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From: Stephen Liu <satimis@icare.com.hk>
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- snip -
> > # which acfax
> > # which acfax
> > # which efax
> > # which gfax
> > # which ghfaxview
> > # which hylafx
> > # which tkhylafax
> > # which tkscanfax
> > t# which viewfax
> > all : Command not found.
> >
> > I suppose they have not been installed.  Kindly advise which of them is
> > easy to config and suitable to fax text document.
>
> I use mgetty+sendfax (that's the port name). It accepts postscript or g3
> format. For text input, it looks like pbmtext (from the netpbm
> port/package) will convert text files to a suitable format (and then you
> run pbm2g3, which is inclduded in the mgetty+sendfax pacakge).

Hi Dan,

Tks for your response.  I used efax on RH before.  I think it is the front-end 
(GUI) of mgetty+sendfax.

# cd /usr/ports
# make search name=mgetty
Port:   mgetty-1.1.30.12.16_3
Path:   /usr/ports/comms/mgetty+sendfax
Index:  comms
.....

# make search name=netpbm
Port:   netpbm-10.17_1
Path:   /usr/ports/graphics/netpbm
Index:  graphics
....

# make search name=pbm2g3
no printout

I think I need to install 'mgetty-1.1.30.12.16_3'.  Shall I install 
'netpbm-10.17_1' as well.

Kindly advise.  TIA

B.R.
Stephen