MarcB (MarcB ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

> I am using twinkle (Ekiga, linphone or Kphone would be OK too) to make
> phone calls via a sip provider Voipbuster, and it works just fine.
>
> I just wonder if there is a software that lets me send faxes instead of
> voice.
> It would be a nice addon if I could select an image and tell twinkle to
> send it to a fax machine anywhere in the world.
>
> Does anyone know if there is such a software available ? after all, a
> fax is nothing else than sending sounds trough a phone line, so I think
> it must be possible to do this via a VoIP client also What is needed for
> this is an emulation of the T.30 analog fax protocol into a sip voice
> stream

There's plenty of fax <-> email services available.

Adrian wrote:

> MarcB (MarcB ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
> were saying:
>
>> I am using twinkle (Ekiga, linphone or Kphone would be OK too) to make
>> phone calls via a sip provider Voipbuster, and it works just fine.
>>
>> I just wonder if there is a software that lets me send faxes instead of
>> voice.
>> It would be a nice addon if I could select an image and tell twinkle to
>> send it to a fax machine anywhere in the world.
>>
>> Does anyone know if there is such a software available ? after all, a
>> fax is nothing else than sending sounds trough a phone line, so I think
>> it must be possible to do this via a VoIP client also What is needed for
>> this is an emulation of the T.30 analog fax protocol into a sip voice
>> stream
>
> There's plenty of fax <-> email services available.

Agreed, but the ones I have seen all require a monthly subscription fee,
and I only need to send a fax occasionally.
So it would be nice to have this feature in a sip client,
so I can send a fax via my existing sip provider.

--
MarcB

MarcB wrote:
> Adrian wrote:
>
>> MarcB (MarcB ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
>> were saying:
>>
>>> I am using twinkle (Ekiga, linphone or Kphone would be OK too) to make
>>> phone calls via a sip provider Voipbuster, and it works just fine.
>>>
>>> I just wonder if there is a software that lets me send faxes instead of
>>> voice.
>>> It would be a nice addon if I could select an image and tell twinkle to
>>> send it to a fax machine anywhere in the world.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know if there is such a software available ? after all, a
>>> fax is nothing else than sending sounds trough a phone line, so I think
>>> it must be possible to do this via a VoIP client also What is needed for
>>> this is an emulation of the T.30 analog fax protocol into a sip voice
>>> stream
>> There's plenty of fax <-> email services available.
>
> Agreed, but the ones I have seen all require a monthly subscription fee,
> and I only need to send a fax occasionally.
> So it would be nice to have this feature in a sip client,
> so I can send a fax via my existing sip provider.
>

Plusnet has the option in e-mail settings