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Re: [hylafax-users] FaxDispatch issues - SMTP AUTH??



Tom Rymes said:
> Hi folks,
>
> I installed Hylafax 4.1.5 a while back and it sat unused for a number of
> months. Since then, I firedit up when our Fax machine's printer died,
> and it has been working wonderfully ever since.
>
> Last night I upgraded to 4.1.7 and installed metamail and sharutils at
> the same time. AFAIK, everything I need to make this thing work the way
> I want is in place.
>
> 1.) Currently, all faxes are printed to a LaserJet via FaxDispatch.
> 2.) All routine messages are sent to faxmaster successfully.
> 3.) our SMTP server uses SMTP AUTH, but should allow mails sent from the
> local host to go through just fine.
> 4.) The FaxDispatch also has lines to send mail to faxmaster in PDF
> format, but this never happens.
>
> What is wrong here? Why do I get the "Hylafax Usage Report", but not the
> e-mailed incoming faxes? My FaxDispatch follows:
>
> ##      $Id: FaxDispatch,v 1.2 2003/05/04 23:49:41 darren Exp $
> ##
> ## Default FaxDispatch file - routes all inbound faxes to FaxMaster as
> PDF
> ##
> ## Consult the faxrcvd(8C) man page for more information
> ##
>
> # Added by trymes 11-13-03 after upgrade to 4.1.7
> # Faxes printed to printer. Change "lj_2300l" to match printer name.
> /usr/bin/tiff2ps -a $FILE | lp -d lj_2300l;
>
>
> SENDTO=FaxMaster;                               # by default email to
> FaxMaster
> FILETYPE=pdf;                                   # in PDF format
>
>
> Please let me know what is going on here, b/c I can't seem to get the
> e-mails, no matter what. I thought it might be b/c of the SMTP AUTH, but
> I get the usage reports just fine, so I assume that isn't it....
>
> Thank you!
>
> Tom Rymes
>
I think what you are looking for is the output from faxcron. This should be
set somewhere to run as a cron job.

HTH,
Josh


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