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1. Introduction

sendfaKs is a small KDE-utility which interfaces with the programs included in the mgetty-sendfax packages. If you do not wish to install and configure a more sophisticated faxserver such as Hylafax on your computer or simply want to send faxes using an old modem, sendfaKs is your choice.

sendfaKs uses the following (internally hard-coded) programs from the sendfax package:

1. faxspool [number] [page data] to send a fax,
2. faxspool -p [number] to poll a fax,
3. faxq to check the status,
4. faxrm [faxid] to remove a job from the joblist.

The main program which works in the backround is the daemon faxrunq, which should be started before any use of the above programs. If you forget to start it, you may be able to spool your fax but nothing will happen. Only faxrunq can check its spool directory periodically to process all new incoming jobs.

At this state of development sendfaKs can handle the following:

1. send a fax
   • choose one or serveral files to be sent in one fax
   • choose a faxnumber directly with the numerical keys
   • send the fax by ond click
2. poll a fax
   • choose a faxnumber directly with the numerical keys
   • poll the fax by ond click
3. edit faxjobs
   • watch all current faxjobs
   • remove a job, if you are its owner
4. any user-specific configuration
   • userdefined faxheader

1.1 Changes

• Version 0.40 contains some important bugfixes and a rebuild of the option dialog.
• Version 0.31 has less bugs in the option dialog.
• Version 0.3 has an option dialog for setting up the identity of the user and for choosing a desired faxheader.
• Version 0.21 with new support for a commandline-given faxnumber.
• Version 0.2 now supports fax-polling. This feature depends on your modem. Check the mgetty+sendfax documentation. For instance, modems with the Rockwell chipset are known to fail with fax-polling, because this chipset doen't support polling at all.

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