I've search on google the last 8 hours, but either there's really nothing
or i'm just too stupid ...

I plan to buy an external modem for fax purposes. Modems like U.S.Robotics
Message Modem or ELSA MicroLink Office support recieving fax without being
connected to a computer. There's a lot of software to setup and use this
features in windows, but I just didn't find anything that right for me in
linux.
I found so hints to a piece of software called "mepl", but I didn't found
any location to download. Even the homepage of this project is down and the
project pages on freshmeat don't exist anymore. This software is used for
USR Message Modems.
For use of ELSA modems I found some software. But this software is designed
for use under X, especially KDE. That's not what I've searched for. I need
a programm which for console which I can use to setup the modem and get fax
stored in modem's flash.

Anyone got a hint for me?

Greetings,

kaffeedoktor

In alt.os.linux.slackware, you wrote:
> I plan to buy an external modem for fax purposes. Modems like U.S.Robotics
> Message Modem or ELSA MicroLink Office support recieving fax without being
> connected to a computer.

I've never heard of such before, but doubt you're going to find good
Linux support in such a case. (Honestly I doubt that Windows support
isn't buggy as hell either.)

> There's a lot of software to setup and use this
> features in windows, but I just didn't find anything that right for me in
> linux.

Have you taken a look at hylafax? I've used it to make a fax server for
a client before.

> That's not what I've searched for. I need
> a programm which for console which I can use to setup the modem and get fax
> stored in modem's flash.

I don't know that hylafax can store the fax in the modems flash. It
basically runs as a daemon and routes faxes. For incoming faxes, it can
route them to a local or network printer, or even attach them to an
e-mail that gets sent to a user. I'm sure dumping the contents of the
fax in pdf or post script form to a file shouldn't be that difficult,
and may be close enough to what you want to be useful.

--
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise,
Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:5

Alan Hicks <1001298936@carrier.lizella.net> wrote in
news:slrnc3a037.5rc.1001298936@carrier.lizella.net :

> In alt.os.linux.slackware, you wrote:
>> I plan to buy an external modem for fax purposes. Modems like
>> U.S.Robotics Message Modem or ELSA MicroLink Office support recieving
>> fax without being connected to a computer.
>
> I've never heard of such before, but doubt you're going to find good
> Linux support in such a case. (Honestly I doubt that Windows support
> isn't buggy as hell either.)

They exist. Have a look at www.usr.com for example. It's a nice feature
that these modems are able to recieve fax even if your computer is off or
not connected. For my purposes they are perfect, because I just don't
want my computer to be up 24/7.

>> There's a lot of software to setup and use this
>> features in windows, but I just didn't find anything that right for
>> me in linux.
>
> Have you taken a look at hylafax? I've used it to make a fax server
> for a client before.
>
>> That's not what I've searched for. I need
>> a programm which for console which I can use to setup the modem and
>> get fax stored in modem's flash.
>
> I don't know that hylafax can store the fax in the modems flash. It
> basically runs as a daemon and routes faxes. For incoming faxes, it
> can route them to a local or network printer, or even attach them to
> an e-mail that gets sent to a user. I'm sure dumping the contents of
> the fax in pdf or post script form to a file shouldn't be that
> difficult, and may be close enough to what you want to be useful.

I know hylafax, but that's not what I mean. I've used hylafax to make a
fax server for a client, too.

I was searching for software which is able to read recieved faxes out of
modem's flash. And I've found "mepl" - which is a commandline tool to
setup such modem and download faxes from flash. That's what I've
searched. But I just wasn't able to test this software.

greetings,

Marco.