From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 30 19:18:08 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A711016A4B3 for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 19:18:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wolf.bytecraft.au.com (wolf.bytecraft.au.com [203.39.118.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 555634400E for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 19:18:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com) Received: from svmarshal.bytecraft.au.com ([10.0.0.4]) by wolf.bytecraft.au.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h912Htwt060063; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 12:17:55 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com) Received: from wombat.bytecraft.au.com (Not Verified[10.0.0.3]) by svmarshal.bytecraft.au.com with MailMarshal (v5,0,3,78) id ; Wed, 01 Oct 2003 12:17:54 +1000 Received: from [10.0.17.42] (mjtdev1.dand06.au.bytecraft.au.com [10.0.17.42]) by wombat.bytecraft.au.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 744163F37; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 12:17:53 +1000 (EST) From: Murray Taylor To: freebsd@celestial.com In-Reply-To: <20031001011508.GB41000@alexis.mi.celestial.com> References: <000001c385f7$f948a5d0$04fea8c0@moe> <3F7A1FB1.3020103@syspres.com> <20031001011508.GB41000@alexis.mi.celestial.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Bytecraft Systems Message-Id: <1064974672.22365.24.camel@mjtdev1.dand06.au.bytecraft.au.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 Date: 01 Oct 2003 12:17:53 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Fax Server? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 02:18:08 -0000 USB modems can also be used for fax SENDERS .. but may not be totally kosher in the receive mode. I have tried a Netcomm Roadster II 56 USB modem, for faxing outbound it works a-ok, havent tried inbound yet, but for other apps like mpd in answer mode it plays silly buggers.. and essentially loops the mpd daemon trying to get non existent statii. mjt On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 11:15, Bill Campbell wrote: > On Tue, Sep 30, 2003, rtjohan@syspres.com wrote: > >Has anyone used freebsd to setup a fax server? > > > >Looking at Hylafax (http://www.hylafax.org) > >. Any others worth looking at? > > We've used HylaFAX since it was called flexfax (and hosted the HylaFAX > mailing list for a couple of years after SGI asked Sam Leffler to get it > off SGI). It's worked well for me on SCO OpenServer, and Linux, but I > haven't gotten around to trying it on FreeBSD. > > >Which fax modem cards are supported by freebsd? > > We've always used MultiTech external modems. They're reliable, cheap, work > well with fax, and you don't have to reboot the system when a modem gets > wedged. IMHO internal modems are to be avoided at all costs. > > Bill > -- > INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC > UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way > FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 > URL: http://www.celestial.com/ > > ``Capitalism works primarily because most of the ways that a company can be > scum end up being extremely bad for business when there's working > competition.'' -rra > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > ************************************************************************ > This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal. > ************************************************************************ -- Murray Taylor Special Projects Engineer --------------------------------- Bytecraft Systems & Entertainment P: +61 3 8710 2555 F: +61 3 8710 2599 D: +61 3 9238 4275 M: +61 417 319 256 E: murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com or visit us on the web http://www.bytecraftsystems.com http://www.bytecraftentertainment.com ************************************************************************ This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal. ************************************************************************