Re: flexfax: HylaFAX accounting?

["sinisa" <sinisa@coresinc.com>]

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> From: Mr. Arlington Hewes <tpcadmin@info.tpc.int>
> To: flexfax@sgi.com
> Cc: Gregory Massel <greg@csurf.co.za>
> Subject: flexfax: HylaFAX accounting?
> Date: Tuesday, June 02, 1998 10:33 PM
> 
> 
> Folks,
> 
> Has anyone considered trying to build accounting into HylaFAX? Recent 
> discussions on the IETF-FAX mailing list have suggested that RADIUS (or
its 
> eventual successor DIAMETER) might be a good backend for accounting and 
> settlement using networked fax services . . . given how well the hylafax 
> client/server protocol was designed in the HylaFAX-4.0, it seems adding
some 
> calls to log transactions using radiusd could be a realistic way of
acheiving 
> this.
> 
> Is there anyone out there who would be willing to work towards wedging
this
> into hylafax? I'm keen to be involved in such a project, even organise
the
> resources and provide a test bed (I have radiusd and HylaFAX installed,
and do
> happen to have a deployed pool of servers worldwide), but I'm sadly
lacking in
> programming talent (practically none).
> 
> This would represent the first time since Sam left us that HylaFAX will
have 
> grown a feature . . . thanks to everyone for the bugfixes and general
tuning, 
> but if HylaFAX lacks one thing at the moment it's accounting and
settlement.
> 
> Please get back to me if you're interested. I do hope to employ anything 
> developed in our own network, but also fold it back into HylaFAX.
> 
> -Darren

Why RADIUS or DIAMETER ????????

Look at what I have done in logging sent faxes in mySQL database. Entire
code is in www.tcx.se in Contributions directory, and it all reports are in
WWW format. It has several reporting features !!

All I need to add is :

1. A table which would relate hosts to people or companies !!!!!

2. A table with pricing !!!

3. 3 reports (30 minutes per report for me to write) for accounting in
given period

I have also written an aplication for switching boards (for phone calls
accounting), which can be connected to this one to have real costs. For
this to work you must have a switching board connected to a server by
serial cord. I did it for Bosch and Panasonic !!


What do you say about the idea ??

Warning: I am a bit seek now, and it will take me 2 weeks to come back to
my old self !!!