USM Bish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > For small time requirements that you envisage, the > efax program is good enough. It is on the main sub > dir of Debian. Has an utility called "efix" which > does the job of conversion between fax, text, bit- > map, greyscale, ps and other formats. > > For heavier workload, most people vouch for mgetty > + sendfax. Don't have personal experience on this > combination.
Do you know anybody who has? I have a problem with my setup when I want to send an mgetty-fax as user. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ faxspool 31 newfile.ps cannot write to /var/spool/fax/outgoing! [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /var/spool/fax/ total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 31 20:09 incoming drwxrwxr-t 2 root fax 4096 Oct 28 12:32 outgoing though andre is a member of group fax. It works only as root. -- Andre > I have used "kfax" (kde) in the past > without any problems ... However, for the rare few > faxes out of my system "efax" was the final choice > for me. Small, efficient, no-frills software which > works !!! > > Recommendation: Do an apt-get for efax. > > USM Bish > > On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 11:49:56AM +0000, Thomas Halahan wrote: > > dear deb-users, > > > > I have a stand allone debian box with a fax modem. I want to send > > faxes from my box (but I don't really have to recieve them). > > > > Q> What software, from the debian distro, would you suggest which is > > easy to set up for sending PS files, for example. > > > > Thanks Tom > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> from Bonn, Germany
