Network Fax?

Rumor · 2006-08-10 20:50:18

Hello folks:
Where I work, we are considering replacing Windows XP on our aging desktops. Most of the work we do centers around using an SQL database with a web interface. Opera / FIrefox / Epiphany / Konqueror all can access and render the pages fine.

Evolution can access our Exchange server and the shared network files or folders.

Our inter-office messaging application can be replaced with a jabber server and one of the available clients.

The thing that is holding us up most is our fax server and the ability to fax from the individual work station desktops.

We currently have a fax server running GFI's faxmaker http://www.gfi.com/ on Windows 2000 Server. We have a significant amount of money invested in the software and the faxboard, so replacing the server with a linux-driven server is not a viable option.

Currently, our users can send faxes from their desktops by selecting faxmaker from the available printers. Doing so pulls up a blank email in Outlook with a fax attached to it. They type in the fax number in the To: field and off it goes.

My question to you folks is: Is there a way to access a network fax server similar to the above using Evolution, or some other client software that will recogfnize a network address for the fax server, be it 10.10.10.x or //path/to/server that will allow our employees to send faxes from their work station desktops?

If we could solve this one issue, I think we'd be able to dump windows off each work station with very little difficulty.

Thank you for reading this novel and especially so if you have an idea to share.

battra · 2006-08-10 21:06:52

Have you seen this?

http://kbase.gfi.com/showarticle.asp?id=KBID002173

Cheers.

Rumor · 2006-08-10 22:42:40

battra wrote:

Have you seen this?
http://kbase.gfi.com/showarticle.asp?id=KBID002173

Cheers.

Huh. No, I had not seen that. Thanks for the link. I'll have to give it a whirl tomorrow.

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#1 2006-08-10 20:50:18

Network Fax?

#2 2006-08-10 21:06:52

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