Re: Faxes

[Larry Leszczynski <larryl@furph.com>]

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Hi Victor -

> I was wondering if anyone knew of some cool fax software for unix
> (FreeBSD) that basically allows any email sent to it, to be faxed.
> 
> A online store i am working on requires the order to be submitted and
> instead of emailed to them (*sigh*) they want it faxed..

If you don't mind maintaining the modem(s) and phone line(s) yourself,
check out Hylafax (www.hylafax.org).  It's a very popular freely available
fax server software.  It is supposed to be very good at handling heavy
demand, queuing, etc.

There is an volunteer organization called TPC (www.tpc.int - note: "int" 
not "com") whose members run Hylafax servers for free faxing.  Assuming
someone is running a server in the area you need to send the fax to, you
can submit an email and it gets forwarded to that server, and the fax call
gets placed as a local rather than long distance call.   You can use a
form on their web site to see if the number you need to fax to is in their
coverage area.

Also, you could use a commercial service like Jfax (www.jfax.com), you
email them the info and they fax it out for something like USD$0.06 per
minute.


Larry Leszczynski
larryl@furph.com
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