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Sending pdfs as fax with Asterisk.

To send a fax using asterisks send_fax you obviously need the app_fax loaded. It can only be compiled into source if you have spandsp libraries available. An easy way of sending faxes is to use .call files. These files are flat text YAML-like files which tells asterisk to execute a call. It can be used for many purposes, but is most commonly used for callbacks and faxes. In our case, the following example will do: Channel: SIP/sip_out/87654321 CallerID: 12345678 Application: SendFAX Data:...