This is an awasome feature of hylafax. User can send fax using email applications. Ex: riyesh@23656237.fax
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 …

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 …