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Re: Fax servers q
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From: Tal Fainberg <tal@indicom.co.il>
To: Linux <linux-il@linux.org.il>
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2000 2:38 PM
Subject: Fax servers q
> Hi everyone,
> I plan to replace our old fax server(GAMMAFAX ON OS/2) with a linux(RH
> 6.1)machine that will be a fax server .
> I need to send heb/eng docs from unix machine,NT and in the future maybe
> from the MF.
>
> any suggestion which software to use /where to download? someone that
> experience with this kind of fax servers ? integration idea's ?
Hi Tal,
At my company, we use mgetty+sendfax on a Linux server. We have a number of
NT and Win9x workstations sending faxes, and it works perfectly.
Mgetty+sendfax is very easy to set up for sending and receiving faxes on
your Linux box, it can also use multiple modems if you want. The only
problematic point is in getting the faxes from Windows to the Linux box.
After trying a few solutions, we have settled on the "Windows Mgetty
Client", which is an lpr client running on the Windows machine that
intercepts Windows printing requests and sends them to any Unix/Linux box
via the LPD protocol. The Windows machine needs this client, plus a regular
PostScript driver. Please note that the default Windows PS driver somtimes
creates nonstandard PS, on which Ghostscript (on the Linux box) chokes.
Therefore, I advise you to download the Adobe PS driver (from Adobe's
website). With all these parts in place, it works perfectly. Also, I
shouldn't forget, the Windows Mgetty Client asks the server to send you an
email upon successful/unsuccessful transmission of the fax. This way you
always know if your fax was received.
Another solution may be to use HylaFAX. I haven't tried it, though.
Success,
-- Gavrie.
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