Open source IP to Fax software?

[Tom Buskey]

I remember FlexFAX / HylaFax on Irix back in the day.

Nowadays, some internet service or the aforementioned shipping/printing
centers.

On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 2:09 PM Bruce Labitt <bruce.labitt at myfairpoint.net>
wrote:

> On 5/3/21 1:16 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Mon, May 3, 2021 1:01 pm, Bruce Labitt wrote:
> >> Not sure if this is a unicorn or it is common.  A simple search gave
> >> ambiguous results.  I'm looking for some program that will send a pdf
> >> file to a remote FAX machine.  I don't have a fax machine anymore.  I
> >> don't have a fax modem.  It's hard to remember how long ago that was
> >> even a thing...
> > Do you have a VOIP line?  If so, you can set up Asterisk to send a Fax
> > over SIP.  You do need to (manually) convert the PDF to a proper TIFF
> file
> > and then *that* gets sent.  I can give you more details if you have the
> > VOIP support, otherwise there's not much point in explaining the configs
> > and scripts.
> >
> >> I can solve this problem in a different way, but wondering if there was
> >> such a beast.  Thanks.
> > -derek
> >
> Well technically, I'd think it was VOIP.  All my service comes over
> fiber.  There's no POTS line to the house, just a single non-conducting
> fiber.
>
> At the moment, this appears to be bigger PIA than necessary. I'll just
> toss the thing in the mail.  Yes, snail mail...  Oh well.
>
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