HylaFAX The world's most advanced open source fax server

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: [hylafax-users] Route Faxes to intended receipient via e-mail



On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, nash@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>
> I am having a tough time routing received faxes to the intended receipient's
> mail addresses.
>
> Is it possible to route a fax based on the receipients names to his/hers e-mail
> addresses other then routing it via the modem (TTS0) or TSI with HylaFax
>

Perhaps I'm missing something: where are you getting the "recipient"s
email address?  When a fax comes in, all you have is the caller's
information (CID or TSI), which modem it rings on, and the image.  There
is currently no support in Hylafax for reading the image and determining
the destination.  You also should not wait for that functionality to be
added: it will not happen soon, as it is very difficult.

> I guess what i need is received faxes to be sent to the intended receipient via
> there e-mail address without having to use TSI or the modem serial device but
> to all intended people in a company of atleast 90 staff. I have no problem
> submitting the faxes with WHFC and i have no problem receiving faxes as the
> faxmaster, but i need to eliminate having to send the faxes out to the
> receipients manually once they have reached my mailbox.
>

Again, here the question is how do you know the "intended" recipients?
If you want them sent to everyone, that's easy: just make an alias named
faxmaster in /etc/aliases (or /etc/postfix/aliases if you use Postfix)
with all of the addresses you want included and run newaliases.

If you want to dispatch to individuals, DID (Dial In Direct) is another
option: that gives you a block of phone numbers that all call through on
one phone line.  A DID modem can extract which number the caller dialed
and can dispatch based on that.

Without more information about what you're trying to do, I'm afraid that's
all I can add!

> Mailto nash@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Thanks


____________________ HylaFAX(tm) Users Mailing List _______________________
  To subscribe/unsubscribe, click http://lists.hylafax.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi
 On UNIX: mail -s unsubscribe hylafax-users-request@xxxxxxxxxxx < /dev/null
  *To learn about commercial HylaFAX(tm) support, mail sales@xxxxxxxxx*




Project hosted by iFAX Solutions