What are your favorite fax programs these days?

[Bill Mudry]

At 04:09 PM 10/13/04 -0400, you wrote:
>dave morton wrote:
>>Add a scanner for tif production and you are really in business to start 
>>blasting faxes all over the universe.
>
>But that's the problem. As soon as your fax number gets known, people 
>start blasting you faxes you don't want. And that costs toner and paper.

That is the largest reason (and wisely so) that my friend wants to go from 
dedicated fax machine to software fax --- so he can carouse
through the incoming faxes and electronically erase them. Mooocho paper 
saved :-).


>If you need to send faxes, but dont want to mess with hardware, I used to 
>use Protus <http://www.protus.com/>. For a varying fee schedule,

I sent a message to John to let him know about this option to faxing. 
Thanks for the mention.

>they'll give you a number that will redirect faxes to your inbox as 
>multipage TIFFs, and allow you to send faxes by e-mail. It was one of 
>those "it just works" solutions.
>
>I gave it up a few months back, after I realised I had neither sent nor 
>received a fax for a year. Typically, though, I got a request for my fax 
>number two days after I dropped the account.

Figures :-).

Kind of makes you wonder, doesn't it, how long fax will still stay 
prominent in the business world. It still has its advantages for ease of use
for none computer types.

>If you need to send a fax for free, and don't mind sending a cover page 
>with an ad on it, and can live with patchy coverage, try TPC: 
><http://www.tpc.int/>

That is nice to know --- especially, for instance, for someone who is 
between jobs. It costs at least a buck a page at the local store
nearby and two pages for resume and another for a covering letter can add 
up pretty fast. this is just onoe more reason I thought I
should start playing around with some fax packages again --- even just for 
myself. I am in that category for now <sigh>. Companies
still ask to "fax a resume" often not knowing how practical this is for an 
individual.

As for friend John, I also am wanting to get at least one broadcast fax 
server going for him to market placing ads in a series of website
he has. Used PC's are so inexpensive now that is can be an inexpensive way 
to advertise as long as it is done within regulations and
courteously (Business to Business).

That brings me round to another intriguing question. There are some places 
you can get really cheap long distance charges by
using your PC into a company that offers access into their VOIP network. 
Are there any networks with local access that a person
can sign up with that will let you use your own server to plug into their 
VOIP system (ie. FOIP, fax over IP)? That could significantly
reduce long distance charges outside of a local calling area.

>  Stewart
>
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