HylaFax and metamail

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric "Shubes"" <plug@shubes.net>
To: <PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 10:11 PM
Subject: HylaFax and metamail


> (glad to see that the list server had a problem and it wasn't my email
> server)
>
> I was working at installing Hylafax on a RH9 box today. Tried to RPM -i
> the binary, and it warned me that the package wasn't keyed (I had rpm
> --import 'd the public key), then said that it was dependent on the
> metamail and sharutils packages. I found sharutils with the installation
> RPMS and installed it, but was unable to find metamail on the RH9
> installation RPMS (three CDs I've loaded to the HDD in /opt partition).
> The doc says metamail (or compatable) is a UU-encoding program, used for
> (optional) fax-to-mail gateways. I understand that UU-encoding has been
> around a while so I'm reluctant to install metamail thinking that
> sendmail might have a (different) module that it uses (in place of
> metamail). I don't need the optional fax-to-mail gateway anyhoots..
>
> So should I hunt down the metamail program and install it (to satisfy
> the binary rpm) or build it from the source rpm? I've built wine from
> source, but kinda prefer binaries when they're available. I figure
> someone on this list is likely to point me in the right direction.
>
> TIA


We went through this same issue a few months back. We chose to install
metamail and havent had any problems, but that server is only used for
HylaFax and Jabber, so your mileage may vary. :-) We use sendmail on that
system to send e-mail copies of the fax results and that's working fine, so
it doesn't seem to have broken sendmail in any new ways.

Bill Earl
Network Admin
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623.587.7787 fax
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