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Rob Beard wrote: | Hi folks, | | I've recently aquired an old IBM Aptiva P2-266 PC. Since its a low spec | (and the fact I already have too many PCs in the house!) I've decided to | turn it into a fax server. It already has Windows 95 with fax software | included but I'd rather use Linux on it, and I'd also like to be able to | send/recieve faxes and voice mail messages from any of the computers on | my network (mixture of WinXP, Suse 9.2 and MacOS X 10.2). | | I was wondering if anyone could suggest such a package which would be | suitable for this? | | The main feature I want is to be able to send and receive faxes, but if | I can get it to answer the phone too and collect messages and e-mail | them to me then that would be good too. | | The PC spec is a P2-266, 384MB 66MHz memory (hence why I haven't swapped | it out into my main server), 4GB IDE hard drive, CD-ROM (unknown speed, | 32 speed I think), ATI Rage 8MB on board video card and a 56k ISA modem | (I'm not sure if it is a Winmodem or not, but I have a spare 33k ISA | modem lying around too). | | I'm also wondering what sort of distro would be suitable for this spec | of machine, I don't think I'd be running KDE or Gnome on it, and if I | was it would only be remotely once in a while. | | Rob |
Asterisk would be my first choice...
Asterisk would do all of this, but...
b) There's something of a learning curve.
That said,
It'll accept faxes and distribute them via email.
Ditto voicemail.
It'll turn each of your PC's into a SIP phone.
I'll handle extensions.
It's as flexible as a flexible thing.
jd
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