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Re: sendfax problem - revisited



Mark Mabry wrote:
> 
> Last month Sylvain Briole wrote about this problem that I am now also
> experiencing:
> 
>   bash# sendfax -x 5 -v 5551212 fax.g3
>   Trying fax device '/dev/ttyS0'... OK.
>   sendfax: cannot set fax station ID
> 
> Changing the sendfax.config value for the fax id does not seem to
> matter.
> 
> I did not find any solution while searching the archives.
> 
> Does anyone know what is causing this?  A solution?
> 
> I'm using Debian 1.3/Linux 2.0.27/mgetty+sendfax 1.0 with a USR
> Sportster 14400 faxmodem.  I know it can fax, since I've done a good
> bit of faxing (sending and receiving) in Windoze.
> 

The fax id is specified in /etc/mgetty/mgetty.config on a line
was has "fax-id". Perhaps your fax id is bogus and the modem won't
except it? Try editing /etc/mgetty/mgetty.config and changing this
value.

-- 
Jens B. Jorgensen
jjorgens@bdsinc.com


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