asterisk users - Oct 2005 - ast_fax with sendmail

Has anyone configured ast_fax (sending faxes via asterisk) with sendmail?
The creation of rules to trap all numbers  <mailto:XXXXXXXXXXX@domain.com>
XXXXXXXXXXX@domain.com seems too complicated.  Does anyone have setup
details to share?  (I don't want to switch MTA's).
 
As a workaround, I could launch the app automatically from sendmail using an
alias like:
 
fax:    "| /ast_fax" 
 
That way sending to  <mailto:fax@domain.com> fax@domain.com is easily
handled by the sendmail program (without complex rules for numbers at the
TO:) and launches the ast_fax app.  The phone numbers to fax to could be
entered into to subject line of the email.
 
I looked at eps (address.c) and and ast_fax (ast_fax.c) and it looks like
all that is needed is modifying address.c (or copy it so subject.c) to
extract from the Subject line instead of the To line.  Making this even more
useful would be adding a parameter to the .call file which tells ast_fax to
extract phone numbers from either the TO: line (default) or the SUBJECT
line.
 
I'm wondering if something like this has already been done?  (I wouldn't
want to reinvent the wheel)....
Alternatively, does someone have a working sendmail config to share?
 
Thanks
MD
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Technical Support wrote:
> Has anyone configured ast_fax (sending faxes via asterisk) with 
> sendmail?  The creation of rules to trap all numbers 
> XXXXXXXXXXX@domain.com <mailto:XXXXXXXXXXX@domain.com> seems too 
> complicated.  Does anyone have setup details to share?  (I don't want 
> to switch MTA's).
>  
> As a workaround, I could launch the app automatically from 
> sendmail using an alias like:
>  
> fax:    "| /ast_fax"
>  
> That way sending to fax@domain.com <mailto:fax@domain.com> is easily 
> handled by the sendmail program (without complex rules for numbers at 
> the TO:) and launches the ast_fax app.  The phone numbers to fax to 
> could be entered into to subject line of the email.
>  
> I looked at eps (address.c) and and ast_fax (ast_fax.c) and it looks 
> like all that is needed is modifying address.c (or copy it so 
> subject.c) to extract from the Subject line instead of the To line.  
> Making this even more useful would be adding a parameter to the .call 
> file which tells ast_fax to extract phone numbers from either the TO: 
> line (default) or the SUBJECT line.
>  
> I'm wondering if something like this has already been done?  (I 
> wouldn't want to reinvent the wheel)....
> Alternatively, does someone have a working sendmail config to share?
>  
> Thanks
> MD

On my mail server, I added this to the virtusertable

    fax@domain.com                            fax%3@asterisk.domain.com

Then on the Asterisk server, I put this in the virtusertable:

    fax@domain.com                    fax

Then on the Asterisk server, put this in your aliases:

    fax:   "|/ast_fax"



The only drawback to this is the email address is formatted like this:

fax+8005551234@domain.com

I could live with this as it actually makes for a more flexible 
solution.  You can use an address like call+8005551234 and it do 
something different from faxing.

Mark