Re: Total NEWBIE

[jonc@pinnacle.co.nz]

On Wed, 28 May 1997 s985083@umslvma.umsl.edu wrote:

> One thing
> I want to know is why do you people use hylafax? What makes it good? Since
> of course most of the posts on this list deal with problems with hylafax it
> kind of worries me. I am not nearly as knowlegable about UNIX as most of
> you, so I wonder if I can support it once I have it running.

The main reasons for I chose to use HylaFAX is:

    1.  It's free.
    2.  Quite a few people on the list will help you out if something
        goes wrong.
    3.  It appears to have quite a few tweak options to get around quite
        a few problems with brandX modems.
    4.  The source code is there.
    5.  Once it's working, it's rock-solid.

The main drawbacks are:

    1.  If your installation doesn't go in smoothly the first time
        finding out just what's wrong can be a real bear, unless
        you've quite a bit of UNIX knowledge.
    2.  It still needs a few more code tweak features to get by some
        of the odder fax-machines out there.
    3.  Wading thru' the source code can take a bit of getting use to.

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