I would be more than willing to pay a couple of bucks - maybe $20 -$30 US
- for a Winfax client for Linux that could handle most features, maybe $10
- $15 US for a client that could merely spool the docs to the queue and
send them "as is" with no cever sheet. (That would allow me to handle the
cover sheet on the Linux side).
Of course I would not be willing to pay this much to the makers of Winfax
for providing this functionality - they should be more than willing to do
it for nothing considering how it would advance their product. Moreso if
you figure that a Linux version is probably a short step from a Solaris
version, an AIX version, a HP-UX version, a BSD version, . . .
On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Denis Havlik wrote:
> :>I have a request, since we are talking about fax solutions for Linux. I
> :>would like to see a fax client for Linux capable of working with a
> :>Winfax Pro 9 fax server. Since this works as the typical "print driver"
> :>format of fax client/server, I'm sure it wouldn't be too be of a chore
> :>for a skilled developer to come up with a gui and get the print stream
> :>correct.
>
> Sure. Just how much are you going to pay for it :-)
>
> Talking about the fax:
>
> In the meantime, I have set-up my fax-server with mgetty+sendfax. I like
> it very much as it is:
>
> 1) SENDING FAXES:
>
> faxspool <NUMBER|ALIAS> file(s)
>
> or
>
> lpr -P fax -C <NUMBER|ALIAS|name@NUMBER> file(s)
>
> To make life even easier for my wife, I have also defined a "faxscan"
> function:
>
> function faxscan () {
> echo "scaning the image and sending it to $1"
> scanimage --resolution 204 |lpr -P fax -C $1
> }
>
> :-)
>
> As an extra, all the faxes withh numbers beginning with "0" get an
> additional "1007" in front which lowers my telephone bill :-))
>
> 2) RECEIVING FAXES
>
> All the received faxes are e-mailed to me and to my wife as mime-encoded
> e-mail attachements.
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> However, I had to invest quite some time to get it working, and had to
> change some scripts...
>
> As soon as I have finished the setup at work, I will post it here and
> send e-mails to authors of the addons i used and changes I had to make. I
> hope someone will put a new RPM together with all the stuff on its place.
>
> (I still do not understand some implications of the lpr->fax gateway. In
> particular, i have not yet tried it at work, so i can just hope network
> printing will work properly).
>
> cu
> Denis
>
> PS. Has anybody got the "KSendfax" working?
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