Re: [hylafax-users] Anyone running external email to fax?

[Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Another related challenge:

How to map a fax# to a particular or group of modems?

Say that Fax# 2201 needs IAXmodem and 2801 needs T38modem. How can the 
modem be selected by the fax server?

Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> With sendmail?
>
> The instructions out there like: 
> http://hylafax.sourceforge.net/howto/clients/sendmail-faxmail-mangling.php 
>
>
> Are really for local email to fax. As they are set up for Rule Set 0 
> which is processed for local mail.
>
> It seems you have two choices: user@fax#.fax.foo.com or 
> user.fax#@fax.foo.com
>
> The former maps well into the -d option: user@fax# but presents DNS 
> problems (requires a pseudo domain against RFC recomendations) as well 
> as some fancy sendmail foot work to allow sendmail to process the mail.
>
> The later is easy on DNS and sendmail to start the processing, but 
> then you have to mangle the address to grab user.fax# and get user@fax#.
>
> Do you use Procmail? I have played a bit with Procmail and gotten some 
> good advice about it, but it is one more step.
>
> Do you use Postfix instead of Sendmail?
>
> Then with all this mangling to get inbound, you have to work with 
> outbound too.....
>
>
>
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