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* '''HylaFAX''' itself, of course! Read sendfax(1). Typical usage would be something like:
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'sendfax -f "myname@mydomain.com" -R -r "faxsubject" -c "coverpage comments" -x "Recipient's company" -d "Recipient@1234567" tofax.ps'
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where myname@mydomain.com is a valid e-mail address for the sender, 1234567 is the number where to fax, and tofax.ps is the image file to be faxed. Standard HylaFAX-compatible file formats are ASCII, TIFF, PostScript, and PDF (in versions newer than 4.1beta2). Be aware that sendfax is capable of handling multiple -d options and that only the options that precede it apply to that instance of the -d. In most cases the -d option is the last option that should be used.
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* '''SuSEFax''' - See the printed SuSE manual for SuSEFax information.
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* '''tkhylafax''' is a popular Unix/X11 tcl/tk interface to HylaFAX. Get it at ftp://ftp.hylafax.org/contrib/tkhylafax. See a screen shot here.
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* '''ksendfax''' - http://www.sad.it/~jug/ksendfax/. RPMs are available at RedHat's ftp, also.
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* '''GFax''' - http://www.cowlug.org/gfax/. Front End Gnome Fax Software For Linux. Requires Gnome 1.2 or newer such as the Helix release.
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==Windows Clients==
 
==Windows Clients==
 
==Mac Clients==
 
==Mac Clients==

Revision as of 13:47, 20 December 2005

One of the many reasons for using HylaFAX is for the ability to submit faxes from any networked computer, in any order, and in any quantity. HylaFAX will work away at them without anyone ever walking to a fax machine, and better yet, nobody will be wasting their time watching paper pass through it... page after page after boring page. If there's a busy signal or no answer, HylaFAX will try later, no need to remember in a few minutes. HylaFAX remembers its job well.

HylaFAX server must interact with a client program of some kind to receive its faxing instructions. These client programs may reside on another computer, on the same system as HylaFAX server, or (as in most cases) a combination of client programs both on the HylaFAX system and off work together for proper fax sending.

This section deals with several different approaches to this task. However, it is advisable to at least understand the basics of the HylaFAX client programs themselves, as sent-fax problem debugging and troubleshooting is best done at that level first. The essential HylaFAX client programs with which to be familiar are: faxcover(1), faxmail(1), faxrm(1), faxstat(1), and especially sendfax(1). A good reading would also include hylafax-client(1).


For another HylaFAX client list, see Client_Software

*NIX Clients

  • HylaFAX itself, of course! Read sendfax(1). Typical usage would be something like:

'sendfax -f "myname@mydomain.com" -R -r "faxsubject" -c "coverpage comments" -x "Recipient's company" -d "Recipient@1234567" tofax.ps' where myname@mydomain.com is a valid e-mail address for the sender, 1234567 is the number where to fax, and tofax.ps is the image file to be faxed. Standard HylaFAX-compatible file formats are ASCII, TIFF, PostScript, and PDF (in versions newer than 4.1beta2). Be aware that sendfax is capable of handling multiple -d options and that only the options that precede it apply to that instance of the -d. In most cases the -d option is the last option that should be used.

Windows Clients

Mac Clients

Cross-Platform Clients

Email-To-Fax Configuration

Faxing From Samba

Faxing via IBM AS/400



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