Receiving Faxes & Sending

[kornbread]

I have linux machine that is my file server & mail. I would like to know the best way to setup to receive/send faxes on my windows machine. I have 56k modem intalled on my linux box only.

 

[thedaver]

First, it is best if your modem is a hardware modem, not a software or win-modem. US Robotics and Zoom make some nice hardware modems. Linux prefers these and they're generally better pieces of gear.

That said, take a look at Hylafax. It's an outstanding package that allows incoming, outgoing, and some integration with your email system itself.

http://www.hylafax.org/

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[bfks3230]

Multitech modems love Linux and Unix and are even SCO certified. They do have trouble with Windows sometimes though. Go here, too:

http://www.linmodems.org

I found a fantastic site called "Winmodems are not modems."
They have a listing of just about every modem and seem to have tested all of them. Go to

http://flash.to/modem/

If you go with ISA or external, you should be fine. If the modem seems cheap, it's probably garbage.

Good luck.

 

[thedaver]

If the modem seems cheap, it's probably garbage."

That's priceless! That should hang from a banner over every "Best Buy" and "CompUSA" store in the world. Also on the EBay home page...

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