Re: Which fax program to choose

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** Reply to message from "James Kosin" <jkosin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on Fri,
26 Mar 2004 12:56:14 -0500


> Dear Erik P. Olsen,
> 
> 
> | I wonder if somebody would offer an advice on which fax program I should
> | choose? I need a program that would listen constantly to my fax modem and
> react
> | as soon as a fax comes in. It should be active even when a user is logged
> off
> | and any logged on user should be able to send a fax whithout having to
> take the
> | fax out of its listening mode.
> 
> Look up mgetty+sendfax...  This is a modem utillity that allows PPP
> connections; but, it can also be setup to send/receive FAXes and even Voice
> messages (answering machine) for modems that support these options.
> 
> |
> | If these features are available I am sure it will also have a phonebook, a
> fax
> | repository and more.
> 
> Sorry, this utility can be setup to handle the hardware, you have to setup a
> shared printer to FAX outgoing.  Incoming can be routed to a printer..  etc.
> It is not simple to set all this up without work!
> 
> All this can be done though...  I know that for certain.
> 
Thanks, I don't mind working - as long as I know it can be done. :-)

It sounds promising, I'll definitely try that out.

Regards,
Erik P. Olsen



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