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Description: This qualifier forces or suppresses the sending of MAIL messages on fax completion. If
/ MAIL is specified, MAIL notification will always be given the user on FAX completion. If / NOMAIL is
specified, MAIL notification will never be given the user on fax completion. If a username is specified in
/ MAIL = username then mail notification will be given on completion but it will be sent to the specified
username rather than to the username of the process which originated the FAX. If this qualifier is not
specified, MAIL notification may or may not be given to the user depending on the option set by the System
Manager in the Server Options file. The installation default is to provide mail notification.
/ MERGE
Format:
/ MERGE (D)
/ NOMERGE
/ MERGE[= (nam_1, val_1 [,nam_2, val_2 [, ... nam_n, val_n]])]
Description: Specifying / MERGE indicates the FAX is a candidate for mail-merge operations. This is the
default. Note that the default state of mail-merge as defined in the server options file by the System Manager
is still in effect; mail-merge operations will not be performed on the file unless either mail-merge is enabled by
default or the file to be sent contains a # # MERGE_ENABLE directive. The default state of mail-merge may
be viewed by entering SHOW DEVICE/ FULL. Specifying / NOMERGE will prevent an attempt to do mail-
merge on this FAX regardless of the default state and regardless of # # directives included in the file.
Explicitly disabling mail-merge can improve performance for a FAX, especially in the case of a FAX which
requires data conversion and which involves a database lookup with a wild card key specified. In the case of a
wild card lookup it is possible that a number of FAXes can be sent as a result of a single SEND command. If
mail-merge may be performed on the file then file conversion must be done for each copy of the FAX sent. If
mail-merge is disabled it is only necessary to convert the files once, regardless of how many copies are sent.
Optional information (nam_1, val_1, etc.) may be appended to the / MERGE qualifier, where variable names
and their values are defined for the particular FAX that is to be sent. This is a useful feature to provide
additional information, which may be required, for example, on a coversheet. Any of these values will
override the value found in the user's database, if the name happens to be the same.
/ N OTIFY
Description:
If / NOTIFY is specified a broadcast message will be sent to the user who originated the
document when it completes. The message includes the completion status.
Note: This option is independent of MAIL message completion notification. The sending of MAIL messages
to the user is controlled by the system installation options. To suppress MAIL message notification on a per-
FAX basis, use the / NOMAIL qualifier.
/ N UMBER
Format:
/ NUMBER= string
Description: Specifies the phone number to send the document to. If this is specified, it overrides any
specifications within the file. A comma or P in the phone number may be used to invoke a pause in dialing. If
a comma is used the phone number must be enclosed in quotes. / LOOKUP and / NUMBER are mutually
exclusive.
/ OVERLAY
Format:
/ OVERLAY= (FILE:(f1[,f2...])[,REPEAT[: m]][,PAGE: n][,TYPE: XXX])
Description: This qualifier specifies one or more overlay files that are to be used with the document being
sent. The first overlay file is merged with the first page of the fax, unless the [PAGE: n] option is used, in
which case the overlay starts with the nth page of the fax. If the same overlay files are to be used more than
once in a fax, use the [REPEAT: m] option to specify how many times the overlay sequence is to be repeated.
If you use REPEAT without a number, the overlay file sequence is repeated
until the end of the fax. The TYPE option allows for special effects relating to how a fax page is merged with
an overlay page. Allowed values are IOR (inclusive OR), XOR (exclusive OR), AND, NOR, NXOR and
NAND. The default value is IOR.
/ PORTRAIT