Hi,
Here's the IETF Internet Fax WG's last call for the IFax gateway specs
(2 weeks - ends 5 November 2001).
Comments anyone?
Cheers,
- Ira McDonald
High North Inc
-----Original Message-----
From: Hiroshi Tamura [mailto:tamura at toda.ricoh.co.jp]
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 8:39 PM
To: ietf-fax at imc.org
Subject: WG Last Call for gateway IDs
Folks,
This is a Working Group Last Call notice for
draft-ietf-fax-gateway-protocol-06.txt and
draft-ietf-fax-gateway-options-04.txt.
We agreed to WG Last Call with very minor modification at London.
The updated IDs are available now. We can do WG Last Call.
The WG Last Call period is 2 weeks. It closes on November 5.
If you have "last comments", please send them to our ML by Nov 5.
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draft-ietf-fax-gateway-protocol-06.txt
Internet FAX Gateway Functions
Abstract
An Internet FAX Gateway provides functions which translate facsimile
between the general switched telephone network (GSTN) the Internet.
This document provides information on recommended behaviors for
Internet FAX Gateways Functions for email-based Internet fax.
In this context, an Offramp means facsimile data transmission to the
GSTN from the Internet, and onramp means facsimile data transmission
to Internet from the GSTN. This document covers the delivery-process
of the data among equipment which may include Internet Fax terminals,
PCs on the Internet and FAX terminal on GSTN.
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draft-ietf-fax-gateway-options-04.txt(informational)
Guideline of optional services for Internet FAX Gateway
Abstract
An Internet FAX Gateway provides functions which translate facsimile
between the general switched telephone network (GSTN) the Internet.
This document provides information on guideline of optional services
and some examples for an Internet FAX Gateway classified as an onramp
gateway and an offramp gateway.
So this document does not intend to specify the actions that ifax
offramp and onramp Gateways conform to.
This document covers Drop Duplication, Automatic re-transmission,
Error Behavior, When send return notice, Keep log, for an offramp
gateway. Example of authorization by DTMF, Keep log, for an onramp
gateway.
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Hiroshi Tamura, Co-chair of IETF-FAX WG
E-mail: tamura at toda.ricoh.co.jp