Sending a FAX Broadcast From an Access Database

This is a example of how to send a FAX using a Access Database as the source of the Sender,Recipent,subject and Body data of the FAX. Setup: To use the example you will need to do the followin

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May 13, 2003

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This is a example of how to send a FAX using a Access Database as the source of the Sender,Recipent,subject and Body data of the FAX. Setup: To use the example you will need to do the following.1: A Fax software like Rightfax or FAXmaker.2: A ODBC System DSN using a MS Access Driver pointing to the file path of the attached database.3: Open the database and add you Recipents addresses in the following format .4: Add your Exchange SMTP address as the From: address.Next add your subject, body or html body. If you wish to use html just enter the raw html into the body cell. To run the script you will need to copy the code example to your drive and give a *.vbs extension. To run you can use the command "cscript FileName.vbs" or use a batch file to lauch form the task scheduler.

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