Re: flexfax: Paging system. (fwd)

[Matthias Apitz <guru@Sisis.de>]

On Sat, Nov 28, 1998 at 11:00:23AM -0800, Colin Dick wrote:
> HylaFAX v4.0pl1 under FreeBSD 2.2.6 with gcc 2.7.2.1; USR Sportster
> 14.4
> 
> 	I think I have found a bug in the Hylafax system.  I am using the
> system for paging purposes and I seem to have a problem with the pagemap
> file.  Unfortunately, I did not set the system up so cannot answer many of
> the questions you may have regarding the setup process. 
> 	Hopefully, this is a common problem with a quick fix.
> 	We have traced it through and it seems the problem is actually
> with HylaFax itself.  If a shorter version of the actual name precedes the
> intended name (confused yet?), the page will go to the shorter version. 
> 
> IE: in the pagemap file
> 
> dick@page.ocis.net              314-6946/314-5705
> cdick@page.ocis.net             314-6946/3145704

Do you really talk about HylaFAX's pagermap(4F) file (located below
etc/ of the HylaFAX spooling area)? This file maps "patterns" to
provider's number and pin of the mobile. Your patterns look like
e-mail addrs (which is ok but unsual).

> messages sent cdick would go to dick.  Messages sent to dick will go to
> dick.  A quick fix seems to be to place dick below cdick and then the
> messages work correctly.

Can't imagine. Please show the exact sendpage(1) command and a
trace of the session containing the low-level IXO/TAP protocol.

	matthias

> 	Thanks in advance for any comments or suggestions you can provide.
> Have a good day.
> 
> --
> Colin Dick
> On Call Internet Services
> cdick@mail.ocis.net