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Another feature of ProtoFax is sending email to alphanumeric pagers.  The ProtoFax Server software can retrieve or receive email via a network connection and transfer the email to a paging service through a fax modem connected to the machine.  The paging service then delivers the email to the alphanumeric pagers.  ProtoFax can either retrieve email from an existing email box, or you can create an email box on ProtoFax and receive email directly on the ProtoFax Server, without a need for an external mail server.  Below is an example of configuring ProtoFax to check an existing email box and send its contents to an alphanumeric pager.  The following example uses the ProtoFax POP engine.  You can also use the ProtoFax SMTP receiver. 

Before proceeding, this is a summary of the information that you will need: 

POP User Name 
The user or login name for the email box that you want ProtoFax to check. 

POP account password 
The password for the email box that you want ProtoFax to check. 

POP server address 
The IP address of the mail server that has the email box that you want ProtoFax to check. 

Pager Service Name 
The name of your pager service. 

Pager Service Terminal Phone Number 
A terminal phone number is a number that is answered by a modem at the pager company.  ProtoFax will communicate with the pager company via the TAP 1.8 standard.  Your pager service representative will be able to provide you the terminal phone number (also called the 'port number' or 'TAP port number') 

PIN number 
The Personal Identification Number for an alphanumeric pager. 

With the above information, proceed with the following: 

Objective: Check an email box and send its contents to an alphanumeric pager. 

• Open the ProtoFax Server Administration. 
• Go to the User Management tab. 
• Click the Add a New User button. 
• Enter a unique User Name.  For POP accounts, this name is used internally by ProtoFax. 
• Set the Account Type to 'POP'. 
• Click the Send to drop-down and select 'Pager'. 
• Enter Information for 
             POP user name  
             POP account password  
             POP server address  
• Leave all other settings at their defaults 
• Go to the Pager Settings tab 
• For Type of Pager, select 'Alphanumeric' 
• Enter the pager's PIN number in the PIN number field. 
• Click the Modify Pager Services button. 
• Click New  
• Enter the Pager Service Name and Terminal Phone Number  
• Click Save 
• Click Apply 
• Go to the Services tab.  Check Load on startup for POP and Fax/Pager services 
• Click Apply  
• Launch the ProtoFax Server 

ProtoFax will countdown, retrieve any email from the email box that you specified, and send it to the pager you specified, utilizing the pager service and PIN information.  Be sure that the mailbox that ProtoFax is checking has mail in it!