[asterisk-users] fax support

[Michel R Vaillancourt]

> 
> 
> > But, as shipped, asterisk doesn't have native fax support, 
> but it can 
> > be patched in via the spandsp code, giving you 2 new
> > applications: RxFax and
> > TxFax. You can plumb an incoming answered call to RxFax and it will 
> > decode the incoming fax stream into a TIFF file which you can then 
> > process as required.
> 
> You can also use a combination of iaxmodem and hylafax to add 
> fax capabillities to asterisk. Although this is harder to 
> configure it was more reliable on our systems.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Ardjan Zwartjes,
> Telecats.

	This is the route I use for my office and for my clients.  It Just
Works.  And the configuration isn't that bad after a cursory read through
the docs.

	--Michel