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@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +The GFAX project aims to provide a free front end to the various +facsimile programs available for Linux and other operating systems +that use GNOME. + +GFAX provides the familiar "pop up" window and phone book support +when one "prints" to a "fax" printer. + +This is a GNOME-2.x port of Gfax. + +This version has the following features: + + - Works with Hylafax and Efax + - View status of Hylafax server, send, done and receive queues. + - Delete jobs in send queues. + - Modify jobs in send queue. Number, time to send etc. + - Download, view, print and delete received faxes on the Hylafax server. + - Delayed sending of Hylafax jobs, up to 30 days in the future. + - Both IP and username/password authentication for Hylafax. + - Cancel partially sent jobs, (while sending file to Hylafax server). + - Retrieves and displays total number of jobs in queue. + - Number of jobs in send queue displays in icon in task bar. + - Auto timed refresh of server and queue status can be toggled on or off. + - Complete list of jobs in queues with status and time to send. + + - Phonebooks + - Define Gfax phone books. + - Use your Evolution Adressbooks - See Note 1. + - Add and delete entries to Gfax phone books. + - Send fax to entire phonebook easily. + - Convenient wizard for adding new phonebooks. + - Deselect individual numbers form outgoing list. + + - Can fax postscript documents from the command line as well via + Gnome print, OpenOffice and most other X applications. + - Faxing of postscript files straight from Gfax. + + +NOTES: + 1) Evolution addressbooks are read only at the moment. + +WHEN BUILDING +If you are building from source you should run autogen.sh or configure with +the following: + --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc +Of course you may choose to substitute /usr and /etc with the locations that +your system is configured with. + +There are many things to do but C# is highly productive and I'm sure Gfax +will benefit from being written in it and move forward rapidly. + +Please join the gfax mail list for bugs, support, feature requests, flames +and other discussion. + +Gfax mail list site: http://www.cowlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gfax + +Thanks. +George Farris - farrisg@shaw.ca |