Re: flexfax: WHFC and Windows client questions

[David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>]

> Hi all.  I managed to get hylafax to work with Linux and my USR sportster
> finally, and now I've set up WHFC on my NT 4.0 workstation, and I can
> successfully view the rec'd queue, but cannot view faxes.

Wang (Eastman) Imaging will view faxes on NT 4 or Win 9x, although I
think it has problems with G3 2D format, so you may have to force 
1D format.

> Basically, I'm setting up hylafax for a small office of NT machines, where
> they really has no concept of anything except who the fax is from, when it

>From information is only available as the TSI, which, in the UK, is often
one or two numbering changes behind, and is blank for many junk faxes.

> was received, and who it's for.  Is there a simple program that can

There is no pre-digested To information - that requires OCRing the 
bit map; I've not yet heard of any good freeware OCR packages.

> provide this information, as well as view it?

faxinfo can be used to access what is available.