[asterisk-dev] HylaFax Protocol Implementation

[Steve Underwood]

Hi Wolfgang,

On 02/06/2012 04:09 PM, Wolfgang Pichler wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> i have started as sort of proof of concept - to implement a Fax Server
> in Java which will use asterisk SendFax and ReceiveFax over the
> manager interface and maybe AGI for ReceiveFax - and will provide on
> the other side a hylafax compatibe protocol for the clients.
>
> It is already working sort of - you can transmit a new fax -
> everything else is still in development.
>
> It does use the apache ftp server (http://mina.apache.org/ftpserver/)
> as the ftp implemenation - overwriting functions - and adding new
> functions. To communicate with asterisk i will use the asterisk-java
> library.
>
> On the filesystem i have implementated the same directory structure as
> hylafax does use (so that some web apps which does work with hylafax
> will have no problem) - but it is able to use more than one spool root
> (you can add users - every user can have its own spool root - or users
> will share a spool root). So you have the ability to host multiple
> companies with one server instance.
>
> I'd like to know if someone is interested in this development - or
> someone wants to share some ideas...
>
Out of interest why did you choose to implement this, rather than feed 
the FAXes to and from a real instance of HylaFAX? I have a half finished 
Hylafax protocol server that's been hanging around for ages, and I never 
got around to finishing it. Part of me says its the right way to go, and 
another part says you might as well use real HylaFAX.

Steve