Cory, I've tried hylafax and mgetty+sendfax. Both work rather poorly (if at all) if you have a lousy faxmodem. Make sure you are using a class 2 or class 2.0 faxmodem for sending faxes. I was using a Supra external class 2 modem for awhile for sending faxes, it worked fine for about six months, then died. A good faxmodem costs almost as much as a dedicated fax, so I replaced mine with a dedicated fax machine. I didn't like that either, and now I'm using a multifuntion laser/copier/scanner/fax/etc. I prefer this setup because I have no need to send similar faxes to numerous recipients. One nice thing about hylafax is that there is a windoze client that reads databases through an odbc connection to get phone numbers. The client software also gave status messages about the success/failure of the fax transmission, and even a way of viewing the fax-formatted files in the outgoing queue. Ralph At 06:01 PM 5/3/2001 -0700, Cory Petkovsek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Has anyone had experience setting up and using hylafax? > >I'm using debian. Usually debian packages just slide right in. I've been working on this one all day (and days before). > >Currently I have three modems plugged into the system, but I'm only using one for testing. > >I can send a fax, but it looks like garbage. I sent a text file and it looks like every other line is missing when it comes through the other side. Also, it seems that hylafax hangs up when it's done, but the receiving end sits there "negotiating" until it times out. The 'other end' is a windows based gfi fax server. > >Receiving is a whole other problem. I sent a simple fax to hylafax, but the tiff file I got is just garbage. I think this has something to do with the tiff libraries not working properly? They are installed however (libtiff3). > >So my question is, does anyone have experience setting up and using hylafax or a working system? > >Thanks, >Cory >
