Re: [hylafax-users] Bulk Faxing

[Duncan Turnbull <duncan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I find using the broadcast function of hylafax very effective if you are 
not personalising a lot

-z and then a file name of numbers using the sendfax command via cli 
interface. I use a postscipt file, I get through about 600 faxes in 
about 8 hours using hylafax to iaxmodem to asterix and out to pstn via 
two analogue lines

This depends on my ssytem being able to pick up the file and know the 
list to send to, not hard to automate with scripts though

I am not sure about your auth issue, my scripts use scp to pick up files 
and make local decisions about the sending based on the parameters they 
are called with

Cheers Duncan

Graham Wooden wrote:

> Michael,
>
> You could have your fax ready in .ps format (like capturing the 
> sending of the fax to a test recipient and saving the 
> /tmp/$$.whatever), then write a bash for-loop to go through the flat 
> file of phone numbers and queue/send with “sendfax”. Barring of how 
> many numbers you need to send to vs. the number of IAXmodem ttys, you 
> could churn through your list at a good rate. I have done this method 
> several times in the past and works great.
>
> HTH,
>
> -graham
>
>
> On 6/5/08 12:57 AM, "Michael Wilson" <mikejww@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>     Scott,
>
>     Have looked at hosts.hfaxd and it is only IP addresses not
>     usernames and passwords. Only thing that I can get working or
>     should I say indicating that it is working is the Server
>     Connection light being green. Communication light is red. That
>     seems to work if the Asterisk PBX IP address is input. Other than
>     that, whenever I put anything in the Admin Password or Login/Login
>     Password I get the response from the CLI of:
>
>     == Connect attempt from '192.168.1.XX' unable to authenticate
>
>     Any ideas?
>
>     MIchael
>
>     2008/6/5 Scott Wolfe <scottwolfe@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
>         Its been a while since I have touched this, but the login
>         information should be same information used in your
>         hosts.hfaxd when you set up a new user.
>
>         -Scott
>
>
>
>
>             ----- Original Message -----
>
>             *From:* Michael Wilson <mailto:mikejww@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>             *To:* hylafax-users@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
>             *Cc:* Scott Wolfe <mailto:scottwolfe@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>             *Sent:* Wednesday, June 04, 2008 4:00 PM
>
>             *Subject:* Re: [hylafax-users] Bulk Faxing
>
>
>             Looks the business, no docs I see, whats the Login user
>             and Password detail?
>
>
>             2008/6/4 Scott Wolfe <scottwolfe@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
>
>
>                 Michael,
>
>                 I wrote a little app to do this. You can check it out
>                 at: www.astassistant.com <http://www.astassistant.com>
>                 . Scroll to the bottom of the screen.
>
>
>
>
>
>                     ----- Original Message -----
>
>                     *From:* Michael Wilson
>                     <mailto:mikejww@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>                     *To:* hylafax-users@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
>                     *Sent:* Wednesday, June 04, 2008 12:46 PM
>
>                     *Subject:* [hylafax-users] Bulk Faxing
>
>
>                     Hi there,
>
>                     I presently run Hylafax on my Asterisk PBX using
>                     IAXModem and Zaptel hardware. What I want to be
>                     able to do is bulk fax to a list of fax numbers. I
>                     presently use the winprint print device to fax
>                     from applications. Is there a robotic way of doing
>                     this, can a flat file be used as a data source etc.
>
>                     Help is appreciated.


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