Re: [hylafax-users] Question about batch sending

[Lee Howard <faxguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jonathan Smithe wrote:

> My question is:
> Is there any way to get the time taken for each individual sent fax,
> not for the whole lot?


Yes, you get it out of xferfaxlog.  Or use FaxAccounting in hylafax+

> I mean, instead of:
>
> Jun  6 23:30:29 faxmaster FaxQueuer[25869]: NOTIFY: bin/notify
> "doneq/q1916" "done" "7:48"


The $JTIME there really refers to how long the job took between 
sendJobStart and sendJobDone.  It includes modem initialization time and 
several other time-consuming factors that will make the usage of $JTIME 
inaccurate for (as an example) billing purposes.  So even without 
batching involved it is an inaccurate piece of information for most 
accounting purposes.  The purpose in that it serves is to give an idea 
to the user of how long ago it was that the call was placed.  So in this 
case the user would know that the fax was sent in a call that was placed 
approximately 7:48 ago.

Unfortunately, in a batch it makes the difference between this number 
and the number recorded in xferfaxlog even larger... and even less 
useful for the user in knowing how much time they will be charged for 
that call.

Lee.


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