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Hi,

Robert J. Brown wrote:
> >>>>> "Gert" == Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de> writes:
> 
>     Gert> This is something I'd really like to see.  Unfortunately,
>     Gert> the existing TPC.INT mail-to-faxqueue scripts are very
>     Gert> Hylafax specific (if I remember correctly).
> 
>     Gert> Anybody willing to attempt to "port" one of their scripts to
>     Gert> mgetty?
> 
> The problem I have with them is that I want the g3 fax file to be
> uuencoded into the body of the email, or MIME encapsulated.  The
> TPC.INT approach takes either text files or Postscript files.  
> 
> I need to be able to run a document thru a conventional fax machine
> and receive it on a local computer, then wrap the *.g3 files up in a
> *.g3.tar file which is then uuencoded and placed into the body of the
> email.  This email is then sent to a server at the other end, where it
> is transmitted to a fax machine, or printed locally.  

I see your point.

Russell Nelson has proposed an quite easy solution for that -- convert
the G3 file to postscript, and mail that file to the receiver/relay. IMHO
a waste of bandwidth, but easy to implement on top of the existing 
tpc.int infrastructure.

Another approach would be to work together with tpc.int to permit
additional file types, e.g. G3 or tiff/g3 or something like that.

> I am going to have to develop the scripts to do this anyway.  Does
> anybody here have any suggestions for how this should e done?  

I'd start with what tpc.int already has -- I didn't look at it for a
long time, so I don't know the current scripts, but it should be easier 
to start with what they have, than to do everything from scratch.

> I do not need the anonymous cooperative network that TPC.INT
> implements.  The sender and receiver know each other.  They just need
> to implement an email fax-to-fax connection.  The reason it must be
> email is because some systems may not be online all the time, and uucp
> is still an important method in some parts of the world.

Nevertheless: why not share technology?  That's what make free software
so successful :-)

gert

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