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Re: Using Linux as a client



I think it is done by the environment variable FAXSERVER

There is reference to this in the sendfax man page.

Cheers,

Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Jul 16, 1999 at 12:41:16PM -0400, Paul Williamson wrote:
> > My question is how do I get my RH 6.0 box to function as a client for
> > the RH 5.2 box (which is running as the server for everything else)?  I
> > can send faxes from the RH5.2, Win95 and Mac boxes, but just can figure
> > out how to get the RH 6.0 box to recognize the fax port on 5.2.  I'd
> > like to fax from the RH 6.0 machine 'cause that's my main machine, and
> > I've been trying to completely get myself off Windoze, but unless I have
> > an X11 client, I won't be able to.  Should I be using KDE or some other
> > window manager?  Thanks!
> 
> Well, the X clients all call sendfax, as I understand it, and sendfax
> can be told, either through switches or environment variables, which
> server to connect to -- the default being localhost -- does this help?
> 
> Cheers,
> -- jra
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