Re: [TCLUG:94] Faxing

[Bob Tanner <tanner@real-time.com>]

Quoting Ben Kochie (ben@intexp.com):
> Well, i have done some fax server work with linux.
> here is what i have found:
> 
> mgetty+sendfax
>         This is the "standard" fax system.. it's flexable, it's reliable, it's
> been around for a while.  the only major drawback, configuration may require
> large ammounts of configuartion time (compared to MS fax in win95)  and some
> experience with lpd/lpr, configuring /etc/inittab, and a few other things
> (like setting up .pbm and .g3 converters)
> 
> you also may need to get other applications, like a G3 fax viewer for X
> 
> there are also a couple other fax systems
> 
> HylaFax
> Hotwire Fax system (commercial)
> 
> a great source for applications, utilities, etc.. (including links to
> commercial solutions) is http://www.xnet.com/~blatura/linapps.shtml


Hylafax is the best bet. I run it here at Real Time as a fax server
and pager server. It is client server and there clients for unix,
windows, dos and macos.

I have my own custom rpm, but I believe there is a "general" rpm at
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/contrib.


You can look here for detail on hylafax.

http://info-sys.home.vix.com/hylafax/


> 
> 
> On 03-May-98 Scot Jenkins wrote:
> > Joseph A. Heil wrote:
> > 
> >>   Those were all good topics.  But here is some food for thought.
> >> What kinds of problems can be solved using Linux (and the supporting
> >> free/open software that runs on Linux systems) and what are the
> >> tools used to solve those problems.  If it is a new problem we can
> >> brain storm a possible solution.  If it a past solved problem, someone
> >> could possibly give a simple synopsis of their solution to the problem.
> >> Don't get me wrong, as a group we need to cover the basic topics such as
> >> installation, maintenance, and administration, for all the newbies in
> >> the group to Linux, but the I believe the bigger picture of Linux should
> >> be on how to promote it as possible alternative solutions to the
> >> MS giant.  It seems to me that a big problem free/open software is most
> >> non-Unix people think if it is free it must work like junk.  So by using
> >> tclug as a platform to promote Linux systems and solutions by our hands on
> >> experiences, we can disprove all those Windows bigots.
> > 
> > I agree with Joe, we need to continue to address newbie type issues, but
> > at the same time tackle things as a group that we can use in business
> > type settings; the SAMBA talk was an excellent example because you can
> > use it both at home AND at work.  On a personal note, I'd like to figure
> > out faxing.  It's one of the few things I'd like to do but don't yet
> > know how; haven't had much time to spend on it either.  Once I get
> > access to the web site, I'd like to set up something where we can
> > centrally track topics and vote on them for each meeting.
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Scot W. Jenkins <swjenkins@ibm.net>
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> TTYL,
>         Ben Kochie (ben@intexp.com)
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