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Re: Hylafax: How to get the costs of a fax?

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From: Bill Unruh
Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 00:00
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In <382299DC.2BF2005D@gmx.net> Szomraky Stefan <stevewonder2@gmx.net> writes:

>I want to set up a fax server, but the clients should not be allowed to
>send millons of faxes, and surely the should not fax to Japan.

>Thus I need to know how many the telephon company will bill me for the faxes
>sent by a specific user. (and how many faxes he sent).

>Additionally specific numbers should be locked (emergrency call, etc.).

>Are there any programms for that? Or is there a way to collect informations
>about it to let a (own written) program calculate it?


Well, the log files are a start. In particular the xferlog lists the
length of time. As I recall it does not list the user however. I hacked
my hylafax (actually sendfax) to also log this info, but that was years
ago. Anyway start with the log files.
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From: unruh@physics.ubc.ca (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Hylafax: How to get the costs of a fax?
Date: 1999/11/05
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