[asterisk-users] app_rxfax vs (iaxmodem+hylafax)

[Paradise Dove]

On 6/15/07, Steve Underwood <steveu at coppice.org> wrote:
> Paradise Dove wrote:
> > can anybody help me to choose the most reliable fax solution for * .
> > after googling the net i  found that there are at least two solutions
> > for this, app_rxfax+spandsp  and iaxmodem+hylafax.
> >
> > - what's the differences between these two?
> > - which one's better? why?
> >
> app_rxfax+spandsp fits inside asterisk, and sends and receives TIFF
> files. 3rd party bits and pieces can integrate it with an e-mail
> environment.
>
> iaxmodem+spandsp+hylafax works as a IAX port on a network. It uses the
> same spandsp engine for its front end, but hylafax for its back end. If
> you want to use hylafax clients, this would be the appropriate choice.
> Also, it does a couple of things app_rxfax won't currently do, like
> colour faxing.
>
> Spandsp can do T.38, but not inside Asterisk, and currently not with
> Hylafax. T.38 for Hylafax might be added, but integrating T.38 with a
> class 1 FAX modem interface for Hylafax is an awful bodge. The t38modem
> program from openh323 does this, and it has to do some nasty things to
> work. :-\

...and which method is more reliable and is recommended?

>
> Steve
>
>
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