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Name: HylaFAX - Fax modem support for UNIX

Version: 4.0 PL1

Author(s): Sam Leffler, SGI <flexfax@sgi.com>

On the CD-ROM in: goodies/hylafax.tar

Ftp source: ftp.sgi.com:/sgi/fax
Web page: http://www.vix.com/hylafax/

The HylaFAX(tm) home page contains everything included in the
distribution plus some extras. It is the preferred source for HylaFAX
software and information.

Size on the CD: 6.9 MB (partially compressed)

Description:

    HylaFAX(tm) is a facsimile system for UNIX systems. It supports:
    
        sending facsimile
        receiving facsimile
        polled retrieval of facsimile
        transparent shared data use of the modem
    
    Facsimile can be any size (e.g. A4, B4), either 98 or 196 lpi,
    and transmitted/received as either 1D-encoded or 2D-encoded
    facsimile data (2D-encoded data is frequently more compact and
    hence takes a shorter time to communicate).  Any modem that
    supports one of the standard interfaces for facsimile operation
    can be used; i.e. any Class 1, Class 2, or Class 2.0 modem.

    Outgoing documents can be any format; the sendfax program uses a
    rule-based definition file similar to the System V /etc/magic file
    to deduce document types and to decide how to convert each
    document to a form suitable for transmission (either PostScript
    or TIFF/F). Automatic cover page generation is supported and
    users can easily tailor cover pages to their environment.  A
    simple text-based phonebook database is supported by sendfax.
    Information is also provided on how to trivially setup an email
    to fax gateway service.

    The software is structured around a client-server architecture.
    Fax modems may reside on a single machine on a network and clients
    can submit an outbound job from any machine that can communicate
    with the machine on which the modems reside.  Client software is
    designed to be lightweight and easy to port; imaging can be
    offloaded to the server or done on the client.  (Imaging is,
    however, typically done on the server because it simplifies
    administration.) An access control mechanism is included to
    control which users on which machines may submit jobs.
 
    -- Quoted from overview.html by Sam Leffler included with the 
        hylafax.3.0 distribution.

Advertised architectures:

    Some systems that HylaFAX is known to run on:

    AIX, BSD/OS (akak BSDI), 4.4BSD, FreeBSD, HP-UX, Linux, SCO, IRIX,
    Solaris, SunOS, SVR4 (various flavors), 386BSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD,
    Ultrix, ISC

    HylaFAX is designed to run on any OS that provides certain
    functionality. The required functionality is tested by the
    configure script. 
    
Prerequisites:

    A C++ compiler is require to compile HylaFAX.
    
    The server requires a PostScript-to-facsimile imaging utility for
    useful operation (otherwise, only pre-imaged facsimile may be
    transmitted.) A Display PostScript-based imager is provided for IRIX
    4.x and 5.x-based systems. For other systems, a Ghostscript-based
    version can be built from the GNU sources.
    
    -- Quoted from README by Sam Leffler included with the distributions
     
** HylaFAX(tm) is a trademark of Silicon Graphics Inc.