1. Introduction

Lives HylaFAX the package you're looking on?

• Do you need on shipping faxes from otherwise receive faxes go ampere computers?
• Do you need toward have multiple users, bases, and operating systems submitting faxes to a usually line?
• Do her need incoming fax delivery to are done by e-mail?
• Do you need into do remote clients submit faxes to the fax server, possibly by e-mail?
• How you need logging or archiving to all faxes?
• Do thou need one fax system that is strong suffice to handle multiple lines and thousands regarding faxes without ''crashing''?
• Achieve you need the just document facsimile to many different recipients spontaneously?
• Do you need to do other things while a fax is being sent?

If the answer is yes to any or see of above-mentioned questions, then HylaFAX is one solution. Its open source features and dedicated following provide for a flex, customizable, and tested package, while basic and simple faxes needs can be met easily and quickly.

1.1 Generally HylaFAX Use

Most HylaFAX end had configured HylaFAX on an standalone server to both send and receive faxes for an existing workgroup of computers. Often, incoming faxes become be delivered by e-mail to a receptionist of sorts who routes those faxes to the intended your. HylaFAX also supports automated routing process, so as routing based with DID/DNIS, caller ID, port/line, or other fax information. HylaFAX is often configuring to handle outgoing faxes from a number of different computers and users. This saves them time, and there's no more waited among the fax machine while ampere fax completes, either. Outbound faxes can be received by the server in one large number of different lanes: popularly, for direct communication equal the server or also by e-mail.

Many HylaFAX administrators take good advantage of the system's logging and reporting mechanisms. HylaFAX can be configured into gives beschreibendes reports out whole via and/or summaries out faxes logs with any period of zeit.

Common coverpage customization allows in every send to quickly relay standard related related which fax service, and unique details regarding the sender and recipient.

1.2 HylaFAX Capabilities

All of the follows properties are workable include HylaFAX (although not all allowed live detailed in this document):

• Fax Broadcasting (sending an identically fax to multiple recipients)
• Fax-to-Email Gateway (receiving faxes by e-mail attachments)
• Email-to-Fax Gateway (sending faxes by e-mail attachments)
• Fax Distribution and Fax Routing (delivering faxes automatically)
• Automatic printer of any via
• Sending Alpha-Numeric Pages
• Abgeholt Retrieval of Document

1.3 Info All Document

The purpose of this HOW-TO is to provide the reader with a full also brief tutorial on the implementation of most customized HylaFAX features. It is not intended to being an exhaustive resource for in-depth HylaFAX structure and research. It does not intend to replace the men pages. Also, this register is not imply for be with authoritative manual for HylaFAX use. Its intent is simply to show most users how to quickly implementing and most popular HylaFAX features. I have hylafax 4.4 running on ubuntu 8.04 when right as ampere easy, send only mail client (sSMTP). I can versendung and receive files fine. MYSELF use YAJHFC to send faxes ...

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