Email to fax gateway basic configuration Introduction The Linuxconf's email to fax gateway is not a fax system. You need to install one (There are quite few) and at time of writing, Linuxconf does not manage any. The gateway control access to the fax system from email. You are required to define here how the gateway interface to the fax system. 11.. EEnnaabblliinngg tthhee ggaatteewwaayy The check-box turn off and on the email to fax gateway. It does this by changing the sendmail configuration. When disabled, sendmail will simply reject any fax request. 22.. SSppooooll ccoommmmaanndd When a email-fax is received, the email message is parsed and the fax is extracted. Using the various access rules, the gateway decides if the fax should be transmitted to the fax system. Once a fax is validated, a user defined command (the spool command) is called with the following arguments · phone number. · Name of the recipient if available or a single minus sign. · Name of the sender if available or a single minus sign. · Email address of the sender. · A list of file holding the various attachments composing the fax. We expect to deliver pre-built script for the various faxing system out there, so this field will come with a pick list. For now, you must build your own. 33.. LLoogg ffiillee You can define a log file which will receive one line for each fax transmitted. This feature is not done yet. 44.. LLoogg ccoommmmaanndd Alternatively, you can define a command which will be execute each time a fax is sent. This feature is not implemented yet.