Re: [hylafax-users] Attached remove file to fax

["Michael Reed" <rm.reed@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

FYI it does not appear to be possible to fax a file which is located on another server:

 

# sendfax -n -D -d 4155551212 http://192.168.0.103/testpage.txt

http://192.168.0.103/testpage.txt: Can not open file

 

From: Michael Reed [mailto:rm.reed@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 7:35 AM
To: 'hylafax-users@xxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: [hylafax-users] Attached remove file to fax

 

If need be, I save a copy of the file with a random name to a given directory on the Hylafax server, send the fax, and then delete the file.  Do you know if the file is accessed when initiating sendfax (i.e. sendfax –d 555-1212 myfile.pdf), or when Hylafax actually makes the connection and delivers the fax.

 

Thank you

 

 

 

From: Alcorn, Brian C [mailto:Brian_Alcorn@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 11:12 AM
To: Michael Reed; hylafax-users@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [hylafax-users] Attached remove file to fax

 

I've never attempted what you are asking specifically, but if it can't be done directly, you could have a cron job to wget the file in question, at whatever time intervals are needed, and then send it that way.

Or depending on how this send job is initiated, you could build the wget command into the job itself...

 

 

Brian Alcorn

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From: hylafax-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx [hylafax-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Reed [rm.reed@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 12:17 PM
To: hylafax-users@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [hylafax-users] Attached remove file to fax

Is it possible to send a fax where the attached file is a file on the Internet?  I guess I am envisioning something like:

 

sendfax –n –d 555-1212 http://somesite.com/somefile.pdf

 

Thanks