Re: [hylafax-users] fax to email

[Aidan Van Dyk <aidan@xxxxxxxx>]

* John Hiemenz <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [070129 16:33]:
> >From what I can tell, the FaxDispatch file is used with the faxrcvd script
> and that is specifically for email.  I don?t think what you are wanting to
> do is possible with stock scripts FaxDispatch and faxrcvd.
> 
> Perhaps the authors can answer this more thoroughly.

FaxDispatch is a shell script that is sourced by faxrcvd.

If you just want to copy it somewhere:

if [ -f $FILE ]
then
	cp $FILE /path/some/where/I/want
fi

Or if you want to enforce that they are all a certain TIFF format:
if [ -f $FILE ]
then
	tiffcp -c g4 $FILE /path/some/where/I/want
fi


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lukasz Szybalski [mailto:szybalski@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 1:44 PM
> To: John Hiemenz
> Cc: hylafax-users@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [hylafax-users] fax to email
> 
> On 1/29/07, John Hiemenz <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > read up on the FaxDispatch file in the hylafax/etc directory.  there 
> > are options to convert to pdf or tiff before emailing, along with 
> > specifying what email to send to.
> >
> > hylafax/bin/faxrcvd will use this file to determine settings.  In my 
> > case, it is simple two line FaxDispatch:
> >
> > FILETYPE=tif;
> > SENDTO=user@xxxxxxxxx;
> >
> 
> would you know how would these lines look if i wanted to move a fax to a
> different directory? SENDTO=/home/user/fax/

> > If you have all the proper tools installed, set FILETYPE=pdf; 
> > Converting to pdf requires tiff2ps and tiff2pdf tools be installed.
> >
> >
> > > hello, I just installed the fax server on a debian machine with hylafax.
> > >
> > > i received the fax correctly in  /var/spool/hylafax/recvq/ but I 
> > > want to
> > receive in the email with a pdf attached.
> > >
> > > where I have to insert the email?
> > >
> > > can some one hel me?
> > >
> > > thanks for all.


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Aidan Van Dyk                                             aidan@xxxxxxxx
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iFAX Solutions, Inc.                                http://www.ifax.com/

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