[Asterisk-Users] Get faxed you faxing faxer!

[Jamie Carl]

Sorry to say this Gary, but I think you're missing the 
whole point behind Asterisk.  Why merely try and 
'recreate' what PABXs already do and have been doing for 
the last quadzillion years.  Asterisk, BY DESIGN, is 
trying to do, not only the same stuff, but MORE and 
BETTER.  

So, keeping this in mind, why is it so outrageously 
rediculous to ask?  If asterisk is MORE than just a PABX, 
won't that mean it's MORE appealing to users?  

I don't expect anything when it comes to Asterisk.  If a 
feature works, great, I have a new toy.  If it doesn't, I 
try and help fix it.  If it's not there, i 'suggest' it. 
 It's all part of the open source process.

Oh, and as for PABXs in australia that support fax, well, 
Cisco have a nice little full IMS system that does it. 
 But who wants to pay $1,000,000 for a PABX, right?

Jazz

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:17:35 +1000
  "Gary" <gary at ausmail.com> wrote:
>
>I always have a chuckle when I see this.
>
>it probably could if someone sorts it out, but its 
>reqally starting to
>expect a lot.
>
>I really cant think of any pab system (at least here in 
>australia)
>which has a builtin fax.  fax/phones sure, fax on 
>computers sure, but
>pab/fax mmmmm, I can just see my p100 sitting at home 
>trying to deal
>with faxes and phone calls.....  (shudder......)
>
>On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:23:05 +1000, Jamie Carl wrote:
>
>>All this talk of faxing has started me thinking (this is 
>>always a bad thing) and I've come up with a question.
>>
>>Now, I know Asterisk can detect and route faxes, to a 
>>'fax' extension and all that.  But can Asterisk be used 
>>to 
>>'receive' faxes?  
>>
>>I know there was some talk about this just over a year 
>>ago 
>>and I'm wondering if anything came of it.  It would be 
>>nice to be able to receive faxes with asterisk and then 
>>have them filer through and AGI script and emailed or 
>>dumped in a directory/database/whatever.
>>
>>I mean for me, currently, I have a fax/modem hooked up to 
>>the same machine asterisk is on, and it get's sent faxes 
>>via my FXS port.  It would be nice to be able to pull off 
>>the modem and throw it away. (or auction it on ebay)
>>  
>>Regards,
>>
>>Jamie Carl
>>Jazz Inc.
>>Email:  me at jazz-inc.net
>>Web:    www.jazz-inc.net
>>Phone:  +61-414-365-466
>>Jabber: jazz at netmindz.net
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Regards,

Jamie Carl
Jazz Inc.
Email:  me at jazz-inc.net
Web:    www.jazz-inc.net
Phone:  +61-414-365-466
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