From: grub@bbs.draco.bison.mb.ca (Gordon Grieder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Netting FaxSTF
Summary: This doc explains how to get FaxSTF working on a net
Keywords: Fax, network
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 17:46:14 GMT
Reply-To: grub@bbs.draco.bison.mb.ca
Organization: The Draco Unix System [BBS]

I'm must be stupid, but didn't I post a workaround to get FaxSTF(tm) running
(or limping) over a net?

If not, here it is once more (sorry about being redundant)

A *Quick 'n Dirty* Hack to (hopefully) get FaxSTF(tm) to run on a network
 
#defines
--------
'server' refers to the machine that the FaxModem resides on, not
the AppleShare server!
 
'client' refers to the Mac that (hopefully) will be sending faxes after
you've completed the steps below.
 
 
i   (On the server) Share the FaxSpool Folder (it should be in the System
    Folder)
 
ii  (server) In the Chooser, configure the Fax software for the client's
    needs.  Set it for the Modem Port.
 
iii (On the client) In the Extensions Folder, place the "FaxPrint" and 
    "FaxMonitor" files from the server that you just configured.  Also
    get the "FaxSpoolf Locator" application and place it anywhere.
 
iv  (client) Connect to the server's shared FaxSpool Folder.  Using
    "FaxSpoolf Locator", go to the desktop and select the "FaxSpoolf"
    you just connected to.
 
v   (client) Select FaxPrint from the chooser.  DO NOT try to set up the
    software on the client.  The fax software will turn itself off.
 
vi  (client) Try printing a window from the Finder.  You should get a
    dialog box saying it can't find the phone book.  Go to the shared
    "FaxSpoolf" and get the phonebook.  It *shouldn't* present that
    error again.
 
Comments & Suggestions:
 
- I did the above steps again to make sure I didn't miss anything.
  However, if I did, please send me an email bomb, and I'll try to
  help you out.
 
- The server *must* have it's clock set before the client's.  Even a
  minute or two will suffice.  Now's the time to dust off that old
  Mac Plus you're using as a paperweight, use it as a dedicated
  Fax Server.  Of course it's cheaper to BUY the real networking
  version of FaxSTF(tm), but isn't it more personally satisfying
  to make a work around? ;-)
 
- After a fax has been spooled to the server from the client, a dialog
  will appear saying "The Fax Monitor was not loaded.  Please make sure
  the Fax Monitor System Extension is installed and the Fax Software
  is on" when in reality, the fax will be on it's way shortly.  Change
  DITL -8157 with ResEdit to say something else.  Ours says "Fax
  Spooled to Fax Server".  I know it doesn't really cover your butt
  if the unforseen happens and the boss says "Hey Stupid, you *told*
  me that fax went... we shoulda bought clones... mutter mutter...
  grumble grumble..."
 
- Put an alias of the "FaxSpoolf Folder" in your Startup Items Folder.
  (I don't like that "Mount on Startup" box in the chooser...)
  The server must be mounted BEFORE you try any faxing.
 
- CAVEAT:  This was an after hours, havin' a few beers hack job.  It
  has worked fine for us (we send faxes from only 4 Macs), and I hope
  it does for for you.  Please don't bombard me with "How can I get it
  to run over Token Ring, through 9 routers, pass through a netmodem, 
  and run via satellite to our Fax Modem in Outer Mongolia"
  If you really have that kind of hardware to play with, buy the
  network version :-)  (Mind you, it just uses the net to send the file
  over... It should work fine.)
 
- Good Luck !


again, if I just messed up, sorry.  Our feeds seem up to date, so I must
have not posted it like I thought.....


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|grub@bbs.draco.bison.mb.ca | "...and I spake unto the prophet, 'Oh wise one, |

|          (Gordon Grieder) | show me the way that I might burden my computer |

|   in Winnipeg, MB, Canada | with the loads of twenty thousand camels!'  and |

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