Hi everyone and thanks for your time!!!!
I have some problems with installing and getting started with hylafax on SMEserver 7.1.
1. wget ftp://chaloner.ca/hylafax-SME7.tar - ok
2. tar -xvf *.tar - ok
3. sh install-part-1.sh - ok
4. faxsetup......faxaddmodem..... - ok
5. sh install-part-1.sh - ok
6. signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot - ok
7. make user faxmaster; ste password for faxmaster user - ok
Now I want to send fax by e-mail, and receve mail by fax. Is there something else I have done to make this working?
I am sorry for my bad english!!!!
emo@bgshos.net
Install instructions for Hylafax on the SME Server version 7.1 as of 2/16/07
1.1. Install Hylafax
First we need to get the following files.
Download the latest files (rpm) from the following url
http://www.hylafax.org/content/Red_Hat_Packages1.2. Download the following file:
# wget
http://cbtest.us/smeserver-hylafax-0.9-3.noarch.rpm1.3.
Install with the following command and it will install all of the required packages for you.
# yum localinstall hylafax*
1.4. Configure modem
Make sure that your modem is plugged into the serial port and turned on.
# /usr/sbin/faxsetup
Answer the questions as required. Accept the defaults on most everything except the county & area code and telephone
number of the fax line. Take note of your modems tty (The first serial port is ttyS0 and the second is ttyS1)
Note. The inittab template assumes you are using ttyS0. This system may not work with internal modems.
http://www.hylafax.org/content/Main_Page may contain answers for internal modems.
1.5. Install smeserver-hylafax
# yum localinstall smeserver-hylafax*
# signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot
a new user, 'faxmaster' is created optionally forward the mail for faxmaster to suit, to a user or group a domain 'fax'
and a user 'faxsender' is created to enable the email to fax gateway as well as other support scripts and changes.
# touch /var/spool/hylafax/etc/xferfaxlog
2.1. Receiving faxes by e-mail
All incoming faxes go to the faxmaster's e-mail box, or forwarded as you have configured.
2.2. Sending faxes by e-mail
One of the main uses for hylafax is as an e-mail to fax gateway. This gateway unifies a users communications, so that
faxing is as simple as using an e-mail client. The user can email john@08812345678.fax and know that the message typed,
and any attachment will be faxed via Hylafax. To setup an e-mail to fax gateway using hylafax, a few simple scripts
are needed to convert attachments into postscript so that hylafax can then use them. By default you can send e-mails
with pdf attachments, postscript attachments or tiff attachments. Don't expect your html formatted
e-mails to be faxed! Sorry!
Testing
Send an e-mail from your favorite mailing software to the SME-Server. This means that the smtp server in your e-mail
software must be set to the SME-Server. Because the e-mail address we are going to be using will only be known by our
server. Then we will send an e-mail with the following recepeint: Name@FaxNumber.fax
e.g: John_Smith@5555551212.fax
+ The name can be any name.
+ The fax number is going to be used for faxing the document.
+ Mail can only be send as a plain text e-mail.
+ Mail can have a postscript, pdf or tiff attachment, this attachment will also be faxed.
2.3. Hylafax clients
Download Client Software from:
http://www.hylafax.org/content/Client_Softwarehttp://www.frogfax.com/modules/spxnews/http://www.hylafax-client.deSetting up the email was where you may have made a mistake. Review the above and see where you may have gone wrong.
Carl