We need to add some simple scipts to activate this feature.By defult hylafax will not decode the attachments.So you need to edit /etc/hylafax/hyla.conf.

specify mime type directory location in /etc/hylafax/hyla.conf

add the following line

MIMEConverters: /var/spool/hylafax/mimetype

Then create the converting scripts under /var/spool/hylafax/mimetype

mkdir /var/spool/hylafax/mimetype

you need to create followin directories under /var/spool/hylafax/mimetype

mkdir application

mkdir image

mkdir text

the tree look like this

/var/spool/hylafax/mimetype/
/var/spool/hylafax/mimetype/application/pdf
/var/spool/hylafax/mimetype/application/ps
/var/spool/hylafax/mimetype/image/tiff

/var/spool/hylafax/mimetype/text/html

For msword type of files create msword under /var/spool/hylafax/mimetype/application/

cd /var/spool/hylafax/mimetype/application/

touch msword

chmod +x  msword

vi msword

add the following lines in msword script

#!/bin/bash
antiword $1
exit

For PDF type of files create pdf under /var/spool/hylafax/mimetype/application/

cd /var/spool/hylafax/mimetype/application/

touch pdf

chmod +x pdf

vi pdf

add the following lines in pdf script

#!/bin/sh
#/application/pdf
# convert PDF attachment to Postscript for HylaFAX to send
pdf2ps $1 -
# if you want to send multipage pdf attachments it is better to use “pdftops”
# use the line below instead of “pdf2ps $1 -”
# /usr/bin/pdftops $1 -

For postscript type of files create postscript under /var/spool/hylafax/mimetype/application/

cd /var/spool/hylafax/mimetype/application/

touch postscript

chmod +x postscript

vi postscript

add the following lines in postscript script

#!/bin/sh
#/application/pdf
# convert PDF attachment to Postscript for HylaFAX to send
pdf2ps $1 -
# if you want to send multipage pdf attachments it is better to use “pdftops”
# use the line below instead of “pdf2ps $1 -”
# /usr/bin/pdftops $1 -
mail:/var/spool/hylafax/mimetype/application #
mail:/var/spool/hylafax/mimetype/application # cat postscript
#!/bin/sh
#/application/ps
# convert PS attachment to Postscript for HylaFAX to send
echo $1

For PS attachment files create ps under /var/spool/hylafax/mimetype/application

cd /var/spool/hylafax/mimetype/application/

touch postscript

chmod +x postscript

vi postscript

add the following lines in ps script

#!/bin/sh
#/application/ps
# convert PS attachment to Postscript for HylaFAX to send
echo $1

For rtf attachement files create rtf under /var/spool/hylafax/mimetype/application

cd /var/spool/hylafax/mimetype/application/

touch rtf

chmod +x rtf

vi rtf

add the following lines in rtf

#!/bin/sh
#/application/rtf
# convert RTF attachment to Postscript for HylaFAX to send
/usr/bin/unrtf –html $1 | /usr/bin/html2ps

For jpeg attachment files create jpeg under /var/spool/hylafax/mimetype/image

cd /var/spool/hylafax/mimetype/image

touch image

chmod +x image

vi image

add the following lines in jpeg

#! /bin/sh
/usr/bin/jpeg2ps  $1
exit

For tiff attachment files create tiff under /var/spool/hylafax/mimetype/image

cd /var/spool/hylafax/mimetype/image

touch tiff

chmod +x tiff
vi tiff

Then add the following lines

#! /bin/sh
/usr/bin/jpeg2ps  $1
exit
mail:/var/spool/hylafax/mimetype/image # cat tiff
#!/bin/sh
#/image/tif
# convert TIF attachment to Postscript for HylaFAX to send
/usr/bin/tiff2ps $1
# if you want to send multipage tiff images, than you have to add the option “-a”
# for example:
#/usr/bin/tiff2ps -a $1

For HTML type  files create html under /var/spool/hylafax/mimetype/text

cd /var/spool/hylafax/mimetype/text

touch html

chmod +x html
vi html

then add the following lines.

#! /bin/sh
/usr/bin/html2ps   $1
exit

Integrating with MTA’s

cd /usr/src/hylafax-(source package)

cd faxmail

there you can see the files

mailfax.sh-sendmail

mailfax.sh-postfix

mailfax.sh-qmail

mailfax.sh-smail

do as per the files says.

HylaFAX is the leading fax server for Unix-like computer systems. It uses a client-server design and supports the sending and receiving of faxes.

Prerequisites

• C++ Compiler
• C++ Runtime Libraries
• libtiff
• Ghostscript
• AWK
• MTA (ex: postfix, qmail, sendmail, exim)

Installation

Download the lates source package from following url.

cd /usr/src

wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/hylafax/hylafax-5.2.8.tar.gz?download

Extract the source package

tar zxvf  hylafax-5.2.8.tar.gz

Compiling and installation

cd hylafax-5.2.8

Configure the source package as like hylafax RPM

./configure \
–with-DIR_BIN=/usr/bin \
–with-DIR_SBIN=/usr/sbin \
–with-DIR_LIB=/usr/lib \
–with-DIR_LIBEXEC=/usr/sbin \
–with-DIR_LIBDATA=/etc/hylafax \
–with-DIR_LOCKS=/var/lock \
–with-LIBDIR=/usr/lib \
–with-TIFFBIN=/usr/bin \
–with-DIR_MAN=/usr/man \
–with-PATH_GSRIP=/usr/bin/gs \
–with-DBLIBINC=/usr/include \
–with-LIBTIFF=”-ltiff -ljpeg -lz” \
–with-DIR_SPOOL=/var/spool/hylafax \
–with-AFM=no \
–with-AWK=/usr/bin/gawk \
–with-PATH_VGETTY=/sbin/vgetty \
–with-PATH_GETTY=/sbin/mgetty \
–with-HTML=no \
–with-PAGESIZE=A4 \
–with-PATH_DPSRIP=/var/spool/hylafax/bin/ps2fax \
–with-PATH_IMPRIP=”" \
–with-SYSVINIT=/etc/init.d/hylafax \
–with-INTERACTIVE=no

make

make install

Please ensure that your /etc/ld.so.conf (or equivalent file) contains reference to /usr/local/lib or wherever libfaxserver.so and libfaxutil.so were installed.

you must run ldconfig after editing the /etc/ld.so.conf

running fax setup and adding modem

/usr/local/sbin/faxsetup

[above step will ask some questions, you must answer for these questions

for example. fax number, international dialing code, code, country code, device (ex:/dev/ttySo)

you can get the detected modem by using this command

dmesg | grep modem

]

you may need to edit /var/spool/hylafax/etc/setup.cache and change the following.

FAXQ_SERVER=’yes’
HFAXD_SERVER=’yes’
SYSVINIT=’/usr/sbin/hylafax’

edit /etc/rc.d/rc.local then add the following lines( this will help to start hylafax daeomns at boot)

/usr/sbin/hylafax  start

edit the /etc/inittab

m0:2345:respawn:/usr//sbin/faxgetty ttyS0

adding fax cron and fax log clean

0 * * * * /usr/sbin/faxqclean
0 0 * * * /usr/sbin/faxcron | mail -s “HylaFAX Usage Report” faxmaster

finishing Setup

reboot

or

hylafax start

init q

checking fax server status

faxstat

testing installation

sendfax -nvd 008712376346 sample.txt

check the fax machine is it recived or not.