Re[2]: FAX Recieve error after waiting for EOL

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Subject: Re: FAX Recieve error after waiting for EOL
Author: gert@greenie.muc.de (Gert Doering) at Internet
Date: 25-10-97 12:54 PM 19  
  
  John M Kodis wrote:
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  > It appears that in order to get sendfax to use XON-XOFF flow 
  control, I have to use the stty to turn this on rather than 
  specifying it in the policy.h file. Has anyone else reported 
  this? It seems odd.
  
  This would surprise me. Stty is not doing anything different 
  from what sendfax does.
  
  Can somebody test this, and confirm/deny this? I don't have a 
  Linux box with a fax modem at hand right now.

I found this pretty surprising myself. Let me repeat this experiment 
to insure that I didn't inadvertantly change something else at the 
same time as I used stty to change flow control.
  
  > I was also able to get around the immediate "NO CARRIER" 
  condition after mgetty picks up an incoming fax by insuring that 
  the sending fax turns on its carrier before mgetty picks up the 
  call. 
  
  Yes, this is necessary for some fax modems that insist on the 
  calling tone (CNG) from the calling fax.
  
  I think your modem's fax implementation is pretty broken.

Yes, I reached this conclusion also. It serves me right for buying 
the cheapest modem that I could find (a US$60 Infotel, FWIW). Thanks 
for the feedback, and keep up the good work on mgetty+sendfax.

-- John Kodis.


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