Re: fax over IP

2013-08-07 Thread David Guntner
J B grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > Thanks a lot :-) > > But I lack Asterisk/pbx > > Is there any online free fax server available so that we can install the > client > in our laptop and communicate with the server ? > > Suggestion is very much welcome. First suggestion: Please don't top-p

Re: fax over IP

2013-08-07 Thread J B
Thanks a lot :-) But I lack Asterisk/pbx Is there any online free fax server available so that we can install the client in our laptop and communicate with the server ? Suggestion is very much welcome. On Wed, 07 Aug 2013 07:36:29 -0700 Bruce Ferrell wrote: > On 08/07/2013 07:03 AM, J B wr

Re: fax over IP

2013-08-07 Thread J B
Thanks a lot :-) On Wed, 07 Aug 2013 07:36:29 -0700 Bruce Ferrell wrote: > On 08/07/2013 07:03 AM, J B wrote: > > Hello, > > > > can anyone suggest how to create a foip system on debian ? > > > > Thanks > > > > > FAX over IP is fairly complex. At a minimum, for me, it will start with > Hylaf

Re: fax over IP

2013-08-07 Thread Bruce Ferrell
On 08/07/2013 07:03 AM, J B wrote: Hello, can anyone suggest how to create a foip system on debian ? Thanks FAX over IP is fairly complex. At a minimum, for me, it will start with Hylafax. I'd then add iaxmodem. Now we have to connect that to either a termination provider in some way. My

Re: fax server

2010-11-10 Thread owens
> > > > Original Message >From: s...@hardwarefreak.com >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: fax server >Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 05:55:32 -0600 > >>Camaleón put forth on 11/10/2010 4:26 AM: >> >>> Uh? Do you need something special

Re: fax server

2010-11-10 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Camaleón put forth on 11/10/2010 4:26 AM: > Uh? Do you need something special for you PRI line? I'm no ISDN expert, but... I'm guessing the ASICs may very likely be different on PRI and BRI cards, thus requiring different device drivers. This would likely depend on the card vendor and what ASI

Re: fax server

2010-11-10 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:53:30 +0800, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: > I'm currently testing a fax server setup with hylafax but dumbfounded > when i found that the open source version does not support Primary Rate > Interface (PRI) despite the hardware capability Refer to > http://www.ifax.com/products/hy

Re: fax server

2010-11-10 Thread steef
Roman Khomasuridze schreef: Nope, Enterprise Edition only supports rpm distributions (eh). But on the other hand, you might find third party module (or something) for hylafax that implemets PRI feature. Regards --- Roman On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Umarzuki Mochlis

Re: fax server

2010-11-10 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 05:55:32 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Camaleón put forth on 11/10/2010 4:26 AM: > >> Uh? Do you need something special for you PRI line? > > I'm no ISDN expert, but... > > I'm guessing the ASICs may very likely be different on PRI and BRI > cards, thus requiring different d

Re: fax server

2010-11-10 Thread Roman Khomasuridze
> > By that did you mean that I can use the open source hylafax-server and use > a third party module to have PRI support? Exactly. Tho I'm not really familliar with Hylafax architechture (only installed once). If hylafax open source edition supports third patry module, I'm sure there will be on

Re: fax server

2010-11-10 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Roman Khomasuridze put forth on 11/10/2010 2:51 AM: > Nope, Enterprise Edition only supports rpm distributions (eh). Why not use alien? This is precisely why it was written. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co

Re: fax server

2010-11-10 Thread Jesús M. Navarro
Hi, Stan: On Wednesday 10 November 2010 10:34:01 Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Roman Khomasuridze put forth on 11/10/2010 2:51 AM: > > Nope, Enterprise Edition only supports rpm distributions (eh). > > Why not use alien? This is precisely why it was written. On one hand, you can bet it won't be nothing

Re: fax server

2010-11-10 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
2010/11/10 Roman Khomasuridze > Nope, Enterprise Edition only supports rpm distributions (eh). > But on the other hand, you might find third party module (or something) for > hylafax that implemets PRI feature. > Hi Roman, By that did you mean that I can use the open source hylafax-server and u

Re: fax server

2010-11-10 Thread Roman Khomasuridze
Nope, Enterprise Edition only supports rpm distributions (eh). But on the other hand, you might find third party module (or something) for hylafax that implemets PRI feature. Regards --- Roman On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: > > > 2010/11/10 Roman Khomasuridze

Re: fax server

2010-11-10 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
2010/11/10 Roman Khomasuridze > I'm sure you won't find any other free and open source fax-server solution > fith PRI support. Last summer I needed fax server and after some research, > Hylafax was only normal/serious option, currently it seems that there are no > alternatives.. > > that's just t

Re: fax server

2010-11-09 Thread Roman Khomasuridze
I'm sure you won't find any other free and open source fax-server solution fith PRI support. Last summer I needed fax server and after some research, Hylafax was only normal/serious option, currently it seems that there are no alternatives.. Regards --- Roman On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 11:2

Re: fax server

2010-11-09 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Umarzuki Mochlis put forth on 11/10/2010 12:53 AM: > I'm currently testing a fax server setup with hylafax but dumbfounded when i > found that the open source version does not support Primary Rate Interface > (PRI) despite the hardware capability Well, duh. Novell and RedHat charge for their dst

Re: Fax from Debian to OS X

2006-12-17 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 05:59:48PM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > On OS X the fax is an "Internal Modem" in CUPS. There's also a > checkbox in the Mac's preferences to enable fax sharing. > > Is it possible to send faxes from Debian over the LAN using the Mac? probably. how one does it is another

Re: fax in linux

2004-05-17 Thread Jonathan Melhuish
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi i would like to know how can i send a fax from linux. kde is version 3.2. i am bahind an ADSL connection. could somebody tell me a quick and easy way to do that? as i am quite new. You can't send faxes using an ADSL modem, you need a "normal" PSTN modem. You coul

Re: fax in linux

2004-05-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, May 16, 2004 at 09:51:06AM +1000, Mal Beaton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >hi i would like to know how can i send a fax from linux. > >kde is version 3.2. i am bahind an ADSL connection. > >could somebody tell me a quick and easy way to do that? > >as i am q

Re: fax in linux

2004-05-15 Thread Katipo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi i would like to know how can i send a fax from linux. kde is version 3.2. i am bahind an ADSL connection. could somebody tell me a quick and easy way to do that? as i am quite new. Assuming you are using Debian? Efax and efax-gtk are available as packages through

Re: fax in linux

2004-05-15 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya On Sat, 15 May 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi i would like to know how can i send a fax from linux. kde is version 3.2. i am bahind an ADSL connection. could somebody tell me a quick and easy way to do that? as i am quite new. if you want to send "free" fax over the internet ( ad

Re: fax in linux

2004-05-15 Thread Mal Beaton
have a look at hylafax www.hylafax.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi i would like to know how can i send a fax from linux. kde is version 3.2. i am bahind an ADSL connection. could somebody tell me a quick and easy way to do that? as i am quite new. Msg sent via Spymac Mail - http://

Re: fax && xDSL

2004-05-14 Thread Mal Beaton
woops spelling error www.hylafax.org Mal Beaton wrote: hylafax www.hlafax.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i would like to know if there is a way to send fax from linux. as for internet connection, i got an xDSL (ADSL) connection. if possible, please let me know how. thanks Msg s

Re: fax && xDSL

2004-05-14 Thread Mal Beaton
hylafax www.hlafax.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i would like to know if there is a way to send fax from linux. as for internet connection, i got an xDSL (ADSL) connection. if possible, please let me know how. thanks Msg sent via Spymac Mail - http://www.spymac.com -- To UN

Re: Fax modem under 2.6.*

2004-02-23 Thread Mark Roach
On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 13:24 +0100, David Baron wrote: > Has anything changed here? Get i/o errors no matter how I try it. > > (I never actaully sent a fax under 2.4.22 but went through all the step to > dialing the phone before cancelling out. Now I cannot get this far.) There is really not muc

Re: fax, voice, and data answering

2004-01-11 Thread Richard Lyons
On Saturday 10 January 2004 16:32, D. Clarke wrote: > Hi! > > I'm looking to have an all-in-one solution with my good ol' linux box > and was wondering if anybody had any pointers in the direction of my > externa voice modem answering and determining whether or not it's > fax, data, or voice and th

Re: fax, voice, and data answering

2004-01-11 Thread csj
On 10. January 2004 at 8:10PM -0700, "s. keeling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Incoming from Christian Schnobrich: > > On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 17:32, D. Clarke wrote: > > > > > I'd like to be able to have a voicemail box, fax, and > > > possibly (although not required) ppp dialup. > > > > First, y

Re: fax, voice, and data answering

2004-01-10 Thread Paul Schwartz
Christian Schnobrich wrote: On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 17:32, D. Clarke wrote: I'd like to be able to have a voicemail box, fax, and possibly (although not required) ppp dialup. First, you need something to pick up the line and distinguish wether it is voice, fax or data, and then call the ap

Re: fax, voice, and data answering

2004-01-10 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Christian Schnobrich: > On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 17:32, D. Clarke wrote: > > > I'd like to be able to have a voicemail box, fax, and possibly (although > > not required) ppp dialup. > > First, you need something to pick up the line and distinguish wether it > is voice, fax or data, an

Re: fax, voice, and data answering

2004-01-10 Thread Christian Schnobrich
On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 17:32, D. Clarke wrote: > I'd like to be able to have a voicemail box, fax, and possibly (although > not required) ppp dialup. First, you need something to pick up the line and distinguish wether it is voice, fax or data, and then call the appropriate service. IIRC vgetty i

Re: Fax program

2002-04-19 Thread schnobs
On 19 Apr 2002 at 16:38, curtis wrote: > Is anyone aware of a fax program that would do the following: Well, the one and only fax program I played with was hylafax. So I cannot compare it to others, but here's what I can say about hylafax: It's very powerful. A lot more so than most users will

Re: Fax / Modem question.

2001-09-25 Thread csj
On Mon, 2001-09-24 at 11:29, Kieren Diment wrote: > I'm not sure if this is the right forum, to ask this, but here goes. > > I'm happily using mgetty to send faxs out, but I need to receive the > occasional fax as well. I can't have the modem auto-answer, as this > would disrupt the separate voic

Re: Fax / Modem question.

2001-09-24 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Sun, 2001-09-23 at 22:29, Kieren Diment wrote: > I'm not sure if this is the right forum, to ask this, but here goes. > > I'm happily using mgetty to send faxs out, but I need to receive the > occasional fax as well. I can't have the modem auto-answer, as this > would disrupt the separate voic

Re: Fax software

2001-03-14 Thread M G Berberich
Hello, Am Mittwoch, den 14. März 2001 12:35:27 schrieb Daniel de los Reyes: > I need to set a fax server. I have seen there is hylafax and efax > avaliable. Can somebody recomend? IMHO: If you want to set up a fax-server (a machine that offers fax send/recieve as a service to other machines) tak

Re: FAX WITH ISDN

1999-11-06 Thread Alexander P. Barkey
:19 Betreff: Re: FAX WITH ISDN >"Alexander P. Barkey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Is there any server or program which provides FAX with ISDN? > >I hate to have to say it, but as far as I know, you cannot fax with >Linux and an ISDN adapter. It is not a big

Re: FAX WITH ISDN

1999-11-06 Thread Paul Huygen
"Alexander P. Barkey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there any server or program which provides FAX with ISDN? I hate to have to say it, but as far as I know, you cannot fax with Linux and an ISDN adapter. It is not a big problem, because you can connect a cheap analog modem to a serial port in

Re: Fax format TIFF files (www.efax.com)

1999-10-08 Thread bp
On Sun, Oct 03, 1999 at 06:22:56PM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > Can anyone recommend a program (preferably, of course, Debianized) > that will display all the pages of a fax-format TIFF? You might want to try viewfax which is in the mgetty-viewfax package. I find it very fast to display fax pages.

Re: fax page size

1999-10-06 Thread Andrew Hately
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi > > i am using mgetty/sendfax to send faxes but unfortunately it sends the > faxes in a stretched format... Where abouts can i change it so that it > faxes as A5? I think there's a howto somewhere that explains the tif format used for faxes has a different scales

Re: fax page size

1999-10-05 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
If the fax pages appear "stretched" then the conflict is most likely due to a confusion between 'normal' and 'fine' resolution of the fax you're sending. That is, perhaps the fax is formatted at 'normal' resolution (204 x 98 dpi) but the fax software thinks it's been formatted at 'fine' resolution

RE: Fax format TIFF files (www.efax.com)

1999-10-04 Thread Ted Harding
On 03-Oct-99 Carl Fink wrote: > I'm using the free (advertising-supported) Internet fax service at > www.efax.com. They assign you an arbitrary phone number, and faxes to > that address are received by faxmodem and mailed to you. > > The file comes as a TIFF. I have several viewers that can read

Re: Fax format TIFF files (www.efax.com)

1999-10-04 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Sun, Oct 03, 1999 at 06:22:56PM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > The file comes as a TIFF. I have several viewers that can read TIFFs > (xv, xloadimage) and a fine bitmap editor (the GIMP), but apparently > efax.com encapsulates multiple-page faxes into a single TIFF, and all > of those programs displ

Re: fax/efax 6100 segmentation fault

1999-08-02 Thread Johann Spies
On Fri, 30 Jul 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am trying to get the fax/efax program working. I used the command > "fax test > debug.out" suggested by the man page, and note that at the > bottom of the resulting file is a note: "/usr/bin/fax: line 1129: 6100 > Segmentation fault" (this seems t

Re: Fax

1999-07-19 Thread Cuno Sonnemans
Min Xu wrote: > Hi, there: > > A very nice GUI for faxing in linux is Xfax by Kees Lemmens and J.-P. > Demailly. > The latest version can be found at ftp://ta.twi.tudelft.nl/pub/dv/lemmens/ > with version 2.08. > > I prefer Xfax to other GUIs for efax. > > -- > Min Xu > City College of NY, CUNY >

Re: Fax

1999-07-16 Thread Johann Spies
On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Phillip Deackes wrote: > > => > use fax script. It's doing all the conversion for you > > You see, here we go again, what is fax script? I assume you mean the command > 'fax'. How does this differ from what I proposed? It is a front-end script for efax/efix which is part of

Re: Fax

1999-07-15 Thread Mindaugas Genutis
unsubscribe Mindaugas Genutis, programmer, No Magic, Inc. On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Min Xu wrote: > Hi, there: > > A very nice GUI for faxing in linux is Xfax by Kees Lemmens and J.-P. > Demailly. > The latest version can be found at ftp://ta.twi.tudelft.nl/pub/dv/lemmens/ > w

Re: Fax

1999-07-15 Thread Mindaugas Genutis
unsubscribe Mindaugas Genutis, programmer, No Magic, Inc.

Re: Fax

1999-07-15 Thread Min Xu
Hi, there: A very nice GUI for faxing in linux is Xfax by Kees Lemmens and J.-P. Demailly. The latest version can be found at ftp://ta.twi.tudelft.nl/pub/dv/lemmens/ with version 2.08. I prefer Xfax to other GUIs for efax. -- Min Xu City College of NY, CUNY

Re: Fax

1999-07-15 Thread Johann Spies
On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Cuno Sonnemans wrote: > OK johan, it works thanx. > I ranfax m X.ps > It created a TIFF File. > Then I faxed it. > > But I'am using Ksendfax as GUI. > And I use the following settings to send a fax (in Ksendfax): > fax send "@@Phone" "@@FName" As I understand it it

Re: Fax

1999-07-15 Thread Cuno Sonnemans
Johann Spies wrote: > On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Cuno Sonnemans wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I've installed efax, but I can only > > fax asci text. > > Is it possible to fax text in for example > > WP8 formart. Or an other format so I can > > fax letters with bold and underlined text. > > Convert your file

Re: Fax

1999-07-14 Thread John Foster
Patrick Kirk wrote: > > The truth is that there is no fax software worthy of the name that could be > called free. Its worth going over to Windows when you need to send faxes as > Linux just doesn't have a user-base whose itch can be scratched by fax > software. ---

Re: Fax

1999-07-14 Thread Patrick Kirk
The truth is that there is no fax software worthy of the name that could be called free. Its worth going over to Windows when you need to send faxes as Linux just doesn't have a user-base whose itch can be scratched by fax software. -- Patrick Kirk "Captain, I cannot believe my ears!" - Sp

Re: Fax

1999-07-14 Thread Phillip Deackes
Oleg Krivosheev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: => => hmm, learning curve? => => i set up efax and was able to fax almost immediately. Is there anything => i forgot to learn? => I obviously lack intelligence. Coming from a Windows background I was used to installing a Fax application from a floppy d

Re: Fax

1999-07-14 Thread Oleg Krivosheev
On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Phillip Deackes wrote: > => On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Cuno Sonnemans wrote: > => > => > Hi, > => > > => > I've installed efax, but I can only > => > fax asci text. > > Faxing from Linux works very well, but there is a steep learning curve > compared to the Windows apps like WinF

Re: Fax

1999-07-14 Thread Phillip Deackes
=> On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Cuno Sonnemans wrote: => => > Hi, => > => > I've installed efax, but I can only => > fax asci text. Faxing from Linux works very well, but there is a steep learning curve compared to the Windows apps like WinFAX. After a couple of years using Linux it has only been a few

Re: Fax

1999-07-14 Thread Johann Spies
On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Cuno Sonnemans wrote: > Hi, > > I've installed efax, but I can only > fax asci text. > Is it possible to fax text in for example > WP8 formart. Or an other format so I can > fax letters with bold and underlined text. Convert your file to postscript. Read the "fax" manpage:

Re: Fax

1999-07-12 Thread Cuno Sonnemans
dyer wrote: > Cuno Sonnemans wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I've installed efax and it works fine > > Only as root. > > When I try to send a fax message as user > > I get the following message in my fax log. > > /bin/bash: sefax: command not found > > > > I put myself as user into the group dialout and

Re: Fax

1999-07-10 Thread dyer
Cuno Sonnemans wrote: > Hi, > > I've installed efax and it works fine > Only as root. > When I try to send a fax message as user > I get the following message in my fax log. > /bin/bash: sefax: command not found > > I put myself as user into the group dialout and fax. > > Does anybody know how I

Re: Fax

1999-07-07 Thread Johann Spies
On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Cuno Sonnemans wrote: > Hi, > > How is it possible that you can't > fax in linux with a class 1 fax modem > Using mgetty+sendfax. As far as I understand the mgetty-documentation, mgetty cannot use class 1 fax modems. > > Does anybody know a way to send a fax > in linux with

Re: Fax

1999-07-07 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 06:33:50PM +0200, Cuno Sonnemans wrote: > Hi, > > How is it possible that you can't > fax in linux with a class 1 fax modem > Using mgetty+sendfax. > > Does anybody know a way to send a fax > in linux with a class 1 fax modem I have never tried mgetty+sendfax, but hylafax

Re: Fax software

1999-05-02 Thread William Park
On Sun, May 02, 1999 at 06:47:34AM -0500, Carl Fink wrote: > I'm running a Debian 2.0-based system (with some newer packages > installed as needed). My CD-ROM contains these fax packages: > > 1)Hylafax/tkhylafax > 2)efax > 3)mgetty-fax > > I will primarily need software to *sen

Re: Fax software

1999-05-02 Thread Damir J. Naden
Hi Carl Fink; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > I'm running a Debian 2.0-based system (with some newer packages > installed as needed). My CD-ROM contains these fax packages: > > 1)Hylafax/tkhylafax > 2)efax > 3)mgetty-fax > > I will primarily need software to *send* faxes,

Re: fax software?

1999-02-13 Thread Jiri Baum
Daryl Williams: > does anyone know if there are any fax server software that will run on > linux? I use mgetty-fax, so now you have a complete set of responses (AFAIK). We use it for both sending and receiving, no problems. Jiri -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We'll know the future has arrived when eve

Re: fax software?

1999-02-13 Thread Shao Zhang
is it possible to use these software to send mutilple faxes while staying connected to internet(ie. without costing of any extra money) thx. On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, Bob Nielsen wrote: > On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, Daryl Williams wrote: > > > folks, > > > > does anyone know if there are any fax server s

Re: fax software?

1999-02-13 Thread William Park
On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, Daryl Williams wrote: > does anyone know if there are any fax server software that > will run on linux? I use efax for sending. I never tried receiving.

Re: fax software?

1999-02-13 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, Daryl Williams wrote: > folks, > > does anyone know if there are any fax server software that > will run on linux? I've had pretty good results with hylafax. There are separate packages for server and client. There's also efax and mgetty-fax. Bob Bob Nielsen

Re: Fax Software

1998-10-06 Thread Mike Schmitz
On Tue, Oct 06, 1998 at 11:47:13AM -0400, David Frye wrote: > Can anyone tell me of a good fax software package for Linux. I see that > they have an efax, hylafax, and mgetty-fax. Which of these is the > easiest and most reliable to use? I used to use efax. It has one shell script that does everyt

Re: Fax Software

1998-10-06 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
I've actually found efax to be more robust than sendfax (from mgetty-fax) but I've never tried to use hylafax. There was some configuration involved with efax but efax can handle Class 1 operation which sendfax can't (at least not the version I used). This may or may not be an issue for you. Bo

Re: Fax Software

1998-10-06 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, David Frye wrote: > Can anyone tell me of a good fax software package for Linux. I see that > they have an efax, hylafax, and mgetty-fax. Which of these is the > easiest and most reliable to use? I've been pretty happy with hylafax, although the version in slink doesn't seem t

Re: Fax over ISDN

1998-09-15 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "FA" == Florian Attenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: FA> Is there a software to send faxes over isdn/isdn4linux No. This is only possible with a realtime linux. But there is a alpha version of a modified hylafax (IIRC) for active ISDN cards. You can check de.alt.comm.isdn4linux

Re: fax mini-howto?

1997-09-29 Thread m*
Lawrence wrote: > > > where is /dev/fax> it seems that efax does not create it device. you are correct: efax does not create any devices nor does mgetty-fax. those devices are standard. but it does uses a serial device, say /dev/ttyS1 which Could be referred to via symbolic link from /dev/

Re: fax mini-howto?

1997-09-29 Thread Lawrence
m* wrote: > i haven't seen a HOW-TO, but the mgetty-fax and efix packages > have a resonable amount of doco with them. i would recommend > installing them both and then seeing if you can use them then > post back if you have specific questions. > > i use them together. i did end up modifying the s

Re: fax mini-howto?

1997-09-29 Thread m*
Lawrence wrote: > > Is there a mini-howto about how to sending fax under linux? > > Lawrence > i haven't seen a HOW-TO, but the mgetty-fax and efix packages have a resonable amount of doco with them. i would recommend installing them both and then seeing if you can use them then post back if y

Re: FAX?

1997-07-28 Thread Jason Costomiris
On Fri, 25 Jul 1997, Paul Miller wrote: > I didn't see any how-to's on configuring Linux to send/receive fax.. > where can I start? -- programs, info, etc? Start by installing the efax package. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: FAX?

1997-07-28 Thread Mike
Jason Costomiris wrote: >On Fri, 25 Jul 1997, Paul Miller wrote: > >> I didn't see any how-to's on configuring Linux to send/receive fax.. >> where can I start? -- programs, info, etc? > >Start by installing the efax package. Or mgetty+sendfax. Efax will occupy the modem so that you can't have an

Re: Discussion Role Based Packages (was Re: Fax programs! help please. (fwd)

1997-01-16 Thread Joey Hess
> While watching the discussion concerning dselect that went on > a while back it occured to me the deselect may not be the best > place to implement "role based system configuration" (a setup > based on what the intended user will be doing). It seems to > me that dpkg should (already) support rec

Discussion Role Based Packages (was Re: Fax programs! help please. (fwd)

1997-01-16 Thread Fredrick Paul Eisele
Orn E. Hansen wrote: > > What Im driving at is... for a writer, make an environment > suitable for writers... and for an office worker set up an > environment for an office worker... each can be based on a > common os... but to try and create a one setup to serve > all... will only fail

Re: Fax programs! help please. (fwd)

1997-01-16 Thread Orn E. Hansen
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have felt for some time that a lot of people are > > getting the wrong idea about Linux. I don't think linux is intended > > to be a suitable replacement OS for "computer illiterates" and other > > people who want to put no work into their system, and I hope linux

RE: Fax programs! help please. (fwd)

1997-01-16 Thread Paul Rightley
On 14-Jan-97 Johann Spies wrote: >>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. > What sor

Re: Fax programs! help please. (fwd)

1997-01-15 Thread Johann Spies
On Tue, 14 Jan 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Johann Spies wrote: > > > 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. > I don't think linux is inte

Re: Fax programs! help please. (fwd)

1997-01-15 Thread Michael Stutz
On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Ami Ganguli wrote: > > What will the user do in 3 months > > when something goes wrong (as things do inevitably happen)? He or she > > might not even know where to begin looking let alone be able to fix > > the problem. > > The same thing the user would do with Win95. Call

Re: Morons and illiterates [was Re: Fax programs! help please.]

1997-01-15 Thread Michael Stutz
On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Rick Macdonald wrote: > And I certainly don't know how I can flush the toilet and it manages to > go _uphill_ to get out of my neighborhood. No, but it probably took you a while to get potty-trained. Same with learning to drive a car -- anything worth doing will require effor

Morons and illiterates [was Re: Fax programs! help please.]

1997-01-15 Thread Rick Macdonald
On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Michael Stutz wrote: > On Tue, 14 Jan 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I have felt for some time that a lot of people are > > getting the wrong idea about Linux. I don't think linux is intended > > to be a suitable replacement OS for "computer illiterates" and other > > p

Re: Fax programs! help please. (fwd)

1997-01-15 Thread Michael Stutz
On Tue, 14 Jan 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have felt for some time that a lot of people are > getting the wrong idea about Linux. I don't think linux is intended > to be a suitable replacement OS for "computer illiterates" and other > people who want to put no work into their system, and I

Re: Fax programs! help please. (fwd)

1997-01-15 Thread Orn E. Hansen
Hylafax is actually quite easy to setup... but you have to run a program called faxsetup... this program runs a configuration checkup to verify that the program can run and starts the server. It supports class1 modems. To add a modem, you then use 'faxaddmodem' which asks a series of questio

Re: Fax programs! help please. (fwd)

1997-01-15 Thread edwalter
On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Johann Spies wrote: > 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. > This is not directed at Johann or anyone else in particular. In fact, this messag

Re: FAX program for Linux

1996-06-19 Thread Michael Meskes
Lawrence Chim writes: > Is there any FAX package in the debian distribution? Yes, efax and mgetty+sendfax. Michael -- Michael Meskes |_ __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | / ___// / // / / __ \___ __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \__ \/ /_ /