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- This is the README for "sfax", a simple terminal-based interface to Sam
- Leffler's FlexFAX package.
-
-
- USE
-
- When run by a user, it pops up a form inside the editor defined by the
- EDITOR environment variable (defaulting to 'vi) with various fields for the
- user to fill in. For example:
-
- FaxTo:
- FaxNumber:
- FaxSubject:
-
- You get the idea. The sample form provided is the one we use at my workplace.
- It contains a bunch of information on what the various fields mean. The user
- is allowed to place cover page comments between the "FaxCommentBegin" and
- "FaxCommentEnd" fields. Any text appended after the "FaxCommentEnd" field
- will be sent as part of the fax, immediately following the cover page. This
- text message can also be e-mailed to someone by filling in the "Cc" entry on
- the form.
-
- After saving the form and exiting the editor, the user will be prompted for
- the names of the files that they wish to append to the fax (if any). Once
- that is done, all of the information about the fax is displayed, and the
- user is prompted for confirmation before the fax is actually sent.
-
- If at any time the fax is aborted, the user's form file will be saved in a
- file called "dead.fax" in the user's home directory.
-
-
- INSTALLATION
-
- Sfax requires Perl. To install, all you should need to do is to modify the
- first line of the script to reflect the location of your Perl binary,
- copy the sfax program and FAXform template to some appropriate place on your
- system, and modify the "sendfax", "sendmail" and "faxform" variables at the
- beginning of the program to reflect how things are set up at your site.
-
- This program has only been tested on Suns running SunOS 4, but I don't think
- there will be many problems with portability (assuming you compiled Perl
- successfully).
-
- CAVEATS
-
- Sfax doesn't handle multiple recipients. There's currently no way to change the
- order or remove files once you've entered them. Also, if you abort the list
- of files to send is not saved. Maybe this information should be encoded into
- the template as well.
-
-
- I'd appreciate any reports of problems, suggestions, or success.
-
- Ken Hornstein
- kenh@wrl.epi.com
-
- 8/11/94
-