Am 30.09.2011 um 19:45 schrieb David Kerr:
> 
> Again this has been discussed in the last few days.... here is cut/paste.  
> Bottom line is no one around here has tried sending faxes.
> 
> David
> 
> 
> Am 27.09.2011 um 14:58 schrieb David Kerr:
> >
> > Yes, but I have not attempted to implement it.   There is a SendFAX 
> > application in Asterisk to which you have to pass a .tiff file. You would 
> > have to figure out how to get that .tiff file (which you may have to 
> > convert from a PDF) onto the Astlinux box.  Once on the astlinux box you 
> > then have to trigger a outgoing call... perhaps by using a .call file (see 
> > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+auto-dial+out and/or 
> > http://www.the-asterisk-book.com/unstable/call-file.html ). Also google on 
> > "asterisk email to fax"
> >
> > I could be wrong... but I think the hardest part will be receiving the 
> > email, I don't know if astlinux has a mail server to receive.  But once you 
> > have a file on astlinux the actual process of sending it should be easy.
> >
> > David
> 
> Right, Astlinux has no receiving mail server, and pdf-to-tiff (ghostscript) 
> is not so easy than the other way round.
> As you said, the only managable way would be IMHO uploading/transferring a 
> .tiff file to the Astlinux box and then creating a call file via another 
> background job (receiver number must be in the filename of the .tiff).
> 
> But that all is not very userfriendly. Which normal user would want to create 
> tiff files?
> 
> Michael
> 
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Nedi <n...@gmx.ch> wrote:
> thanks  David
> one Question how can I sending a Fax?
> nedi

If more people are interested to send faxes, maybe we can all look around, if 
there is another open source way to implement pdf2tiff conversion (except 
ghostscript) which could be used on Astlinux. That would be a good start.

Michael

http://www.mksolutions.info





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