{direction}

For incoming fax it is "In". For outgoing faxes it is "Out".

{status}

Applies to outgoing faxes only. It can be "OK" or "KO".

{date:yyyyMMdd}

yyyy: Year (4 num)
yy: Yes (2 mum)
MM: Month
dd: Day
HH: Hours
mm: Minutes
ss: Seconds

{time}

Time of the day (start of transmission/reception), expressed in the "hhmm" format.

Please restart Digital Fax from the web interface after changing this configuration file.

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