Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 22:44:21 +0100 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@vector.jhs.local> To: FreeBSD user <fb@sponsor.octet.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, hylafax@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hylafax Message-ID: <199601042144.WAA04544@vector.jhs.local> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 03 Jan 1996 15:30:48 GMT." <199601031530.PAA01974@sponsor.octet.com>
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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 dialing):
jhs_fax: "|/usr/local/bin/faxmail | /usr/local/bin/sendfax -d jhs@2608126 -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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