Products > GFI FAXmaker for Exchange/SMTP > Freeware version

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GFI provides a freeware version of GFI FAXmaker for Exchange/SMTP 12 that enables users to send and receive SMS/text messages from their email client.

The freeware version allows two users to send and receive SMS/text messages from their email client, thereby enabling them to easily contact business colleagues and associates who are on the road or away from their desk.

Short message service, known as SMS or texting and used mainly in Europe and Asia, has become an extremely popular way of sending personal messages. However, SMS also has several applications in the corporate environment:

• To notify roaming employees, such as sales people or technicians on the road, of any updates or messages
• To issue immediate alerts about emergencies and critical situations, for example, to alert a network administrator as soon as the Internet link is down
• To send important information to key customers or suppliers, thereby ensuring that the information is received by the right person, immediately
• For marketing or CRM purposes: SMS messages are personal and have a high response rate.

Although anybody with a mobile phone can send an SMS, GFI FAXmaker’s SMS gateway offers many advantages. Through it, users can type and send SMS messages much faster from their computer (rather than using their mobile phone pad) and can also use the corporate email address book for recipient mobile numbers. The SMS gateway grants organizations central control of SMS usage.

Any email-enabled application can send SMS messages via the GFI FAXmaker SMS gateway. A central log of SMS messages permits the control of SMS use.

The freeware version can be downloaded from http://www.gfi.com/downloads/downloads.aspx?pid=FAX&lid=en. The download is a trial version of GFI FAXmaker for Exchange/SMTP 12 (11Mb), however the SMS gateway remains active for two users using a free SMS license key. The free SMS license key can be obtained from http://www.gfi.com/faxmaker/freewareappl.htm. This freeware key is not extendable or upgradeable in any way.

GFI FAXmaker's SMS gateway implements an SMS server that uses one or more mobile phones to send out the SMS. Alternatively, users can subscribe to an Internet-based SMS service.

Quick install instructions can be obtained at http://www.gfi.com/faxmaker/fax12installation.pdf. The manual can be viewed online or downloaded at http://www.gfi.com/faxmaker/fax12manual.zip.

The freeware version is not supported by GFI. However, user-to-user support is available at http://forums.gfi.com.

GFI FAXmaker for Exchange/SMTP is the leading network fax server. It integrates with Exchange Server, Lotus Notes and popular SMTP servers, allowing users to send and receive faxes and SMS/text messages directly from their email client. By leveraging your email infrastructure and Active Directory, GFI FAXmaker achieves unparalleled scalability, reliability and hassle-free administration. GFI FAXmaker for Exchange/SMTP is the most competitively priced fax server on the market: A 25-user version sells for $699 and a 100-user version sells for $1999. Companies using GFI FAXmaker include Microsoft, Telstra, Mercedes-Benz, Vodafone, Philips, HSBC Bank, Volkswagen, Compaq, and many more.

Windows & .NET Magazine readers have selected GFI FAXmaker as winner of the Best Fax Servers category in the 2002 and 2003 editions of the Windows & .NET Magazine Readers’ Choice Awards. GFI FAXmaker has won the .Net Magazine Reader's Choice Award 2003 for Best Communication and Collaboration Solution and the Microsoft Packaged Application Partner of the Year award 2000. It has been awarded Product of the Year by Internet Telephony Magazine for 2000, by Communications Solutions Magazine for 1999 and by CTI Magazine for 1998, as well as being selected as CTI Magazine Editor’s Choice 1999.

Is support included in the freeware version?
GFI does not support the freeware version. If you are using the freeware version, you must rely on user-to-user support in the forums.

What is the difference between the full version and the freeware version?
The full version provides fax capabilities as well as being an SMS gateway and is not limited to two users. More product information and a free trial version are available at http://www.gfi.com/faxmaker/.