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Elastix Unified Communications Server Cookbook

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Elastix Unified Communications Server Cookbook

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (24 chapters)
Elastix Unified Communications Server Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Description and Use of the Most Well-known FreePBX Modules
Addon Market Module
Asterisk Essential Commands
Asterisk Gateway Interface Programming
Helpful Linux Commands
Index

Introduction


The Elastix fax system allows our IP-PBX to send and receive faxes in a virtual way. The involved components allow the user to use a fax client (a program) to send previously scanned documents to any fax machine in the world. It also allows our PBX to receive any fax and send it to an e-mail account. Asterisk only provides a transporting mechanism for faxing, and end users may require other resources or external programs for a complete faxing experience. It uses the TIFF format to transfer faxes and doesn't support any other format for transmitting faxes. This problem can be avoided by installing a soft fax client on the user's computer.