2013/4/22 Corey <clinge...@gmail.com> > On 04/22/13 12:30, Peter Fraser wrote: > >> Several years ago I put an OpenBSD system in as a firewall and mail >> server at a small charity that I volunteer at (kwaccessablility.ca) >> that fixed nearly all the problems that they had with viruses, spam etc. >> >> Last year I talked them in to switching to VOIP (on the OpenBSD server >> using Asterisk). Their phone costs dropped from over $250 >> per month to less than $30 per month (I used the service from >> unlimitel.ca). The change is costs per month made up for the costs >> of the new telephone equipment within the year. >> >> Nearly all their communication that was done by fax is now done by email, >> except for one organization. That organization which is >> run by the city supplies transportation for physically handicapped. That >> organization is insisting on faxes. They will not take email. >> The charity currently has an analog fax just for the purpose of arranging >> transportation, and that line is costing over $60 per month. >> >> I looked at email to fax services, but I believe those queue the faxes up >> and send them as time is available. The charity and >> the transportation organization need immediate sending and receiving. >> They carry out a conversation with hand written >> notes (requiring the charity to type the responses would not be a >> problem). >> >> Asterisk has a fax service, so I thought I could use that. But the >> Asterisk fax sending service requires TIFF in a directory >> and receiving service puts a TIFF file in a directory. >> >> The charity operates in a Windows environment. To the problem is: how >> does a person (probably a volunteer) >> on a Windows machine put a TIFF file into a directory on an OpenBSD, >> and in addition send the information >> as to where send the fax and get back a status on success or failure of >> sending a fax. >> >> I don't think receiving the fax will be that much of a problem; it >> should be easy to take the fax out the directory >> and send it as an email to a group mailbox. >> >> What I don't have is a good to solution for is how the person sitting at >> the Windows machine is to send a fax. >> There are some commercial solutions for Linux, but I have no idea if >> they operate OpenBSD. >> The commercial solutions are generally of the format that an email gets >> sent and fax is extracted from the text of the message. >> >> I would like to know if anyone has done something similar or any good >> suggestions on what I should do to >> get faxing to work >> >> Have you tried connecting your analog fax machine to an ATA (analog > telephone adapter) and then to your Asterisk box? It may not be what you > are looking for, but my fax machine works fine over my VoIP (Voipo is the > provider). I'm not using Asterisk, but if it's all SIP I wouldn't think > that would matter. > > Corey > > I think this is a clean solution, putting an ATA Works fine even for POS Machines (Credit Cards) that require a land line.
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