fax ID configuration

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I installed mgetty/sendfax from the .rpm package for my RedHat Linux
system. When I send a fax, the recipient gets

	FAX FROM: Mate Wierdl 49 89 xxxxxxx TO: [...]
 
The problem is that the fax id `49 89 xxxxxxx' is not correct, of
course. I have this in my faxheader file:

	 FAX FROM: @N@ @ID@  TO: @T@ PAGE: @P@ OF @M@ 

and in mgetty.config and sendfax.config, I have 

	# set the local fax station id
	fax-id 901 363 25 57 

	# which fax number to transmit to the receiving station
	fax-id 901 363 25 57 

respectively. Let me remark that I sent the fax by doing
	faxspool
	faxrunq
on an ascii test file. 

To sum up, it appears that the compiled in default ID is used instead
of the one in the runtime config files. This is not what I expected,
but maybe the `@ID@' token is deliberately configured to use the
compile time default. 

Thanks,

Mate

Mate Wierdl 
mw@moni.msci.memphis.edu 
University of Memphis
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