[Gllug] Fax server software

[Simon Perry]

Alain Williams wrote:

>What would you suggest ? The requirements are:
>
>* Users should send the fax by email, eg: 02012345678 at fax.machine, Exchange
>  can be set up to route such mail to the fax server.
>
>* The mail will be sent as a fax, if there are attachments (.doc/.xls/.html/.pdf)
>  they will be rendered and sent as part of the fax.
>
>* Success/failure reports to be sent back to the fax sending user.
>
>* Incoming faxes delivered by email as an attached png/gif/pdf/.... Scanning (OCR)
>  of a fax to ascii/... would be a bonus.
>
>* Automatic routing of incoming faxes where possible, if a fax destination
>  cannot be determined it should be sent to a mailbox for manual/human routing.
>  GFI fax claims some interesting auto routing abilities:
>	http://kbase.gfi.com/showarticle.asp?id=KBID001349
>
>* POTS telephone lines, eventually: 2 incoming, 2 outgoing.
>

Another suggestion for Hylafax here.

I have set up features one to four above for a client and they are very 
happy with the results. While I believe Hylafax has routing capability 
my client isn't of a size to need it.

I would stick to using standard modems rather than dedicated fax cards. 
Fax cards will have the fax capabilities built into their firmware and 
you will be reliant on the card manufacturer to fix bugs and add 
features or updates. Using Hylafax and a standard modem/s in class 1 you 
have complete control of the fax capabilities so it is far easier to fix 
bugs and add more features / support.

Simon
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