PMDF System Manager's Guide
PMDF-REF-6.0

It is possible to configure multiple sets of PMDF-FAX channels. However, this requires hand editing your PMDF configuration files as the automatic configuration generator described in the previous section is not capable of producing such configurations.

The most common multiple-channel configuration involves a common TEXT_TO_PS channel, separate PS_TO_G3 channels, and a common G3_TO_FAX channel driving a single, centralized FAX modem. With such a configuration, it is possible for separate departments, groups, or individuals sharing a common FAX modem to have their own customized cover pages.

In this example, a single TEXT_TO_PS channel addressed via either of the two (short form) names TEXT-FAX-A or TEXT-FAX-B and two PS_TO_G3 channels with (short form) names PS-FAX-A and PS-FAX-B are set up for the domain ABC.COM. The two PS_TO_G3 channels feed into a common G3_TO_FAX channel. Mail destined for the "A" channels should use addresses of the form (note the use of the forward slash character, /)

IN%"'/attribute1=value1/attribute2=value2/.../'@TEXT-FAX-A.ABC.COM" 
IN%"'/attribute1=value1/attribute2=value2/.../'@PS-FAX-A.ABC.COM" 

IN%"'/attribute1=value1/attribute2=value2/.../'@TEXT-FAX-B.ABC.COM" 
IN%"'/attribute1=value1/attribute2=value2/.../'@PS-FAX-B.ABC.COM" 

IN%"'/FN=(714) 621-5319/O=Innosoft/'@TEXT-FAX-A.ABC.COM" 

IN%"'/FN=(714) 621-5319/O=Innosoft/'@PS-FAX-B.ABC.COM" 

Example 37-13 Configuring multiple FAX channels: the channel blocks

text_to_ps 
text-to-ps.abc.com 
text-fax-a.abc.com text-fax-a.abc.com 
text-fax-b.abc.com text-fax-b.abc.com 
 
g3_to_fax logging 
g3-to-fax.abc.com 
 
ps_to_g3_a 
ps-to-g3-a.abc.com 
ps-fax-a.abc.com ps-fax-a.abc.com 
 
ps_to_g3_b 
ps-to-g3-b.abc.com 
ps-fax-b.abc.com ps-fax-b.abc.com 
 
fax_to_data 
fax-to-data 
 
data_to_bitmap 
data-to-bitmap 

The corresponding rewrite rules for these channels are shown in Example 37-14 .

Example 37-14 Configuring multiple FAX channels: the rewrite rules

text-to-ps.abc.com   $U@text-to-ps.abc.com 
text-to-ps           $U@text-to-ps.abc.com 
! 
text-fax-a.abc.com   $E$F$U@ps-fax-a.abc.com$Mtext_to_ps 
text-fax-a.abc.com   $U%text-fax-a.abc.com@ps-fax-a.abc.com$Mtext_to_ps 
text-fax-a.abc.com   $U@text-fax-a.abc.com 
text-fax-a           $E$F$U@ps-fax-a.abc.com$Mtext_to_ps 
text-fax-a           $U%text-fax-a.abc.com@ps-fax-a.abc.com$Mtext_to_ps 
text-fax-a           $U@text-fax-a.abc.com 
! 
text-fax-b.abc.com   $E$F$U@ps-fax-b.abc.com$Mtext_to_ps 
text-fax-b.abc.com   $U%text-fax-b.abc.com@ps-fax-b.abc.com$Mtext_to_ps 
text-fax-b.abc.com   $U@text-fax-b.abc.com 
text-fax-b           $E$F$U@ps-fax-b.abc.com$Mtext_to_ps 
text-fax-b           $U%text-fax-b.abc.com@ps-fax-b.abc.com$Mtext_to_ps 
text-fax-b           $U@text-fax-b.abc.com 
! 
ps-to-g3-a.abc.com   $U@ps-to-g3-a.abc.com 
ps-to-g3-a           $U@ps-to-g3-a.abc.com 
! 
ps-fax-a.abc.com     $E$F$U@g3-to-fax.abc.com$Mps_to_g3 
ps-fax-a.abc.com     $U%ps-fax-a.abc.com@g3-to-fax.abc.com$Mps_to_g3 
ps-fax-a.abc.com     $U@ps-fax-a.abc.com 
ps-fax-a             $E$F$U@g3-to-fax.abc.com$Mps_to_g3 
ps-fax-a             $U%ps-fax-a.abc.com@g3-to-fax.abc.com$Mps_to_g3 
ps-fax-a             $U@ps-fax-a.abc.com 
! 
ps-to-g3-b.abc.com   $U@ps-to-g3-b.abc.com 
ps-to-g3-b           $U@ps-to-g3-b.abc.com 
! 
ps-fax-b.abc.com     $E$F$U@g3-to-fax.abc.com$Mps_to_g3 
ps-fax-b.abc.com     $U%ps-fax-b.abc.com@g3-to-fax.abc.com$Mps_to_g3 
ps-fax-b.abc.com     $U@ps-fax-b.abc.com 
ps-fax-b             $E$F$U@g3-to-fax.abc.com$Mps_to_g3 
ps-fax-b             $U%ps-fax-b.abc.com@g3-to-fax.abc.com$Mps_to_g3 
ps-fax-b             $U@ps-fax-b.abc.com 
! 
g3-to-fax.abc.com    $U@g3-to-fax.abc.com 
g3-to-fax            $U@g3-to-fax.abc.com 

PMDF_TABLE:text_to_ps_option. 
PMDF_TABLE:ps_to_g3_a_option. 
PMDF_TABLE:ps_to_g3_b_option. 
PMDF_TABLE:g3_to_fax_option.