dan@rna.UUCP (Dan Ts'o) (12/10/88)
Our department wants to buy a FAX in the $1000-$3000, any recommendations ? A feature that I thought would be very useful is the ability to submit a transmission via computer instead of just scanning pieces of paper in. Apparently some PC-based FAX setups will do this and other standalone FAX's like the Canon's have some facility for this feature but the options aren't clear (which was surprising to me). It seems that in most presently available machines, one would have to do the ASCII text to FAX encoding and compression. Is this true ? Does someone have the necessary programs ? Basically, you should be able to type in a FAX memo or doc on your UNIX terminal (or SUN workstation) and send it off like Internet/USENET mail. Please email me responses/suggestions. Thanks. Cheers, Dan Ts'o 212-570-7671 Dept. Neurobiology dan@rna.rockefeller.edu Rockefeller Univ. ...cmcl2!rna!dan 1230 York Ave. rna!dan@nyu.arpa NY, NY 10021 tso@rockefeller.arpa tso@rockvax.bitnet
avr@mtgzz.att.com (a.v.reed) (12/12/88)
In article <318@rna.UUCP>, dan@rna.UUCP (Dan Ts'o) writes: > Basically, you should be able to type in a FAX memo or doc on your UNIX > terminal (or SUN workstation) and send it off like Internet/USENET mail. This service is available from AT&T Mail (just like sending to any other kind of mail endpoint: PC packages, TELEX, paper via US mail or messenger, voice (telephone) delivery etc. etc.). You register your UNIX(R) gateway machine with AT&T Mail (1-800-MAIL672) and enter the AT&T Mail gateway in your uucp tables as "attmail". This is a commercial service, and the 1-800-MAIL672 number will also tell you their current prices. Once your gateway is known to attmail, you will be able to send UNIX mail to attmail for any kind of delivery. For example, I use the following script/function to send a letter formatted with -mm via FAX: NUMBER=$1;ATTENTION=$2;shift;shift (echo "To: attmail!fax!$NUMBER(/$ATTENTION)";\ nroff -mm -rL60 -rW65 $@ | col -bx)|\ /bin/mail attmail!dispatcher where $1 is the destination FAX number (in international format, such as 1-201-957-5159, since AT&T Mail will deliver anywhere in the world) and $2 is a string describing, to the destination's FAX operator, the recipient of your letter - for example, "Adam_V._Reed,_Room_3F-441". Adam Reed (avr@mtgzz.ATT.COM)