[hylafax-users] FW: problem with a simple hylafax installation

["Glen Batchelor" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 Sorry.. I missed the "reply-to-all" again. So here's a forward.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glen Batchelor [mailto:webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 12:00 PM
> To: 'Fabio Nigi'
> Subject: RE: [hylafax-users] problem with a simple hylafax installation
> 
> 
>  Far from it. It's one of the worse for faxing. I went through a half-
> dozen USR and other brands before I purchased a set of Multi-Tech
> Multimodems.
> 
> Please read the hardware page.
> http://www.hylafax.org/content/Hardware_Compatibility_List
> 
> I don't see US-Robotics listed in the first section or anywhere for that
> matter. Where did you see USR listed as suggested hardware?
> 
> There are two totally different source trees for "hylafax". The Debian
> repository holds the hylafax.org source/binary packages called HylaFax so
> you should be referring to the docs @ hylafax.org. The HylaFax++ source is
> located on SourceForge and is a different hylafax with different hardware
> support. Confusing? Yeah, it really is. If finding the right hardware
> wasn't tough enough there's TWO versions of "hylafax" to make it more
> confusing.
> 
> ----------------------------------------
> Glen Batchelor
> IT Director
> All-Spec Industries
>  phone: (910) 332-0424
>    fax: (910) 763-5664
> E-mail: webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>    Web: http://www.all-spec.com
>   Blog: http://blog.all-spec.com
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> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: hylafax-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:hylafax-users-
> > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Fabio Nigi
> > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 11:51 AM
> > To: A J Stiles; hylafax-users@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [hylafax-users] problem with a simple hylafax installation
> >
> > A J Stiles ha scritto:
> > > On Friday 23 Jan 2009, Fabio Nigi wrote:
> > >> debian testing running hylafax (and same other service) on a us
> > robotics
> > >> modem.
> > >>
> > >> the installation is use only to receive fax not to send.
> > >>
> > >> i don't know why but after same fax retrivial the fax stop working
> and
> > >> said me that the modem not ok.
> > >>
> > >> i change it with a 2 new modem, same situation if a restart hylafax
> the
> > >> modem line don't go up.
> > >>
> > >> after the "bad" fax receive hte light on modem stay up until i reboot
> > >> the server.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> how can i resolve the problem?
> > >
> > > Simple:  use a decent  (i.e:  non-US Robotics)  modem.
> > >
> > > That probably wasn't what you wanted to hear, but it's the truth.
> > >
> > why?
> > on the hylafax site said that the best modem for hylafax-server is
> > us-robotics serial.
> >
> > there is same conf that i must change?
> >
> > thanks,
> > Fabio
> > --
> > --
> > Transire suum pectus mundoque potiri
> > Fabio Nigi nigibox.wordpress.com



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