You don't really need to use any local MTA if you use the sendEmail script.
I got it from - http://www.caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/ This actually works by 'talking' directly to any SMTP server - even remote ones (I use our Exchange server for our e-mails). HTH Andy -->> -----Original Message----- -->> From: [email protected] [mailto:asterisk-users- -->> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Anthony Messina -->> Sent: 20 December 2008 02:47 -->> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion -->> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Setup ReceiveFax(), fax2mail,mime- -->> construct - but now Sendmail :( -->> -->> On Friday 19 December 2008 20:24:11 sean darcy wrote: -->> > Using 1.6 on Fedora Core 9 I'm trying to receive faxes. I've got -->> this far: -->> > -->> > [incoming-fax] -->> > exten => -->> > -->> s,1,Set(FAXFILE=/var/spool/asterisk/fax/${STRFTIME(${EPOCH},,%Y%m%d%H% -->> M)}-0 -->> >${CALLERIDNUM}) exten => s,2,ReceiveFAX(${FAXFILE}.tif) -->> > exten => s,3,Hangup() -->> > exten=>h,1,System(/usr/local/bin/fax2mail --cid-number -->> "0${CALLERIDNUM}" -->> > --cid-name "home fax" --dest-name "admin" --dest-email -->> "${admin_email}" -->> > -f "${FAXFILE}") -->> > -->> > which all seems work well on the CLI. No errors. -->> > -->> > fax2mail uses mime-contruct to send the fax by sendmail. That didn't -->> work. -->> > -->> > No email. /var/log/maillog: -->> > -->> > Dec 19 21:04:53 asterisk sendmail[2628]: mBH2mWvQ006043: -->> > to=<[email protected]>, ctladdr=<[email protected]> (0/0), -->> > delay=2+23:16:09, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=6640305, -->> > relay=mx01.1and1.com., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed -->> out -->> > with mx01.1and1.com. -->> > Dec 19 21:04:53 asterisk sendmail[2628]: mBH2mWvS006043: -->> > to=<[email protected]>, ctladdr=<[email protected]> (0/0), -->> > delay=2+23:16:09, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=6640312, -->> > relay=mx00.1and1.com., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed -->> out -->> > with mx00.1and1.com. -->> > -->> > I've avoided MTA's like sendmail for a _long_ time. So I need help. -->> > -->> > 1. Is this the right list to try to resolve this? If not, which -->> list? -->> > -->> > 2. postfix seems to considered much easier to configure than -->> sendmail. -->> > Do I install postfix? If so, will this work out of the box? -->> > -->> > 3. If sendmail, what's the magic configuration? -->> > -->> -->> i'm still working on this, but take a look at -->> http://messinet.com/viewvc/asterisk-fax-gw/trunk/ -->> -->> currently, i use postfix, which seems easier to me to configure than -->> sendmail -->> -->> -- -->> Anthony - http://messinet.com - http://messinet.com/~amessina/gallery -->> 8F89 5E72 8DF0 BCF0 10BE 9967 92DC 35DC B001 4A4E _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
