Re: [hylafax-users] How to read "From" field from received fax

[Lee Howard <faxguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2005.01.10 06:52 Sylwester Rutkowski wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Nice try, but the $SENDER shows the receiver's phone number, not the
> name
> visible in the "From" field in the header of the fax. Thanks anyway.
>
> The field I am looking for is the one containing the name of the
> sender.
> In hylafax config.ttySx file this field is called "LocalIdentifier",
> while
> the $SENDER parameter returns the field "FAXNumber".
> I looked into logs and couldn't find the name there. Does anyone has
> idea
> how to get it? Pleeease.

I'm very confused as to what you mean by "From field".

There is a field common in e-mails that begins, "From: ", and may say 
something like, "From: Lee Howard <faxguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>".  If this 
is the "field" for which you are looking, then you can *set* it by 
setting "FROMADDR" in FaxDispatch (see 'man faxrcvd').  This is only 
available since 4.2.0.

When HylaFAX sends a fax it populates the TSI signal with the 
information in "LocalIdentifier".  If, however, "LocalIdentifier" is 
empty, then "FAXNumber" is used instead.  "$SENDER" in 
FaxDispatch/faxrcvd refers to whatever the sender sent as its TSI 
signal.  That signal is the *only* reliable source of identification 
that the sender communicates via fax protocol.  If you are looking for 
more, then you will need to look to get it from Caller*ID.

If you configure Caller*ID properly, and if you have Caller*ID "name" 
serviced, then you will get $CIDNAME and $CIDNUMBER available to you.  
The caller's name may appear in the $CIDNAME value.

Lee.

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