SUMMARY - Fax server software for solaris 2.x

From: Mick Morgan (maillist@ccta.gov.uk)
Date: Fri Aug 16 1996 - 04:15:44 CDT


The list comes through yet again...

My original question is below. Essentially I needed details of fax server
software for Solaris 2.x which would function through a firewall. Three
products were the most popular. These are:

Hylafax - part of the Gnu suite of programs - get it from your favourite Gnu
site or direct from http://www.vix.com/hylafax.

Faximum (commercial product, but they have a 30 day test version you can
download - if you trust the binary ;-) ) available at
http://www.faximum.com/products.html

Isofax (again a commercial product) available from the Bristol Group -
http://www.bg.com/

The most popular seemed to be Hylafax - probably because it is widely
available under Gnu distribution. Since Hylafax provides an email to fax
gateway (which means I can get the inner mail server to shunt messages out
to a fax server running on the outer screened subnet) I have decided to give
it a go before considering a commercial product.

My sincere thanks to:
Bruce Cheng <bcheng@aspect.com>
gmp@adc.com (Gregory M Polanski)
Glenn Carver <glenn@atm.ch.cam.ac.uk>
"Brian Graham" <briang@msmail.datalytics.com>
applix!cobra!charles@uunet.uu.net (Charles Homan [ext 422])

Charles Homan mentioned two other products - VSIFax and Replix and also very
kindly gave the folowing contact details:

ISOFAX
Jim Cecil
The Bristol Group
(415) 925-9250
jimc@bg.com

Replix
Andrew Buckley
SoftLinx, Inc.
(508) 392-0001 x310
abuckley@softlinx.com

 
VSIFAX
John DiBlasi
V-Systems, Inc.
(800) 556-4874 x114
johnd@vsi.com

Mick Morgan

-------------------------------------------- My original question
--------------------------
Hi Guys

I need some help on getting hold of a fax server for Sparc Solaris which
will allow uses inside a screened subnet firewall to send faxes to the
outside world.

Scenario

                                        big bad internet
                                                |
                                                |
                                        outer choke
                                                |
                                                |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Red Net
                | |
|
        Sparc Mail Server Public Web |
                                                                            
    inner choke
                                                                            
             |
                                                                            
             |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Blue Net
                | |
        inner Sparc Mail Server Desktop Worker

Punters want to send faxes from the desktop to a central fax server. For
obvious reasons I want to place this server on the red net. Does anyone know
of any software (PD or commercial) which I could take a look at?

Many thanks in advance

Mick

        
        
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Mick Morgan Tel: 01603-704859
Advanced Technology Group Fax: 01603-704817
CCTA http://www.open.gov.uk/
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Mick Morgan Tel: 01603-704859
Advanced Technology Group Fax: 01603-704817
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