As a traditional DOS-user who does not like Windows I have been trying out Linux for the past few months and I am impressed escpecially with LaTeX (I use TeTeX because of problems with the debian LaTeX packages I experienced), Emacs, lynx and pine.
I also want to use my Linux-setup for faxes. I have a Zoltrix 14400 fax/voice modem and as far as I understand its documentation it is a class 1 modem. That disqualifies mgetty as the program I should use for faxes. The new mgetty packages gave me hope that I may be able to use voicegetty with another fax-program but even the voicegetty documentation so far did not give me a clue as to how I can record and use messages to answer my telephone. Maybe I do not have enough patience while reading the detailed manuals. So far I have looked at ZyXel, mgetty, efax and hylafax. All of them (for me) are so difficult to configure that I am on the point of quitting it altogether. I do not have time to study manuals for days to try and configure a single program. I want to use the program as a user, not as a developer. ^^^^ I seems to me that I have to know perl or some other programming language to write front-programs to be able to use the real programs effectively. I do not have the time for that. Is there any fax program or voice-mail program available that is user-friendly? While trying out "faxanswer" from Hylafax, I do not know how to specify my modem. It expects a modem device starting with FIFO. There is supposed to be a FIFO file which I cannot find. I tried /dev/cua3 and got an error message "FIFO._dev_cua3: open: No such file or directory" I would really like more of my friends to use Linux, but I would only be able to encourage them if Linux become more user friendly. Most computer users are computer illiterates and the program user-interfaces must overcome that problem. Sorry to burden you with my problem. Maybe there are more people like me experiencing the same problems. Johann. ------------------------------------------------ Johann Spies [EMAIL PROTECTED] Windsorlaan 19 Pietermaritzburg 3201 Suid Afrika (South Africa) Tel. Nr. 0331-46-1310 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
