internet fax tools

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> I know this is a bit off topic, but does anyone know of any tools to
> allow a set of g3 encoded fax pages to be wrapped up in a *.tar.gz
> file and then uuencoded and emailed to another place, where the fax
> pages may then be extracted and re-sent over the local phone network
> to a final destination?  

tpc.int does something like what you are saying only it is with postscript
files.  I would really like to see stuff for using mgetty+sendfax with
tcp.int, but I have yet to have the time to go through all the learning
curve.

> The idea would be somewhat fido-net like, in that any faxes that could 
> be delivered by a local non-toll call would be sent, and any faxes
> that could not be delivered thus would be routed to a machine where
> they could be deliver by a local call.
> 
> My vision of this is that the file name of the uuencoded file would
> look like <phone-number>.g3.tar.gz, and that each participating system 
> would have a database of other systems in the fax network.  When an
> email was received, the phone number would be examined to determine if 
> it qualified for local delivery.  If not, it would be routed to a node 
> where it could be delivered without tolls.
> 
> What is needed is:
> 
> * A tool to accept incoming faxes and wrap them up as such an email,
>   with a human dispatcher to determine the destination phone number.
> 
> * A tool to look at the phone number and deliver or re-route the
>   email.
> 
> * A tool to maintain the routine database.

DNS.

> Does anybody know of anything like this?

tpc.int

Wes
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