[asterisk-users] asterisk email to fax

[jg]

> being honest with i have been lost on what to do.
> all i want is sent from my email a pdf file and then the server will sent it as fax.
> what settings do i have to do regarding emailing to the server? what other settings do i have 
> to do?
> is there a guide on that?
> *Sent:* Friday, June 26, 2015 at 7:28 PM
> *From:* "Tiago Geada" <tiago.geada at gmail.com>
> *To:* "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] asterisk email to fax
> we use a PHP web page, that takes a few formats, PDF being the most common, anc convert it to 
> TIFF.
> If conversion succeeds we allow to download the TIFF file as a preview. Then the user confirms 
> and the PHP places a .call file in asterisk spool
> On 25 June 2015 at 19:51, Ryan, Travis <RyanT at oscarwinski.com> wrote:
>
>     I hope his mother in law doesn’t live with him. That’s a support issue for sure.
>
>     *From:*asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
>     [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] *On Behalf Of *Kevin Larsen
>     *Sent:* Thursday, June 25, 2015 2:50 PM
>     *To:* Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
>     *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] asterisk email to fax
>
>     > Since the O.P. said he's using it for his home office, I think he'll
>     > be able to control user expectations :-)
>
>
>     I provide tech support to my parents on all their computers. The amount of annoyance I
>     have dealt with in the last few months over the fact that a recipe program and various
>     card making programs designed for Windows 3.1/95 won't run on my mom's Windows 7 64 bit
>     computer tells me you are not as right as you think you are.
>
>
This is not a question of settings. You must decide yourself what to do and there are various 
options. Asterisk is only responsible for the transport.

You need to look at the following tasks:
- get the file or files into the asterisk box
- convert to a faxable tiff format
- generate a call file and put the tiff file where it belongs (but there are other methods)
- get fax report

Of course, at first you must configure Asterisk to accept facsimiles, which depends on which 
technologies you need. But everything is nicely documented.

jg
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