On Monday, April 22, 2013 21:08 CEST, Peter Fraser <p...@thinkage.ca> wrote: > I looked at IAX modem, and most I know about it is from > http://iaxmodem.sourceforge.net/faq.php > > and as far as I can tell IAXmodem doesn't do T.38 which > I believe is the correct solution. > > But I did get pointed to t38modem at SourceForge.net > which is not in ports. Again I have not tried it, > and it may do the job to work with hylafax+. > > I would like to know if any one had done this.
Haven't done that, but as others already pointed out as an option, that I forgot about: at work we are using multiple ATA boxes (e.g. GrandStream HandyTone 286), which just work perfectly with the faxes behind them. cheers, Sebastian > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-m...@openbsd.org [mailto:owner-m...@openbsd.org] On Behalf Of > Sebastian Reitenbach > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 1:51 PM > To: misc@openbsd.org > Subject: Re: faxing > > On Monday, April 22, 2013 19:30 CEST, Peter Fraser <p...@thinkage.ca> wrote: > > > Several years ago I put an OpenBSD system in as a firewall and mail > > server at a small charity that I volunteer at (kwaccessablility.ca) that > > fixed nearly all the problems that they had with viruses, spam etc. > > > > Last year I talked them in to switching to VOIP (on the OpenBSD server > > using Asterisk). Their phone costs dropped from over $250 per month to > > less than $30 per month (I used the service from unlimitel.ca). The change > > is costs per month made up for the costs of the new telephone equipment > > within the year. > > > > Nearly all their communication that was done by fax is now done by > > email, except for one organization. That organization which is run by the > > city supplies transportation for physically handicapped. That organization > > is insisting on faxes. They will not take email. > > The charity currently has an analog fax just for the purpose of arranging > > transportation, and that line is costing over $60 per month. > > > > I looked at email to fax services, but I believe those queue the faxes > > up and send them as time is available. The charity and the > > transportation organization need immediate sending and receiving. They > > carry out a conversation with hand written notes (requiring the charity to > > type the responses would not be a problem). > > > > Asterisk has a fax service, so I thought I could use that. But the > > Asterisk fax sending service requires TIFF in a directory and receiving > > service puts a TIFF file in a directory. > > > > The charity operates in a Windows environment. To the problem is: how > > does a person (probably a volunteer) on a Windows machine put a TIFF > > file into a directory on an OpenBSD, and in addition send the information > > as to where send the fax and get back a status on success or failure of > > sending a fax. > > > > I don't think receiving the fax will be that much of a problem; it > > should be easy to take the fax out the directory and send it as an email to > > a group mailbox. > > > > What I don't have is a good to solution for is how the person sitting at > > the Windows machine is to send a fax. > > There are some commercial solutions for Linux, but I have no idea if they > > operate OpenBSD. > > The commercial solutions are generally of the format that an email gets > > sent and fax is extracted from the text of the message. > > > > I would like to know if anyone has done something similar or any good > > suggestions on what I should do to get faxing to work > > > > I haven't had a need for FAX yet, but maybe give hylafax together with > iaxmodem a try. > Both are in ports. > Or maybe read up here: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+fax > > cheers, > Sebastian
