Lee Marzke on 27 Aug 2010 09:42:19 -0700 |
On 08/26/2010 04:01 PM, bergman@merctech.com wrote: The pithy ruminations from Chris Nehren<c.nehren/plug@shadowcat.co.uk> on "Re: [PLUG] Free Inbound Fax Service?" were: => On Aug 26, 2010, at 11:18 AM, bergman@merctech.com wrote: => => > The pithy ruminations from Casey Bralla<MailList@nerdworld.org> on "[PLUG] Free Inbound Fax Service?" were: => > => > => Anybody know of a free inbound fax service? I see there are tons of paid => > => services, but I was hoping for a free service for inbound use only. => > => > I assume you're talking about an inbound fax=>email gateway. => > => > I've been using eFax for about 6~8 years. [...] => => Is http://www.efax.com/efax-free the service you've been using? They hid it pretty well on their Web site. That said, it does look to satisfy Casey's requirement--and mine, should I ever need this. Thanks! Yes, that's it. From the above site, it appears that this really costs $16.95 per month after the initial 30 day free trial, so this isn't really free is it ?I use vitelity.net which provides inbound/outbound virtual fax for $3/month + 3c/min. Which is pretty close to free, they also do asterisk VOIP trunks and generic SIP accounts. I also have gotten no junk or spam faxes on this account.I'm getting close to dumping my landline, and I've found that my fax machine a MFC9840CDW can send faxes automatically to vitelity's email/fax gateway , so you still enter the phone number normally and fax the same way as usual, and it goes out via email to the gateway. This is a lot more convenient than scanning in and manually uploading to a web page. Lee => => > => > I've got high hopes that google voice will begin to receive inbound faxes. => => I would think outbound is far more useful to people. How many times have you needed to send a fax to a government or other organization stuck in the 1970s? => Yeah, I send faxes more frequently than I receive them....but it's easy to find a corner shop/copy center/office where I can send a fax[*], but I wouldn't necessarily want anything personal sent to me at those addresses. Has anyone used the old tpc.int "sendfax" service recently (yes, there is a TLD named ".int", and yes, the "tpc" stands for "The Phone Company"...and amazingly enough, they've got a Philadelphia connection). Chris' UK email address reminded me of "sendfax". When I was doing more stuff overseas, I had much more frequent need to send faxes...and found the free "sendfax" (email --> volunteer physically "local" to the fax destination, running gateway software that sends the email via a local fax call) service to be very helpful. I haven't used it in years. See: http://www.tpc.int/sendfax.html Thanks, Mark ----- Mark Bergman Biker, Rock Climber, Unix mechanic, IATSE #1 Stagehand '94 Yamaha GTS1000A^2 bergman@panix.com http://wwwkeys.pgp.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=bergman%40panix.com I want a newsgroup with a infinite S/N ratio! Now taking CFV on: rec.motorcycles.stagehands.pet-bird-owners.pinballers.unix-supporters 15+ So Far--Want to join? Check out: http://www.panix.com/~bergman ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug -- "Between subtle shading and the absence of light lies the nuance of iqlusion..." - Kryptos Lee Marzke, lee@marzke.net http://marzke.net/lee/ IT Consultant, Global App Development, Sofware CM, VMware, VSphere, NetApp storage voice: +1 484-961-0369 +1 800 393 5217 sip://lee@4aero.com fax: +1 484-348-2230 begin:vcard fn:Lee Marzke n:Marzke;Lee org:4AERO adr:;;;Collegeville;PA;19426;US email;internet:lee@marzke.net title:Consultant tel;work:800 393 5217 tel;fax:+1 484 348-2230 tel;cell:+1 484 961-0369 x-mozilla-html:TRUE url:http://4aero.com version:2.1 end:vcard ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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