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Date:      Thu, 04 Jan 1996 15:40:53 -0800
From:      Paul Traina <pst@shockwave.com>
To:        "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@freebsd.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD user <fb@sponsor.octet.com>, hackers@freebsd.org, hylafax@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: hylafax 
Message-ID:  <199601042340.PAA03937@precipice.shockwave.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 04 Jan 1996 22:44:21 %2B0100." <199601042144.WAA04544@vector.jhs.local> 

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Or, just add:   MAILER(fax)dnl

to your sendmail .mc file.

  From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@vector.jhs.local>
  Subject: Re: hylafax 
  Hi, Reference:
  > From: FreeBSD user <fb@sponsor.octet.com> 
  > Subject: Re: hylafax 
  > Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 15:30:48 +0000 () 
  > Message-id: <199601031530.PAA01974@sponsor.octet.com> 
  >
  > 
  > any hylafax users with freebsd 2.1??
  
  Yes !
  We even have our own low (very low ) traffic mail list,
  which from memory is `hylafax@freebsd.org' (or some such)
  	just do
  		echo lists | mail majordomo@freebsd.org
  	to find the name
  to find out who's on it try (from memory)
  		echo who | mail majordomo@freebsd.org
  
  Those half dozen who are on the list will get 2 copies of this mail,
  which I cross posted as a sort of wake up call :-)
  
  > I just cannot get this thing working, and the documentation is very vague.
  
  It used to work for me, but I used to have only one machine, & that was 
  current, (very current, new src & ports installed several times each week),
  needless to say such volatility broke my own fax functionality
  ('cos hylafax is a big complex package with hooks all over the place),
  by chance I'm just about to install it again on my 2nd more stable box,
  & I now have 2 phone lines, & have borrowed a 2nd fax modem,
  so after re-installing myself, I may be able to help you too :-)
  
  > basically i want to enable an email address to automatically route to
  > our fax machine, and possibly other numbers.
  
  > anyone willing to help? :)
  
  Sure :-)
  
  Here's an example from my /etc/aliases,
  last time I tested it I seem to recall it was OK
  (ive removed real names to protect the innocent :-)
  PS remove the backslashes & rejoin the line before testing,
  might not be necessary, tinker with it if U. want after you've
  merged it to one long line & it works OK.
  
  	# A dummy by jhs (send to my own number, which will be engaged as its d
>>ialing):
  	jhs_fax: "|/usr/local/bin/faxmail | /usr/local/bin/sendfax -d jhs@26081
>>26 -n"
      
  	customer_fax: "|/usr/local/bin/faxmail | /usr/local/bin/sendfax -c
>>	\
  		'Phone queries to Your Name, +49 89 123456. 	\
  		Email was relayed to the fax queue `date`'	\
  		-r '-' 	\
  		-x 'Mega Widgets \& Wombats' 	\
  		-y '77 Some Stree St, Lon EC3N 1LH' 	\
  		-d 'Some Bloke@+44.123.456.7890' 	\
  		-f 'Automatic email to fax relay' 	\
  		-h localhost:cua01 -D -v -m"
  
  PS I presume you are using our /usr/ports/comms/hylafax package :-)
  
  Regards, Julian.
  --
  Julian H. Stacey	jhs@freebsd.org  	http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/



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