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Title: Hylafax - is it any good? and where do I get the RPMs etc fr
Post by: Adam on September 19, 2002, 04:00:19 AM

Gday All,

Is Hylafax a solid program ? I saw a thread saying that it wasn't "robust", but other that say it is.

Also, I saw a HowTO at http://www.sulman.org/sme/hylafax.html but when i do a search for the RPMs it talks about they come up not found. Does anyone know exactly which RPMs I need and where I can get them ?

any help would be appreciated.

cheers,

Adam

Title: Re: Hylafax - is it any good? and where do I get the RPMs et
Post by: Duncan on September 19, 2002, 05:36:26 AM

I have used Hylafax for three years. In that time i have barely had any problems with it. I figure maybe a 1% faliure rate which is comparable to what my Fax machine did.

Setting up the modems used to be difficult but the later releases handle them quite well. I am using an old isa card which i had lying around. It works a treat.

While the server side runs well, the client side lacks a bit. We use e-mail to both send and recieve the faxes.

I have a copy of Red Hat 7.2 where i found most of the required RPMs. The stuff is on the internet, you probably just need to widen your search.

Regards Duncan

Title: Re: Hylafax - is it any good? and where do I get the RPMs et
Post by: mike on September 19, 2002, 03:43:06 PM

Go to myezserver.com it is available there

Title: Re: Hylafax - is it any good? and where do I get the RPMs et
Post by: NickR on September 19, 2002, 03:43:24 PM

Hylafax is excellent, no question.  As Duncan said, the client side is somewhat lacking.  Darrell May has a nice "canned solution" which is incredibly easy to set up & use [http://myezserver.com/] which takes all the pain out of figuring out which RPM's you need etc. At $95 Canadian, IMHO it's worth it even if it's just for the ability to receive faxes as PDF attachments.