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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:3331 comp.os.linux.misc:22321 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!sgigate.sgi.com!enews.sgi.com!ames!hookup!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!cass.ma02.bull.com!as02.bull.oz.au!melb.bull.oz.au!zen!sjg From: sjg@zen.void.oz.au (Simon J. Gerraty) Subject: Re: FAX software available? Message-ID: <1994Aug16.225621.357@zen.void.oz.au> Organization: Zen programming... Date: Tue, 16 Aug 1994 22:56:21 GMT References: <32ohit$9qa@news.panix.com> <lrkCuMw3x.D7n@netcom.com> Lines: 26 lrk@netcom.com (Lyn R. Kennedy) writes: >In article <32ohit$9qa@news.panix.com>, Wayne Berke <berke@panix.com> wrote: >>I am considering a PD UNIX and one of the factors in my choice will be >>what kind of FAX software (not necessarily free) there will be available. >Flexfax is under 'ports' on FreeBSD sites. >It's 2.2 which won't handle some Class2 modem chips. (ROCKWELL 144DP for >one) I've used mgetty+sendfax on NetBSD. It was pretty simple to install and worked well, except that the fax modem stuffs the page turnaround conversation with the other end. Note that this has nothing to do with the fax software on the computer - its all supposed to be done by the modem (ROCKWELL chipset again). I never got around to asking my modem vendor for a firmware update... sendfax is pretty simple but well suited to use from shell scripts like mailer interfaces or print queues. Some other fax s/w packages I looked at, tried to do everything and did not allow sharing the fax modem for fax/data calls. --sjg -- Simon J. Gerraty <sjg@zen.void.oz.au> #include <disclaimer> /* imagine something _very_ witty here */