Is there anyone in the UK who offers the service of receiving an
e-mail attachment and then forwarding to an ISDN number?

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Request for Question Clarification by mistajon-ga on 24 May 2002 07:03 PDT

Hi there stevieclaridge-ga!

I am wondering, does the ISDN number have a machine connected to it
for internet or fax usage?

Thanks

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Request for Question Clarification by larre-ga on 24 May 2002 08:35 PDT

Hi  there Stevie,

Let's break it down into its separate parts, first:

The email part:  Email and attachments may be forwarded to IP
(abbreviation for Internet Protocol, a numerical way of expressing an
internet address) addresses. These are not telephone numbers, but
special Internet addresses. It's sort of like a postal system. IP
numbers represent post office boxes. If a particular IP ;has ISDN
services available to it, and if you have an ISDN adapter, you may be
able to dial into that ISDN service and retrieve your email and
attachment.

The telephone part: Sending attachments to a phone are a rather
difficult proposition. Though the technology to separate attachments
from e-mail is available, separate forwarding is not a service
routinely available. Email messages in the form of text can often be
translated via telephone (see uReach.com and similar companies),
however attachments take the form of pictures, sound files, and
numerous other types of files. How could these file types be
translated and "delivered" via telephone?

Combining the two: There is no service which automatically splits
attachments from email and delivers them separately. There ARE email
forwarding services in the UK which will deliver (forward) e-mail (and
its attachments) to any other email address you specify.

If you could provide a few more specifics about exactly what you want
(i.e. describe an example), our researchers can see if there is a
service that closely matches those wants within the U.K.

~larre-ga

Hello and thanks for use Google Answers.

There are several companies who forward e-mails to ISDN.

I think the one who are closest to your requirements is Frontier:
http://www.frontier.net.uk/tech_support/email/mail_forwarding/#mx

You can read about this service at the following page:
http://www.frontier.net.uk/internet_solutions/isdn/

Another good option is NetPlan:
http://www.netplan.co.uk/connectivity.htm

or UK Fast:
http://ukfast.net/email/

So you can choose the best one for you.

Search keywords "mail forwarding  to isdn  in uk"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=mail+forwarding++to+isdn+in+uk&btnG=Google+Search

I hope this helps. Let me know if you need any additional information.

Best Regards
livioflores-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by stevieclaridge-ga on 27 May 2002 04:43 PDT

Hi there!

I am sorry if this response pops up in the wrong place, but I've found
the user interface of Google Answers to be very frusting to use. I
don't know if it's because I'm using a Mac. Even sending an e-mail to
Google Answers Support yielded a less than helpful response.
 
To clarify: we wish to send a file (usually a .zip or .sea file) to a
customer via ISDN. We don't have an ISDN line, so at present we use a
service bureau who take our disk and transmit the files directly to
the customers computer via point-to-point ISDN. In the UK graphic arts
industry, it is very common to use point-to-point ISDN to transfer
large graphic files.

The customer will have an ISDN card in their machine which is
connected to the ISDN line and will be set to auto-answer and will
accept any file which is transmitted.

We would like to send the file by e-mail (as an attachment) and have
it re-transmitted via ISDN to our customer.

So far, none of the responses have yielded a satisfactory result.

Regards,
stevieclaridge-ga

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Clarification of Answer by livioflores-ga on 28 May 2002 00:55 PDT

I need more information from your costumer:
- The machine isnīt a PC, is it? What kind of machine is (Film
Printer, Scanner, Computer to Plate, etc.)?
- Do you know the ISDN supplier that your costumer use?
- Has your costumer access to the Internet (for example an e-mail
account)?
In this case the answer is obvious.
-Is the ISDN line dedicated only to the machine or Is there a LAN?
In the last case you only need to send the file to the LANīs
Administrator and then he will send the file to the machine.

But I think you are talking about a machine that work like a Fax
Phone, it receive the call, then a signal and then process the
information.
In this case it will be very usefull to know what machine is and how
it will receive the files.
For example I know a CTP (Computer to Plate) machine who receive data
from a PC, who receive data via internet or intranet, in your case
your costumer can connect a PC to internet and the machine (via ISDN).
Use a share software to send the file to your costumer and then the PC
send it to the machine.
Please tell if this is good for you and ask me for more information;
or tell me more about the machine and the process.

Regards
livioflores-ga

I am working hard to clarify your answer

try http://www.wamnet.co.uk/prod_gate_descr.lasso?165051 which is
wamnet's internet gateway solution. i'm sure you've heard of wamnet
already, even if you don't use it, as it's the industry standard in
the uk. this is, in my experience of isdn, better anyway because it
sends it from the server rather than direct point to point which can
be unreliable.

by the way, as you may know if you've read any of my questions, i also
use a mac, but if it's confusing it's certainly not due to the
platform. it works on my comp as it should.

Prueba