Small Business Server Fax Ignores Retry Delay
Article ID: 185830
Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft BackOffice Small Business Server 4.0a
- Microsoft BackOffice Small Business Server 4.0
- Microsoft Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q185830
SYMPTOMS
If you set up the fax on the server to be available only at certain hours,
the fax server ignores the retry delay value and retries immediately if the
target fax is busy.
RESOLUTION
Set the fax printer to be always available.
For Windows NT clients, a workaround is to configure the Discount rate
period in Control Panel, Fax Server Tool. Select the Send tab instead, and
then at the client choose to send the fax at discount rates (in Control
Panel, Fax client). Then the retry characteristics will be used. This selection is not supported on Windows 95 or Windows 98 clients, however.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Small Business
Server version 4.0 and 4.0a. We are researching this problem and will post
additional information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes
available.
MORE INFORMATION
This problem only occurs if you set up the fax on the server to be
available only at certain hours. When sending a fax from a Windows 95
client and the number called is busy, the server keeps retrying with no
delay although you have configured the fax service to wait a certain time
between the retries.
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