The most important of these settings is the identity of the machine to contact for service. This can be specified in many ways. The Host , Port , Protocol , and Modem configuration parameters can be setup to completely specify a HylaFAX server and modem to use as a default. Consult the manual page for each client application for a full list of the configuration parameters that are used and the set of configuration files that are searched. Once a client machine is setup for use the server machine may need to be configured to permit client access.
Users can customize cover page generation in many ways.
The default faxcover program supports customization through the user of template files that are parameterized with PostScript. Finally clients may simply suppress the automatic cover page support provided by sendfax and supply pre-constructed cover pages of their own choice as normal documents that are to be transmitted. The only negative aspect of the last alternative is that cover pages submitted in this manner may confuse the continuation cover page support provided a the HylaFAX server. A HylaFAX server accepts PostScript or TIFF format files and converts them to the appropriate format required to transmit them as facsimile. Any other documents must be converted prior to submitting them to the server for transmission.