Re: FAX from IBM i without physical Fax line

On Mon, 2016-12-19 at 09:50 +0100, Marc Rauzier wrote:

Le 18/12/2016 à 23:03, DrFranken a écrit :

Looking for good recommendations on software or services used from IBM
i to perform faxing WITHOUT a physical fax line attached.

Did you check that ?
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1020574

Thats quite interesting, from a personal curiosity standpoint, as I did
not know such a protocol or method existed.

I guess with a Raspberry PI, Linux, ser2net (application), a USB fax
modem (assuming you could get, or are inbuilt, arm drivers), a
Tupperware box, and a couple of stand-offs, you could probably set up
your own fax server box for 30-50 quid.

Then again, if you've shelled out thousands for an I (or power system in
general) a few hundred more for a known to work solution would probably
cost far less than the time involved to get a cobbled together system
working.

With the newer systems it's often no longer possible to insert a fax
card.

Expecting perhaps SMTP to a service that performs the fax is one option.

Anyone have good experience with a service for this?

Thanks!