Thanks for all the replies. Seems there are at least 2 or 3 people giving strong recommendations to iaxmodem/hylafax as a reliable (ie. business grade production) solution. That is just the sort of feedback I was looking for.
My application is just standard business reception of faxes. Right now they use WinFax and probably receive about 30 to 50 faxes a day. I want to wean them off Winfax as it's not really supported anymore and I dislike all things Symantec in general. Receiving faxes on Asterisk has the added benefit of being able to use the fax line as an extra outgoing line when the rest are in use. That is what they are doing now on their key system and they don't want to lose that ability. I don't blame them. -----Original Message----- From: Duncan Turnbull [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 2:18 PM To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' Subject: RE: [asterisk-users] Bottom line on fax reception I use Asterisk and Hylafax and iaxmodem to send 600+ faxes per week with no baby sitting, I receive about 20 and it requires no baby sitting Hylafax and iaxmodem with Asterisk works very well - check out iaxmodem and hylafax lists for much bigger examples Cheers Duncan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of shadowym Sent: Tuesday, 29 May 2007 7:34 a.m. To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' Subject: RE: [asterisk-users] Bottom line on fax reception Sorry but I must have missed it if someone else responded. If the built in fax reception doesn't work very well what about the 3rd party stuff mentioned on the Asterisk Wiki? -----Original Message----- From: Steve Totaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 8:38 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: RE: [asterisk-users] Bottom line on fax reception Someone already answered this question. The answer is no, it does not work by your definition of production ready. Thanks, Steve Totaro http://www.asteriskhelpdesk.com KB3OPB > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of shadowym > Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 11:20 AM > To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' > Subject: RE: [asterisk-users] Bottom line on fax reception > > Anybody?? > > -----Original Message----- > From: shadowym [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 9:35 AM > To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com > Subject: [asterisk-users] Bottom line on fax reception > > > > So what is the bottom line? Does it work or not. I've heard stories it > works, it doesn't work, it kinda sorta works when it's not raining out > side. > Everything under the rainbow. > > What's the bottom line with recent updates on 1.2.x? Is it production > ready for fax? By production ready I mean that it just works all the > time and > doesn't need any babysitting. Do I have to worry about dropped lines, > sometimes not detecting incoming fax tone....yada yada. > > I know I don't have to use fax on Asterisk but I really want to for > various reasons. Mostly incoming but outgoing is a nice to have. > Should I use an > addon package and if so which one? Any help would be appreciated. > > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users