1) make sendfax recognize "-h <file>" option to set page headers
started 20.3.93, GD
new idea: send "AT+FDT", then (optional) page header, then page data.
(does not work)
new idea: customized pbmtog3, without EOP.
"first cut" done, 21.9.93, use "g3cat"
Suggestion: use "-h <program>", g3cat output of that program with the
data page (-> headers with real send time)
see 119
2) make external configuration possible
mostly done (1.1.95)
3) #include <config file>
bad idea, not really useful
6) faxmail - gatway program for mail -> fax
(started)
7) when (before) receiving a fax, check if there's enough space left
(amount configurably) -> clewis
generic "get spool file name", check multiple directories
(multiple dirs done, code is ugly, clean up)
8) function for creating spool file names (->dir, prefix; <- name, fd)
with (optional) sequence numbers
14) make mgetty (and g3cat) add an digifax header to incoming faxes (optionally).
16) tiffg3 -> raw g3 / digifax converter
17) library functions for opening / reading g3 files
18) Makefile.<system> / AutoConf?
20) tio - increase abstraction layer even more, make TIO an opaque pointer, so
that the upper layers do not have to know *anything* about the data
structure used by tio.c/.h
(with old/new settings, to avoid surplus system calls)
21) additional flag: skip modem initialization and all, go directly to
reading of login name (for callback)
24) fax_notify_mail: include "realname" (from fax phone book) in Subject:
31) VSI*FAX
34) ungetty mechanism
35) utmp writing / process arguments on SunOS
45) make fax poll server more flexible
51) faxspool.c (sgid fax) -> $LIBDIR/faxspool.sh
51a) have it start faxrunq immediately (configurably)
55) vhangup()? (->Linux)
(security issues)
57) SIGUSR1 *after* answering -> hangup
59) mgetty/faxrec(): valiate incoming fax data, request retransmission
partially done, if +FP(T)S:... returns valid values.
60) faxspool - multiple targets in one fax
call: faxspool tgt file(s)
faxspool -m tgt1 tgt2 tgt3 -- file(s)
faxspool -M tgt-file file(s)
62) session parameter mismatch (width / length / resolution) -> correct
"on-the-fly" (integrate "smart" g3cat into sendfax.c). If the page is too
long, cut after 2050 (letter) or 2156 (A4) lines.
63) ZyXEL callback (description, "hack" in mgetty.c - ZYXEL_CALLBACK)
(integrate in state machine)
63b) real callback
66) faxcleanup
73) locks.c: only "guess" that it's a binary lock if it doesn't consist
entirely of " 0-9\n".
75) dialcode translations in faxspool
90) support ct
91) g3split
96) number of RINGs changeable without /etc/inittab change
(done). Changeable without restart?
97) BREAK -> mgetty exits (does it?)
98) fax_wait_for: accept "<junk> +FHNG:..."
107) create own fax file header, with sender ID (if known), resolution,
and *magic byte*!
108) faxreq (re-queue, remove Status junk from JOB)
done with "faxq -r" - really delete "Status" lines?
112) sendfax: return +FHNG in exit() code
114) callback: other lines (if available), random delay
116) use more detailed access privileges in faxspool (long distance, local)
118) modem auto-detect not only for voice but for modem type (e.g.
MultiTech, ZyXEL, ...) in general
12.12.97: basic work done
119) dynamically generate page headers in faxrunq
12.12.97: integrate with class 1 work - we have to "g3cat" the page
data anyway (for padding)
120) with 119, multicasting is easy
121) check disk space before spooling faxes
123) -DNO_MODEM?
124) if write/read in fax_send_page() fails, exit loop (kkeyte)
125) cleanup script that will rollover logs
126) if sendfax is killed, faxrunq assumes "ok" for some strange reason.
(caused by the way exec() / wait() handle return code / signals)
10.12.97: resolved for faxrunqd. Still open for faxrunq???
127) step-by-step installation guide
128) g3topbm: use same decoder as g3view (speed/space tradeoff?)
129) g3topbm: speed up decoding by reading the file as a whole
135) for modems where AT+FAA=1 doesn't work: use SIGUSR2 to toggle
fax/data (for people knowing what type of call comes in)
136) keep modem in data mode, switch to fax mode (+FAA=1 or 0, depending
on -D/-F) if desired before sending ATA. Reason: dialout processes
can safely assume "+FCLASS=0" with this setup.
136a) add signal to switch reception mode for dumb no-adaptive-answering
modems, see 135)
137) call "new_fax" program for each page during reception (for those
people that have a fast machine and a slow printer and want to see
the results immediately. Hi Harald!)
139) RING during initialization -> wait for it to stop, init modem again
140) start/stop fax scheduler ("FAX_SPOOL_OUT/stop" file?)
141) make lock/log/spool paths configurable
144) if first line in logfile is written *after* setuid() in login.c,
no opening of LOG_PATH is possible. open log sooner? mode 666?
145) include Device/Hostname in "notify mail"
[Device done. Do we really want the hostname?]
146) improve faxspool security
79) g3cat: fix line width (that is, "repair" broken T.4 files on-the-fly)
147) make "g3cat" fix line width!
(done, but doesn't seem to work for all receivers)
151) SCHED option?
152) get bit order for class 2 / class 2 ok / 2.0 for receiving and polling right
153) testing: add some signal that will cause a fax reception to "fail" (RTN)
154) add some way to change runtime configuration
155) fax receiver: ignore signals (USR1, USR2) more completely, only
barf about "interrupted system call" if SIGARLM
156) if login name contains spaces, split into several arguments
(*optionally*). Use : "login username ENV1=foo ENV2=bar".
157) add a "what to try if modem init fails" routine (try 19200 bps,
try sending <DLE><ETX> to get modem back from voice mode, ...)
(Julian Assange, proff@suburbia.net; ard@cstmel.hobby.nl)
09.07.96: <DLE><ETX> done, +++ATH moved to that part as well. Baud
rate switching still open.
160) make "dialin.config" path configurable (and all other paths
except "login.config" as well). [not sure whether I want this]
161) make path to "mgetty.config" configurable via command line switch
163) SIGUSR2: harden all "byte-receive" functions against EINTR
168) accept error messages while sending a page
169) "faxspool -t" must be smarter: "send at 2:00 tonight" isn't possible now
170) make "waiting for lock file to disappear" smarter: wait for *PID* to
disappear *or* mtime change [->no need to read() the file every time
if mtime didn't change and PID still exists] (-f =remco)
171) callback: password!
174) on Dr.Neuhaus: stay in +fclass=2 mode, don't go to +fclass=0
same for the Hayes Optima (+FAA=1 doesn't work in +fclass=0 mode)
175) man page documentation for "login.config"
177) AIX, native SCO: DTR toggle needs re-open() on device
178) Linux: #ifdef PARANOID -> lock HUPCL (and CLOCAL?) flag in termios
and do vhangup() stuff
180) switch from policy.h-dist to policy.h with "reasonable defaults"
240) do away with policy.h, make everything run-time configurable
184) make sendfax choose fax device in a "random" fashion (avoid
problems when the first modem in a "hunt group" dies (NO DIALTONE))
186) make "distinguished ring" run-time-option:
dist-ring "RING 1" fax
dist-ring "RING B" fax/data
dist-ring "RING 3" voice
(dynamically growing list, appended to "action" list)
187) clean up tio handling / gettydefs stuff in mgetty.c
188) init / DCD drop / I/O error: can we catch it with CLOCAL?
189) sendfax: log "hint" if "ignore-carrier" is not set but "should be"
191) watchit.pl: make "remail" smarter
193) makelock: check for existance of lock file *directory*, complain
(loudly, L_FATAL!) if it doesn't exist.
194) faxspool: add switch to suppress e-mail
195) make "logging *only* to syslog" conditional compile
196) add "post-faxinit-chat" ability - some modems (SUPRA) forget their
setup when receiving AT+FCLASS=<anything>. michal@math.ualberta.ca.
197) +FAP (Sub-Adressing frames) support?
198) rewrite RING / CND handling (completely!), get rid of #ifdef DIST_RING
199) selectively reject fax reception (on sender ID)?
http://www.vix.com/hylafax/setup-advanced.html#QualifyTSI
200) build kind of "libiberty" with auxiliary functions [split up goodies.c]
201) make "open() on TCP/IP" socket possible in sendfax (for things like
portmasters, that have special IP ports to access their modem cards)
203) fix ATD/ERROR problem with USR vs. ERROR response in fax_send_ppm
205) vgetty on AIX: make sure VTIME is not set != 0 while waiting with
select() or poll() -- drivers are dumb and use VTIME for timeout,
not the value passed to select()... *sigh*
206) if "Dr.Neuhaus SMARTY" is detected, set some flag to prevent
switching back to +fclass=0 ("modem_quirks |= NEED_2"?)
207) if "Telejet SaferFAX" set "cls2ok" ("modem_quirks |= PROPER_BOR");
209) faxrm - fix "call with no arguments"
210) fix cnd.c / mgetty.c: clearing of CallerID if call was rejected
(Frank Piwarski, fpiwarsk@MyMy.com)
211) fix CLOCAL handling in mgetty (->Ted T'so)
212) faxrm: generic "removeit" subroutine, not multiple "rmdir $jobid"
213) add support for Mark Himsley (mark@mdsh.com)'s weird 2400/fax modem,
requiring multiple baud rate switches
215) implement e-mail to fax gateway using fax addressing as in IETF
draft "draft-ietf-fax-addressing-02.txt" (or similar)
218) check whether "ATI1" always returns version number info on the
*first* line on ZyXEL 2864I models, instead of "checksum first"
(like all other models) --> faxlib.c, "case 28642:"
222) fix "g3cat"'s line width correction algorithm - include black dot.
224) faxspool: permit "*" as part of the phone number -->
faxrunq(d): make sure that "*" in $phone is never expanded as wildcard!
225) use a non-root user-id (nobody?) for "cnd-program"
226) call cnd-program after "min-rings" RINGs, and before waiting for
the remaining number of RINGs.
(Also, that way vgetty can control the number of RINGs depending on
the distinctive RING number / ISDN MSN)
226a) have the cnd-program decide whether to "answer NOW", or "ask me
again later".
227) mgetty: add config option to call external program in the case
of "L_AUDIT / failed" exit's? Might be helpful for an external
management system... (Robert Canary)
228) find a way to limit the number of "faxrunq"'s that can run in
parallel (on systems with a very large fax queue, it might happen
that faxrunq is ran often enough to overflow file/process tables,
causing everything to break) - Graham Leggett
229) weird idea: use NSFs to communicate version number
230) add "frontends" section to the documentation (mgetty.texi)
231) pass dist_ring and called_id as env variables to login/new_fax
232) have cndfind() signal back to ring.c if the string found was a
"caller ID" (for speedups, Caller ID is counted as "RING", to
avoid waiting for the next real RING which might delay answering
by a number of seconds)
233) have different login: prompts for callback/non-callback logins
234) make new_fax path configurable
235) build "faxspool-d" daemon that listens to network requests, plus
"r-faxspool" client.
236) make Windows client use faxspool-d, not lpd
237) use r-faxspool/faxspool-d locally as well, to avoid world-writeable
/var/spool/fax directory
238) show vgetty version in "vgetty -V", not only mgetty version
239) make utmp entry (CallerId/Connect) configurable from mgetty.config
241) cnd-program rework (more return codes, call after first RING)
242) document callback and login.conf v2
243) fix page lengths while sending (integrate in "send G3 file with
byte padding" that's necessary for class 1 anyway)
244) faxrunqd / write combining: if some pages of a "combined" job
(everything but the first) have already been renamed to f<n>.g3.done,
sendfax will refuse cooperation ("command line error"). BUG.
245) open anon CVS for mgetty
246) fix "RING/<msn>" handling for i4l