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Re: [hylafax-users] Ideal Hylafax System





Don't forget to install metamail, or 

Lee..... http://www.hylafax.org/archive/2003-02/msg00099.php
Will.... http://www.hylafax.org/archive/2003-07/msg00395.php
Yell.... http://www.hylafax.org/archive/2001-03/msg00274.php
At...... http://www.hylafax.org/archive/2001-02/msg00409.php
You..... http://www.hylafax.org/archive/2002-02/msg00056.php
AGAIN... http://www.hylafax.org/archive/2002-02/msg00050.php

:)

Binko

> Josh Welch said:
> 
> Ashley Shaw said:
> > Hallo there Everyone
> >
> > I am relatively new to the Hylafax package and I am on a
> quest to find
> > the perfect hardware and software platform to complement
> the package.
> > I am currently working with an old Pentium III 450Mhz with
> 256Mb RAM
> > and a 2Gb hard drive. I have installed Debian Woody on the Box and
> > setup the Hylafax 4.1.7. The modem that I am using is a class 1 
> > category. This seems to be just fine for my testing purposes!
> >
> > - What I would really like to know is what sort of system should I
> > build for a 100 hundred user environment?
> 
> As far as your hardware goes, your fine. My box is a 200
> Pentium Pro with I believe 96MB. If you want to do a lot of 
> archiving, you may need more disk. I don't do any archiving 
> personally. How do you know if you need to archive? If your 
> users are yelling that they want faxes from two weeks ago, 
> then you need to archive :)
> 
> > - Is Debian Woody suitable (probably just fine)?
> 
> I use Red Hat, but I believe there are a lot of people happy
> wth their Degian boxes.
> 
> > - If I setup a base install of linux with just essentials, what
> > packages
> would be considered as essential?
> 
> I believe ghostscript, the ghostscript fonts and libtiff are
> all you need outside of hylafax. You'll probably want minicom 
> or similar for testing your modems.
> 
> > - In South Africa I can only really get hold of major brand
> modems and
> > locally packaged modems, does anyone know of class 2 and
> 2.0 Modems in
> > SA that would work well?
> 
> I use Multitech modems in class 1, quite good. Most modems
> will work in class 1, and it is largely recommended to use 
> class 1, as it can help circumvent any firmware bugginess 
> that may exist. I've also got some Multitech's that don't 
> speak class 1, they work well in 2.
> 
> > Thanks a lot in advance to anyone who answers any of these
> Q's. I will
> > continue reading through all of the Hylafax documentation....
> >
> > Regards,
> > ----------------------
> > Technical Director
> > Ashley Shaw
> >
> > LightSpeedDevelopment
> > Tel: +27 21 426 5048
> > Fax: +27 21 424 5633
> > Cel: +27 84 565 6767
> > South Africa
> 
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