[Asterisk-Users] Get faxed you faxing faxer!

[Jamie Carl]

I've got an old P200Pro and a Celeron 333 CPU and MB 
sitting around if you want them. :)

Jazz

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 11:31:37 +1000
  "Gary" <gary at ausmail.com> wrote:
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>sorry jamie, i didn;t miss the point, i just didn't put 
>in the
>smiley...
>
>you might have missed what one of asterisk machines is 
>actually running
>on...
>
>p100 was refering to a pentium 100 processor, doing other 
>stuff as well
>asterisk... throw a fax at it and would probably limp to 
>computer
>heaven !!  (even running linux) ... it runs normally at 
>75% cpu
>utilisation....   :-)
>
>On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:52:46 +1000, Jamie Carl wrote:
>
>>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.
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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
Jabber: jazz at netmindz.net