Fax

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You can enter faxes into the database.

 

Suppose you sent a fax. You have to Select and Copy the fax so that the contents are in the Clipboard. Select an address that contains a fax number. Then press New Fax. A new email record will be created, with a SentTo record with cc = 'x' (for fax). The body of the fax will be the contents of the clipboard. This way you keep records of your faxes sent!

 

Suppose you sent an email to a politician, and the same message as a fax to another politician. Choose the name of the faxed politician from the address table. The press Same Fax. Another SentTo record will be created.

 

The best thing to do is to Copy the contents before you send the fax. Otherwise, you will have to enter your fax program and OCR the fax and then Select and Copy the fax.

 

Suppose you send an email via a Internet form. Before sending the email, Select and Copy the message. Enter New Email, enter the subject when prompted. It will be saved, with the message in the body. You can press Add Internet to add the address of the person. It will put an 'i' in the cc list, to indicate Internet. Put the URL in the Comments of the Address table.