On Sat, 31 May 2003, Glenn Gilbreath Jr. wrote:
>
> On Fri, 30 May 2003 13:33:12 -0400 (EDT), Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I didn't have a modem on my machine. I didn't have any
> > fax software installed, yet I sent a fax within minutes
> > of deciding to do so.
>
> Steve,
> I can do similar in plain old DOS!
So, if you have a machine running DOS with NO modem on
it, and NO fax software anywhere in the house, you can
be sending a fax out in 5 minutes? I'm impressed. ;-)
> I use a couple of command-line tools
> to send and receive FAX documents.
See, you've already got a head start. ;-)
> For viewing, I can use any text
> editor or viewer on text documents (probably what your email was) or
> if in graphic format (usually TIFF) I use PictView by J Patera (spelling??)
The e-mail was one of those that came in text/html.
I exported if from PINE to text, made the changes with my
standard editor, pico, and sent if off.
'fax' is part of the efax package, and automatically
changes text to the required G3 TIFF format before handing
it off to 'efax' which actually does the dialing and
sending. If you have files already in G3 TIFF, you can just
'efax' them. With any other file format, you need to use
'fax' to get them converted first.
> So, in the time you spent finding, downloading, compiling
> and installing the Linux package, my DOS software would already have
> sent the FAX back,
Take the modem out of/off your machine and put it in some
other room. Throw away all fax software that's in your
house, and delete all fax software from your computer.
Ready? Go!
...
How long to send a fax? ;-)
> Oh, I did understand correctly, you mentioned EFax??
efax is just the name of the package. Actually the whole
name of the one I downloaded is efax-0.9-4.src.rpm. It
dials out over a modem and has nothing to do with e-mailing
a fax. The Description:
Efax is a small ANSI C/POSIX program that sends and
receives faxes using any Class 1, 2 or 2.0 fax modem.
> Anyway, must be a difference in the files for Linux as opposed to Win9X.
> I have used the EFax Viewer for Win95...since the FAX is sent as email
> attachment. But, with my EFax account, they do not allow sending...I
> only use the "free, ad supported" receiving function.
Yup, that's something completely different.
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Steve Ackman
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