Re: what fax software do you suggest?
On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 03:54:49PM +, Pollywog wrote: On Fri, 17 Nov 2000 10:17:38 -0600, matthschulz said: I use efax since about a year and I'm happy with that. Does efax also require the use of a fax server (such as Hylafax server) or can it send faxes directly? -- Andrew Just noticed that your question is still unanswered .. I advocated efax as well when this thread was started. NO, efax does not need a background daemon/ server. It directly dials and sends fax in Class 12 modems. The interaction is through command line only .. For example, to dial the number 633222 using tone dialing and send a two-page fax from the TIFF/G3 files letter.001 and letter.002 using a Class 1 fax modem connected to ttyS0 just type in: efax -d /dev/ttyS0 -o1 \ -t T633222 letter.001 letter.002 And there are similar one liners which will retreive fax for you too . The man pages are adequate to get you going quickly .. HTH USM Bish
Re: what fax software do you suggest?
I wonder if he's asking about its ability to act as a daemon? Efax Can be set up using getty, in standby mode, through initd. The docs with efax do a reasonable job of describing the line you add to the conf file for this. Efax then sits around waiting for the phone to ring. Local/remote (network) faxing can be done though its use as a print filter in printcap. I want to go back to it (noticed someone else mentioned unstable fixing a USRobotics problem, which I seemed to have while using it). Hylafax has not worked properly for me yet. Kenward On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 11:07:33PM +0518, USM Bish wrote: On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 03:54:49PM +, Pollywog wrote: On Fri, 17 Nov 2000 10:17:38 -0600, matthschulz said: I use efax since about a year and I'm happy with that. Does efax also require the use of a fax server (such as Hylafax server) or can it send faxes directly? -- Andrew Just noticed that your question is still unanswered .. I advocated efax as well when this thread was started. NO, efax does not need a background daemon/ server. It directly dials and sends fax in Class 12 modems. The interaction is through command line only .. -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! --
Re: what fax software do you suggest?
On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 11:07:33PM +0518, USM Bish wrote: efax -d /dev/ttyS0 -o1 \ -t T633222 letter.001 letter.002 Or just fax send 633222 letter.ps (assuming letter is a postscript document) To receive a fax fax To view a received fax fax view letter.00? And fax print letter.00? to print it. Johann. -- J.H. Spies - Tel. 082 782 0336 / 023 55 11 568 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. II Chronicles 7:14
Re: what fax software do you suggest?
I use efax since about a year and I'm happy with that. Matth On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, Thomas Halahan wrote: dear deb-users, I have a stand allone debian box with a fax modem. I want to send faxes from my box (but I don't really have to recieve them). Q What software, from the debian distro, would you suggest which is easy to set up for sending PS files, for example. Thanks Tom -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: what fax software do you suggest?
I have tried a commercial fax program and it works even on my modem. http://www.kellergroup.com/
Re: what fax software do you suggest?
On Fri, 17 Nov 2000 10:17:38 -0600, matthschulz said: I use efax since about a year and I'm happy with that. Does efax also require the use of a fax server (such as Hylafax server) or can it send faxes directly? -- Andrew
Re: what fax software do you suggest?
On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 11:49:56AM +, Thomas Halahan wrote: Q What software, from the debian distro, would you suggest which is easy to set up for sending PS files, for example. I have used efax for a few years now and can recommend it. Johann -- J.H. Spies - Tel. 082 782 0336 / 023 55 11 568 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves. It is the gift of God; not of works, lest any man should boast.Ephesians 2:8,9
Re: what fax software do you suggest?
USM Bish [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: For small time requirements that you envisage, the efax program is good enough. It is on the main sub dir of Debian. Has an utility called efix which does the job of conversion between fax, text, bit- map, greyscale, ps and other formats. For heavier workload, most people vouch for mgetty + sendfax. Don't have personal experience on this combination. Do you know anybody who has? I have a problem with my setup when I want to send an mgetty-fax as user. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ faxspool 31 newfile.ps cannot write to /var/spool/fax/outgoing! [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /var/spool/fax/ total 8 drwxr-xr-x2 root root 4096 Aug 31 20:09 incoming drwxrwxr-t2 root fax 4096 Oct 28 12:32 outgoing though andre is a member of group fax. It works only as root. -- Andre I have used kfax (kde) in the past without any problems ... However, for the rare few faxes out of my system efax was the final choice for me. Small, efficient, no-frills software which works !!! Recommendation: Do an apt-get for efax. USM Bish On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 11:49:56AM +, Thomas Halahan wrote: dear deb-users, I have a stand allone debian box with a fax modem. I want to send faxes from my box (but I don't really have to recieve them). Q What software, from the debian distro, would you suggest which is easy to set up for sending PS files, for example. Thanks Tom -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Andre Berger [EMAIL PROTECTED] from Bonn, Germany
what fax software do you suggest?
dear deb-users, I have a stand allone debian box with a fax modem. I want to send faxes from my box (but I don't really have to recieve them). Q What software, from the debian distro, would you suggest which is easy to set up for sending PS files, for example. Thanks Tom
Re: what fax software do you suggest?
I like efax. It works with Class 1 modems too which is a bonus. It handles PS files very well and knows what to do. In fact, it relies on ghostscript to generate the fax image files. Thomas Halahan wrote: dear deb-users, I have a stand allone debian box with a fax modem. I want to send faxes from my box (but I don't really have to recieve them). Q What software, from the debian distro, would you suggest which is easy to set up for sending PS files, for example. Thanks Tom -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what fax software do you suggest?
For small time requirements that you envisage, the efax program is good enough. It is on the main sub dir of Debian. Has an utility called efix which does the job of conversion between fax, text, bit- map, greyscale, ps and other formats. For heavier workload, most people vouch for mgetty + sendfax. Don't have personal experience on this combination. I have used kfax (kde) in the past without any problems ... However, for the rare few faxes out of my system efax was the final choice for me. Small, efficient, no-frills software which works !!! Recommendation: Do an apt-get for efax. USM Bish On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 11:49:56AM +, Thomas Halahan wrote: dear deb-users, I have a stand allone debian box with a fax modem. I want to send faxes from my box (but I don't really have to recieve them). Q What software, from the debian distro, would you suggest which is easy to set up for sending PS files, for example. Thanks Tom -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: what fax software do you suggest?
| I like efax. It works with Class 1 modems too which is a bonus. It | handles PS files very well and knows what to do. In fact, it relies on | ghostscript to generate the fax image files. I second this. Efax is small, light and very dependable. It's author (Ed Casas) and maintainer (Dirk Eddelbuettel) are both very responsive about fixing problems quickly. One piece of advice: if you choose to install it, you should install the version in unstable (`woody'). There is a problem with certain US Robotics modems in the version in stable which is fixed in the version in `woody'. This version installs smoothly on potato systems (or did on mine anyway), Jim
