Asterisk IT have released beta 3 of AsterFax 1.1. Beta 3 is likely to be the last beta before AsterFax 1.1 is released.

The key feature of AsterFax 1.1 is that in conjuction with SpanDSP 0.3 Asterisk finally has a reliable Faxing service which will operate on all Digium hardware for both inbound outbound faxing.

It should be noted that the SpanDSP libraries still have some compatability problems with a small number of fax machines. For 100% compatiability with all fax devices Asterisk IT recommends using AsterFax with a hardware based fax system such as the Eicon Diva range of boards or any linux compatible TTY fax card.

AsterFax provides an Email to Fax gateway for Asterisk. AsterFax lets you send an email by Fax. Enter the phone no. in the 'To' address, compose your email message and click send. You can also fax an attachment or directly from Word and OpenOffice.

AsterFax also provides Unified messaging by delivering inbound faxes directly to a users mailbox. With AsterFax each staff member of an organization can have their own private fax number.

You can download the beta from here.

A single fax line version of AsterFax is available freely.

If you wish to purchase a commercial license for us with more than a single fax line then details are available from the purchasing page.

The following is a list the main new features in AsterFax 1.1.

• Support for SpanDSP 0.3

• Support for all Digium hardware.

• Improved configuration of fax headers & footers.

• Ability to configure a return fax number in the header or footer.

• Multiple fax headers based on outbound number

• Inbound faxes formatted as Tiff or PDF attachments or inline.

• Support for pulling message from a mail POP account for delivery as a fax.

• Resolved issues where faxes where being distorted.

• Improved support for application/octet-stream attachments.

• Improved support for emails with email bodies in multiple formats (e.g. text and html).

• RPM based installer now makes installation a snap.
  

• Support for JPEG attachments.

• Support for ECM fax machines.

Enjoy

The AsterFax Team.