[TriLUG] Faxing solution, outbound particularly, inbound maybe

[Jon Carnes]

On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 17:23, Turnpike Man wrote:
> Running on a W2k Server based network, Exchange Server 2000, Outlook XP
> clients...
> 
> I'm looking for a solution, either open source (linux preferred) or windows
> based, for setting up centralized faxing.  Currently folks have to open a
> document, print it, go to the fax machine, send the fax.  I'm looking for
> something where users can easily open a document and submit a fax
> electronically.  The fax server software would handle queues.  If possible,
> integration with Outlook for client side would be great, to be able to make use
> of the "Fax" field in an Outlook Contact.  Fax server would also need to have
> decent logs, which could be queried easily if necessary, possibly even web
> front end managed.
> 
> It would seem to me that submitting to a "network printer" which acted as a fax
> queue on the server makes the most sense.  Although this doesn't necessarily
> integrate with the Outlook Contact info, it is certainly more universal than
> client software and Outlook plugins.  Hylafax is the first recommendation I
> have received (www.hylafax.org), but I am certainly open to other options. 
> Consideration for incoming faxes and how to route those, possibly to people's
> Inbox on Exchange would be great.
> 
> thanks,
> David
> 
Hylafax works great and you can set it up to be either a "printer" or an
email address". I've used FaxSys as well.  It worked great too and
integrates better with Outlook, but really isn't worth the extra price
you have to pay in licensing.

Good Luck in your Quest!

Jon Carnes