<HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <TITLE> Mail to Fax Gateway </TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <BASEFONT SIZE=4> <B><FONT SIZE=+3>M</FONT>AIL TO <FONT SIZE=+2>F</FONT>AX <FONT SIZE=+2>G</FONT>ATEWAY</B> <BASEFONT SIZE=3> <HR SIZE=4> It is easy to setup a simple mail to fax gateway facility with the tools included in this distribution and some simple additions to your mail delivery agent configuration. <OL> <LI>Setup the HylaFAX software as usual. <LI>If your system uses sendmail to deliver mail, then follow the instructions in <B>faxmail/mailfax.sh-sendmail</B>. (Thanks to Eric Allman for the sendmail configuration hack.) <LI>If your system uses smail (e.g. Linux users), then follow the instructions in <B>faxmail/mailfax.sh-smail</B>. <LI>If your system uses qmail to deliver mail, then follow the instructions in <B>faxmail/mailfax.sh-qmail</B>. <LI>If your system uses Postfix to deliver mail, then follow the instructions in <B>faxmail/mailfax.sh-postfix</B>. <LI>Restart your mail software, refreeze your configuration or whatever is necessary to cause the configuration changes to be seen by the system. </OL> Voila! Now mail to <I>user@dest.fax</I> will get formatted and submitted as a facsimile job to <I>user</I> at the specified <I>dest</I>. <P> Mail submitted through this gateway can include header lines in the envelope that control the various aspects of the transmission. For example, to have the facsimile sent at 196 lines/inch the header line: <UL><TT> <PRE>X-FAX-Resolution: 196</PRE> </TT></UL> would be used. Headers exist not only to control aspects of the transmission but also the formatting work that is done in preparing the mail text for transmission; consult the <A HREF="@CGIPATH@/manpage?faxmail">faxmail</A> manual page for complete information. <P> <TABLE BORDER=0> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="icons/warning_icon.gif" ALT="NOTE: " HSPACE=8></TD> <TD><EM>The normal access control mechansims on submitting a facsimile for transmission are enforced; you may need to use them if you setup a fax gateway on your system!</EM></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P> Dirk Husemann has contributed a more elaborate system; the <A HREF="ftp://ftp.sgi.com/sgi/fax/contrib/dirks-faxmailer/README">README</A> file is accessible in the user contributed software area on the master FTP server. <!--FOOTER--> <P> <A HREF="toc.html"><IMG SRC="icons/back.gif"> HylaFAX table of contents</A>.<BR> <HR> <ADDRESS> <A HREF="sam.html">Sam Leffler</A> / <A HREF="mailto:sam@engr.sgi.com">sam@engr.sgi.com</A>. Last updated $Date: 2001/04/15 04:06:58 $. </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>
