Re: [hylafax-users] Sending a fax, but the receiving end is manual

[Lee Howard <faxguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

George H wrote:

> On 4/18/07, Michael Stowe <mstowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On the plus side, if you're already aware of this, it's pretty easy to
> > solve.  Assuming your dialing rules allow it, just add a few commas
> > (interpreted as pauses) then the number you have to hit to send a 
> > fax, at
> > the end of the number you're dialing:  e.g., 18005551212,,3
>
>
> That actually does sound interesting. Most of the answering services I
> encounter don't require me to pause, maybe a little when it picks up
> the call. Currently I am using email-to-fax gateway where faxes are
> sent in the form of 55512345@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  I don't know how it
> nice postfix would be if I added commas to the number. Maybe if
> somewhere in hyalafax I can tell it that whenever it sees a '-' to
> treat it as a pause and then dial the numbers after it.


I believe that dialrules will be your friend in this 
some-character-to-comma translation.

 http://hylafax.sourceforge.net/man/dialrules.php

Lee.

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