server-client and mgetty+sendfax

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Hi,

On Sun, Nov 22, 1998 at 09:50:34AM +0100, Henning Paschke wrote:
> what is the best way for 'mgetty+sendfax' in a multi-computer environment?
> I have one server and two clients. Only the server provides the modem.
> Do i need 'mgetty+sendfax' on every workstation?
> Maybe i can use 'fax' as a network printer (printing via network to
> faxspool)?
> Is NFS the best way?

If all machines are Unix machines, using NFS for /var/spool/fax/ works
pretty well (locking of the sequence and JOB files is done using hard 
links, which works over NFS, and thus it's even possible to queue faxes on
different machines at the same time).

If you want to do this, you have to install the necessary tools (faxspool,
ghostscript, ...) on all client machines, yes.  "sendfax" itself only runs
on the "modem server".

Future development will result in a network fax client/server, but I
didn't find time to do that yet.  Other people are working on an
Hylafax-compatible server, so that Hylafax network clients can be used
with mgetty...

gert
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