Re: [hylafax-users] Iternet-Fax WG Anyone?

[Matt <math@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On 2004.08.04 10:50 Matt wrote:
> 
> >  Now, call me thicko if you will, but what is, in practicallity, the
> > difference between either sending someone an email with pdf attached,
> > or
> > using mail to fax, compared to this method?
> 
> Nobody said that the recipient accepted or wanted the image via 
> e-mail.  I don't pretend to understand the many reasons why someone may 
> wish to communicate via fax rather than e-mail, but there are reasons, 
> and among them are the ease of delivery of copies of 
> hand-edited/signed/written documents.
> 
> faxmail uses a proprietary method to pass information between the 
> sender and the relay (HylaFAX).
> 
> This method (T.37) uses a standardized method that appears to be fairly 
> widely used by manufacturers.  Thus someone can go out and purchase one 
> of these devices and use it as a hardware HylaFAX client: getting the 
> ease-of-use of the fax machine coupled with the features in HylaFAX.
> 
> >  Unless I'm really in brain dead mode, (again), today, this seems to
> > be a
> > fancier version of faxmail, or am I missing the obvious?
> 
> Not just "fancier" but "supported".  You can't go buy a scanner that 
> will deliver the scan by e-mail in a manner that faxmail will accept.
> 
> Lee.
> 
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> > That way, whenever possible, his people could put in a
> > document, and email it rather than faxing it.  Since 80% of his
> > outbound faxes go to 10 recipients and 9 of those agreed to accept the
> > email, this goes a long way to reducing costs. 
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 Sorry for the misunderstanding, it was the above snippet from Bill's
message that threw me out on the email bit.
 So, to all intent and purpose, the (T.37) method is a standards compliant
version of the email to fax system.

 Again, sorry for the misunderstanding :)

Matt 


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