Re: flexfax: questions on HylaFax

[Ulrich Eckhardt <Ulrich.Eckhardt@transcom.de>]

Michael Sorens wrote:
> 
> I am interested in your HylaFax software, but just a couple questions:
> 
> What I want to do is just this:
> (1) Receive incoming faxes on a Sun/Unix workstation; I note your site
> says these will be stored as TIFF/F.

Hi,

i don't know much about Sun, but i think xv should do the job. Also
there are some other clients out like tkhylafax. Have a look in the
HylaFAX FAQ about the clients.

> (3) Convert FAX to GIF or PDF.

Tifftools

> (4) Send email to a specific group of users that the fax has been
> received
> and is available in either text or GIF.

No problem, can be done with the faxrcvd

> (Failing that, your pointers to tiffview for Windows and viewfax for
> Unix should suffice.)
> Can HylaFax send email as in (4) above?
> Finally, is there a version of HylaFax that runs on Windows rather than
> Unix?

There are some clients for Windows. One is WHFC
(http://www.transcom.de/whfc)

> I'm looking for an EASY way to cut down on hard copy of frequent
> multi-page faxes that we receive, and then distribute by making many
> paper copies... it looks like your package will do the trick.

Can also be done with the faxrcvd.

Uli

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