[asterisk-users] New faxing protocol. Good/Bad ?

[Dovid B]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tzafrir Cohen" <tzafrir.cohen at xorcom.com>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 2:11 AM
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] New faxing protocol. Good/Bad ?


> On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 12:54:40AM +0300, Dovid B wrote:
>> Hi List,
>> I was thinking the other day that even with T.38 there are still some 
>> issues with faxing. I was thinking of a protocol that instead of just 
>> sending down the fax tones an ATA or "VOIP fax machine" would get the 
>> entire fax convert it into some sort of image and pass it down the line 
>> to the receiving end. I got the idea from RFC2833. Yes I know that fax 
>> machines send bit by bit and get a conformation on it but maybe this 
>> would work a bit better. Send the entire "image" over and then get a 
>> response when it is done. This way if there is issues along the way the 
>> packets can be re-sent with out any issue.
>>
>
> T.37 (fax over email)?
>
> -- 
Tzafrir,
Through of it but it requires a mail server. I was thinking of something 
that would work from one fax machine to another. It was just an idea......

Dovid