GFI FAXmaker for Exchange/SMTP Manual Installing GFI FAXmaker • 31
Installing GFI FAXmaker
System Requirements
Before you install GFI FAXmaker, please ensure that you meet all the
following requirements.
GFI FAXmaker FAX Server:
• A Windows 2000 or 2003 server machine with at least 256 Mbytes
of RAM and an 800 MHZ processor.
• A professional fax device: A Brooktrout TR 114, TR 1034 or Trufax
fax board, an EICON DIVA PRO/SERVER fax card or an AVM
active fax card. You can use class 2 or 2.0 fax modems using
either the Microsoft or the GFI fax modem drivers, although we
strongly recommend using one of the fax devices listed above. For
a complete list go to
http://kbase.gfi.com/showarticle.asp?id=KBID001220
• If you are installing GFI FAXmaker on a separate machine, the IIS
SMTP service will need to be installed. The IIS SMTP service is
included in every Windows distribution, including Windows
professional. To verify the Installation of the SMTP Service: In
Control Panel, open Add/Remove Programs, click Add/Remove
Windows Components. Click the Internet Information Services
(IIS) component, click Details, and then verify that the SMTP
Service check box is selected. If it is not selected, click to select it,
click OK, and then follow the installation directions that are
displayed.
• If you are using Microsoft Exchange Server, and are not installing
the fax server on the Exchange server machine, you must install
Microsoft Outlook on the fax server machine and configure it to
connect to a mailbox (via MAPI) on the Microsoft Exchange server
machine. This is needed for conversion of TNEF to MIME.
• If using Windows 2000, ensure you have Service Pack 3 or later
installed.
• IMPORTANT: Disable Anti Virus software from scanning the GFI
FAXmaker & other relevant directories! AV products are known to
both interfere with normal operation as well as slow down any
software which requires file access. In fact Microsoft does not
recommend running file based anti virus software on the Exchange
Server. For more information:
http://kbase.gfi.com/showarticle.asp?id=KBID001523
• Make sure that backup software is not backing up any of the GFI
FAXmaker directories at any point.
