Re: [hylafax-users] General Hylafax Question

["Erick Thompson" <ethompson@nbr.org>]

Lee,

Depending on what distribution you are running, installing Hylafax can be
quite easy. As for using it, I haven't found any definitive way of using it.
A lot depends on you needs. In my very limited experience, I've found that
if you want full fax management, fax merges, etc, then a client heavy system
works well. Something like Cypheus, or WHFC if you don't want a commercial
package.

If you want a lightweight solution, I really like Respond. It's a small
application that sits in your taskbar, and you setup a printer (via Samba),
and when you print to the printer, a windows pops up and asks for the fax
number. It's very easy to use, and the client side software is a standalone
exe, so no configuration or installation is needed. Check out
http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue79/fraile.html for a nice example. However,
you don't get any fax management options, like viewing sent faxes, etc.

As for email-to-fax, that is something I have never tried, so I can't
comment on it.

Erick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Sitton" <lcs@iacl.co.uk>
To: <hylafax-users@hylafax.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 9:22 AM
Subject: [hylafax-users] General Hylafax Question


> Hi all
>
> I am new to Hylafax but have seen many mailings as well as articles on
> various web sites relating to the set up and use of Hylafax.
>
> My question: Is there a definitive way to use Hylafax?
>
> The company I work for uses Windows NT/2000. I have recently introduced
> Linux boxes as file/print servers and would like to utilise one of them as
a
> fax server. I'm familiar with Samba and so was interested in Sambafax
(which
> I have got working). However, I am also interested in e-mail-to-fax and
just
> wondered if anyone has some advice as to the best approach to take when
> installing Hylafax for the first time.
>
> Regards
>
> Lee Sitton
>
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