how to get the ID from the reciving fax-mashine

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hi,

On Thu, Aug 19, 1999 at 08:52:04PM +0000, Michael Van Donselaar wrote:
> >> Is it possible to get the ID of the recieving fax-machine when faxrunq sends
> >> faxs and how can I print it on a local printer, of the first page from the
> >> outgoing fax after successfully
> >> sending ??
> >
> >I'm not really sure I understand what you mean by "first page from the 
> >outgoing fax", but otherwise, no, this is not possible (yet).  You would
> >have to hack the sendfax source (faxlib.c or faxsendp.c).
> >
> >I'm not really sure what it's good for, though.  Could you give some
> >background?
> >
> >gert
> I didn't raise the question, but I know how I would use such a 
> feature: inbound fax routing.

Inbound fax routing for *outbound* faxes?  He was talking about faxrunq,
this means he is sending a fax away.  No "inbound routing" on his side
here.

> routing the incoming fax based upon the sender ID would work for 
> me >90% of the time, and I can live with the 10% being manually forwarded.

We're not talking about receiving faxes (there the fax ID is passed to
new_fax, which could do what you're looking for).

gert
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