Re: sinding faxes via tpc.int & mutt
On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 03:09:29PM -0400, David Yitzchak Cohen wrote:
> On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 11:40:49AM EDT, Matt Price wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I was just looking around at
> >
> > http://www.tpc.int/
> >
> > which seems to be a great alternative to the hassle of using fax
> > machines on the rare occasions when I need them. There's an email
> > interface which looks like it would be pretty straightforward to use,
> > but would be made more straightforward by the use of macros and
> > things. I just wondered whether anyone out there on the list has
> > played around with this and figured out a setup that works pretty
> > well.
>
> If I were going to use it, I'd setup a mutt_query script that notices
> numbers, converts them into international standard form, and then turns
> them into TPC-acceptable email addresses using my address book (e.g.,
> 406-6766 => remote-printer.Dave_Cohen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx).
> However, being that there are many holes in their coverage
> (including myself, for instance), I'd probably want to make it query
> http://www.tpc.int/verify.html before mapping it into ".iddd.tpc.int,"
> and otherwise map it into ".sendfax.yourdomain.com" or whatever without
> converting the number into international standard form. (It's too bad
> they don't provide a DNS interface to checking coverage of a number.)
ooh, sounds neat. Um, are you talking about the mutt_query.pl script
that coogle found for me? Or about the built-in query function? I'm
asusming you mean the latter, & that the idea is to modify whatever
script one normally uses to complete addresses -- I think on my
system it's /usr/lib/mutt/debian-ldap-query . unfortunately I truly
do not understand perl...
but I will try it out. further suggestions welcome...
m
>
> HTH,
> - Dave
>