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One option I played with many years ago was mgetty (http://www.mgetty.org/).
It was pretty easy to set up and seemed to work well, although I didn't use
it in a production setting.  From the FAQ... http://www.webforum.de/FAQ.html
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More specifically, the program `mgetty' allows you to use a class 2.0 or 2
fax modem for receiving faxes and handling external logins without
interfering with outgoing calls.  `sendfax' is a standalone program which
sends fax files.  `vgetty' is an extended version of mgetty that can answer
the telephone like an answering machine and record a voice-mail message (if
it finds one), or perform `mgetty's fax or data call handling otherwise.
The mgetty+sendfax distribution includes vgetty and a good-sized gob of
utility programs that help you manage faxes and voice messages.
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I had it set up to receive the fax and email it to be, then I forwarded it
on to the right person.  I always wanted to set up some OCR software to try
and scan it for the recipients name and then email it to them but I never
got around to doing that.

Cheers
Michael

----- Original Message -----
From: David Duffy <avd at audiovisualdevices.com.au>
To: <general at lists.humbug.org.au>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 7:32 PM
Subject: [H-GEN] Fax Application


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> Hi all,
> Can anyone recommend a Linux application to receive faxes on
> my server (I have a spare fax-modem) and to forward them on to
> a specific machine on my (Win98) network?  The MS vs Linux
> discussion over the last couple of days has renewed my interest
> in converting some of the PC's to Linux only machines. Some of
> this will depend on how good the software it I guess.
> Regards...
> ___________________________________________
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