>Ed, Reaing the first of thread, again, you are right, about 100 faxes a day is nothing,
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>But I would be lucky, if the 100 faxes I sent on my win fax server actually went, 2 days in a row,
>My experience with Win Fax, sorry to say, has been less than satifactory, when it comes to more than a personal computer sending a resume to 20 people. (that I have done ) and for that type of stuff, yes it works.
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I've found that v 10 is very reliable, and obviously, if the box isn't being used as a desktop as well, it's a solid product, given enough memory and a fairly vanilla setup. I do make sure that the system gets backed up, and schedule a system reset on a regular basis, so that the OS cleans itself up on a regular basis (every 4 days it warm boots.)

I do have clients with heavier fax requirements, and they use the Castelle products in most cases - it's not my area of expertise, so I stay out of the cycle, as long as I can get at the fax subsystem where I need to do so. Since I've no detailed experience, let them ask people who do know more than I do, so it remains NMP...

>Another thought - I hope you guys dont mind, thinking outside the Ms Box for second, and that is a very popular fax software package in europe. called fax2 send,
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>the server Runs on Linux, (most flavors) and the client can be a windows station, or an email client.
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Yep, but now there is a server, the maintenance requires a significantly different skill set and added training for the administrator, and redeployment is not simple if the server is down - you can't put up JRandomWorkstation to fill in 'in a pinch', which is a big plus for WinFax. I don't do Linux for clients, but understand the Win OS environment well enough to confidently handle installation, problem solving, tuning and administration for even moderately complex configurations. If the problem is in Linux, it's NMP; I can do simple things and follow directions. I don't work in the environment enough to advise or troubleshoot the Linux deployment, even though I've played with it and FreeBSD in the past.

>Here is a snip from their web site.
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>Supports the BCC and CC fields
>Reports by email on the progress of the fax transmission. The report can be either the final 'result' - whether the transmission was successful or not, or at each stage of the transmission.
>Integrates with the Address Book of the current email client
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>now I have tried it on my Qube, and love it,. Now that they have email notification... it might be what is needed.
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>as you know, a Linix box, can cost only about 600 bucks, (fully loaded)
>and whats the price of a modem. ? 50 bucks...

What's the cost of properly deploying and integrating the Linux system into the rest of the environment? That's another story. What'd it cost to fix if it breaks, or doesn't work as planned? What is needed to ensure that the operation has minimal downtime? It's called TCO, and Linux advocates often overlook this issue. There are plenty of kids deploying Linux, and plenty of them don't have the technical proficiency to handle a production environment. I know people who do Linux, and are good at it, and they're just as expensive as I am. The people who do a half-assed job with Linux and an equally weak job with the inevitable Windows integration end up with a lot of dissatisfied customers, while I end up with fewer new business entry-level deployments because I don't try to sell Linux, and am either seen as one of the Ring wraiths from Redmond, or end up being underbid on jobs, my clientele is rather loyal, since I get things done, and inform them about TANSTAAFL early. The good Linux guys are in the same boat; there's a difference between setting up a minimally functional server, and setting it upcorrectly, WIn or Linux or Warp - and the ones who fail to do the job right are my best source of leads.

>and fax to send for 4 users is 99.00, and 25 users its only 499.00 (both inbound and outbound.) that may be the ticket.
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>while I love rightfax,for large faxing apps I also cant live without the stability of linux, when it comes to 'hands off ' server stuff.
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>p.s. my cobalt qube, has been up and running for 11 months now (no reboots) sendind out 300 emails a day, Housing a vfp database for 25 users, and serving up about 100 hits a day of extranet webpages.