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From: rick@pcrat.UUCP (Rick Richardson)
Newsgroups: alt.fax,comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: Sending Faxes using AT&T Mail
Summary: Maybe AT&T can't do troff, but we can
Keywords: troff, fax, AT&T Mail
Message-ID: <785@pcrat.UUCP>
Date: 3 Jul 89 04:16:34 GMT
References: <29469@cornell.UUCP> <602@pegasus.ATT.COM> <596@visdc.UUCP>
Reply-To: rick@pcrat.UUCP (Rick Richardson)
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Organization: PC Research, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ
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In article <596@visdc.UUCP> jiii@visdc.UUCP (John E Van Deusen III) writes:
>In article <602@pegasus.ATT.COM> psrc@pegasus.ATT.COM
>(Paul S. R. Chisholm) writes:
>>
>> ... We also have front-end software running on ...  UNIX(R) systems
>> (PMX/TERM) that make working with AT&T Mail much easier.
>
>Does this mean that there is a way I could send e-mail containing
>troff(1) commands and have it come out formatted on a fax machine?

If you are willing to install a FAX board into an AT/386 computer
running UNIX, we can supply you with the software to allow
transmission of troff(1) documents directly from your computer
to any FAX machine.  Generation of the cover sheet for the
transmission is automatic.  Does this meet your needs:

	jetroff -mm -Tfax memo.mm > memo.fax
	jetfax -t "tomorrow at 11pm" jiii@visdc memo.fax

Or, since no fancy formatting options are needed, more simply:

	jetfax -t "tomorrow at 11pm" jiii@visdc memo.mm

Naturally, all features of regular jetroff, such as bitmap
inclusions, also work with our FAX software.

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