Does anyone know where I can find a software that I can put on my server so that email to a clients email account will instead be sent to him/her via fax? and they can fax a reply that the server will pickup and redirect into an email?:)

Thank you in advance

Aloha

try www.Efax.com
there is a fee but it will do what you want
(pretty sure)

no that is not what I am looking for. What I am looking for i something that I can put on MY server and emails for MY CLIENTS can be sent to them via fax.... example: joe@doe.com does not have a computer with internet access at his office, but he wants a web presence, email is no good he does not get it until he is home so he sets up his account to forward all mail that goes to @doe.com to his fax machine. that is what I am trying to offer.:)

Aloha
ahhh

I saw something like this for NT servers
will try to take a look
looked for it for around ten minutes so will do some more tomorow

Ipswitch has something like this, but you have to be running Windows with IMail, and it's picky about the modem. We bought a copy of the Email to Fax option for our IMail server but never used it.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Mike Achenbach

Hylafax can do it .. www.hylafax.org .. I think. It runs on any flavor of Unix and Linux .. also .. it's FREE .. :)

Originally posted by aleavens
no that is not what I am looking for. What I am looking for i something that I can put on MY server and emails for MY CLIENTS can be sent to them via fax.... example: joe@doe.com does not have a computer with internet access at his office, but he wants a web presence, email is no good he does not get it until he is home so he sets up his account to forward all mail that goes to @doe.com to his fax machine. that is what I am trying to offer.:)

Aloha

can you install a faxmodem on your hardware or you looking for a soft solution

What we are doing is having it setup so that the fax machine that the e-mail is sent to has an e-mail address. The only draw back is having a fax server close to the client to translate it. The script is in development to do this. This capability is reliant on a fax cell close to the client (local phone call). If this is what you are looking for let me know and I can give you more details. We are sending forms so we need something specific. But if it is just e-mail then I might be able to help you.

Look at http://www.tpc.int

What we are doing is having it setup so that the fax machine that the e-mail is sent to has an e-mail address. The only draw back is having a fax server close to the client to translate it. The script is in development to do this. This capability is reliant on a fax cell close to the client (local phone call). If this is what you are looking for let me know and I can give you more details. We are sending forms so we need something specific. But if it is just e-mail then I might be able to help you.

this is close but not quite, I want something that is invisable to the end user, the client base I am looking at is technology challanged. so I need to use the K.I.S.S princepal.

Thank you all for the ideas.:(

I think you have all gone cookoo!

Give him a cell phone with email service.

TSR Wireless, Nextel Etc, all can provide this, If not free with regular service I think its about 10.00 more

Originally posted by blofish
I think you have all gone cookoo!

Give him a cell phone with email service. While I don't want to speak for Andy, I'm not sure that giving a cell phone to each of clients would be the most practical solution.

no I do not want to give each of my clients a cell phone (nice sign-up bonus though:) ) well I guess I'll keep looking for the answer to this, It has to be possible, if not I will have to find a programer who will do it for me.

Thanks everyone for your input and suggestions