Q127: terminal-based sendfax interface available


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terminal-based sendfax interface available

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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 17:02:15 -0400
From: Ken Hornstein <kenh@wrl.EPI.COM>

I've written a simple, terminal based interface to "sendfax". It pops up a little form with various fields for you to fill in (FaxNumber, FaxCompany, etc), lets you select files to include, and optionally e-mail a copy of your message to someone. It's nothing wonderful, but it works and it's proven useful to people here who are daunted by all the arguments to sendfax.

It's called "sfax", and it's written in Perl. It is available in the FlexFAX contrib area, so you can find it on ftp://sgi.com/sgi/fax/contrib/sfax/.

There isn't a man page, but a README file that explains how you use it and a sample form file is provided.

Suggestions and bug reports welcome.


Note: Some of the hyperlinks (e.g. for the man pages) can only work, if the HylaFAX software and the full documentation are installed on your system.

Matthias Apitz / guru@softcon.de ; (07:34:58 AM 01/27/97)