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

["George H" <george.dma@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 17, 2008 5:21 AM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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?

I use postfix and the email address looks like  fax#@domain.com. Works
well for us.

> > Then with all this mangling to get inbound, you have to work with
> > outbound too.....
> >
> >
> >
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