This package support the sending and receiving of facsimiles, the polled retrieval of facsimiles and the send of alphanumeric pages.

The host running the server must have either a Class 1, Class 2, or a Class 2.0 fax modem attached to one of its serial ports. End-user applications to manage the transmission of documents via facsimile are provided separately by the hylafax-client package.