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Re: Mail <> Fax gateway



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Nate Duehr wrote:

> hagakure@nildram.co.uk wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've been asked to put together an email <> fax gateway and am just
>> wondering if anyone has any suggestions/pointers.
>>
>> I've mainly used a Postfix/CourierIMAP solution (on Sarge) for
>> email. I've seen: http://www.faximum.com/fms/ which is a Postfix
>> add-on, but just thought i'd ask if anyone has any
>> experience/thoughts on the matter?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Haga
>
>
> I've only ever done this the other direction -- fax to mail. efax
> has the ability with a standard fax-modem to fire a script after
> receipt... the script was a one-liner to convert the TIFF output of
> efax to PDF and mail it off to the group mailbox they wanted faxes
> to go to.
>
> email to fax sounds like a great way for spam to end up on someone's
> fax machine... or maybe that's the point?
>
> Nate
>
>

Thanks for all your help, it look like  Hylafax might be the closest
answer, I'll set-up a test server and see how I get on. If not i'll
have to bolt something together.

Don't worry Nate, it's not for spam!!

I'll post a follow-up when i've put something together.

Regards,

Haga.


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