Re: [hylafax-users] How to set email2fax with exim (or procmail?)?

[Dirk Salva <dsalva@xxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 02:01:26PM -0500, Michael Stowe wrote:
> I'm pretty surprised that there's somebody who exists who uses ssh/mutt
> for email and is *not* a programmer.

Yes;-) Perhaps I'm a little bit "unnormal", but I want to learn. Only
scripting this from beginning I am not capable.
I understand the config-files of ssh and for example mutt (and can
change or optimize them for my own requirements), but the code
I found here: http://www.hylafax.org/howto/clients/.procmailrc
is a little bit too complicated for me:-/

> That being said, the constaint to build an email->FAX gateway without
> scripting is one that I don't know a way around.  Procmail is certainly
> capable of running the requisite scripts under a dedicated user account,
> but the details of how to (for example) specify the fax number aren't
> standardized, and therefore, people tend to roll their own scripts based
> on their own constraints.  There are a few people who have written their
> own who may have documented or released their solutions, but I haven't
> seen or tried them.  For example:
> http://www.hylafax.org/archive/2000-10/msg00203.php

Hmm. The script seems to be much more complicated than I need. My
wishes are more simple:
- users who are members of a group e.g. "fax" can send faxes.
- fax-sending is possible from any PC in the local network.
- The body of a message has to convert, just as attachments.

I don't need things like faxpasswords or mass-faxes or scheduling.

I thought a mail-address like 1234567@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (with the
number-part is the destination-fax-number) is sufficient for my
necessities. But if there is a fine-working script outside there
I would use it if usage is documented;-)

ciao, Dirk
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