Install Hylafax on Ubuntu

Steps for installing the Hylafax fax server on a Ubuntu 10.04 server, with links to a the WinPrint Hylafax Reloaded Windows client and the Hylafax Webmin module.

• apt-get install hylafax-server to install hylafax
• faxsetup to setup
• faxaddmodem to add a modem definition
• cat /etc/group to find user uid
• faxadduser -p password -u 1001 username to add a user
• To deliver incoming faxes to an email address create /etc/hylafax/FaxDispatch containing:
  
  /etc/hylafax/FaxDispatch

  SENDTO=myemail@emailaddy.com; FILETYPE=pdf;

  1 2	SENDTO=myemail@emailaddy.com; FILETYPE=pdf;

• To attach a copy of the fax to notifications create FaxNotify in /etc/hylafax/ containing:
  
  /etc/hylafax/FaxNotify

  RETURNFILETYPE=tiff;

  1	RETURNFILETYPE=tiff;

• To avoid the problem of faxing only the header line, edit /etc/hylafax/config and add:
  
  /etc/hylafax/config

  Use2D: no

  1

  Use2D: no

• Hylafax webmin module http://www.tecchio.net/webmin/hylafax/
• WinPrint HylaFAX Reloaded http://sourceforge.net/projects/wphf-reloaded/