I'm supporting a vertical niche app that sends faxes. (Yes, faxes.
I've gotten a lot of snarky comments from folks who can't believe in
the Third Age of the Internet that people still rely on faxes to do
business, but it is true: the recipients of orders are factories far
from modern internet hubs and faxes are still the best alternative,
even though error-prone and primitive. The system also supports
order-by-email and EDI. So, that out of the way,...)
MaxEmail has announced they have been bought by eFax, and account
costs are going up significantly. A $14.85/yr personal account will be
$84/yr. A larger account will go from $69.95/year to $19.95/mo, with
$0.10/page charges over 200 faxes. I'm still working out the cost
implications. Generally an additional $15/mo charge won't break the
backs of any client, but if there's another alternative available at a
reasonable price, it's incumbent on me to consider it.
I've checked the Wiki and the last Fax entry was dated 2008.
I've checked the leafe.com forums and mostly it's me recommended
Maxemail :). There's also send2fax, which I'm going to check out,
although it looks like the same company, rates are better. Hmmm.
Anyone else sending faxes? How are you doing it? And what kind of
costs are you incurring?
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On Sep 12, 2016, at 9:21 AM, Ted Roche <tedroche@gmail.com> wrote:
> Anyone else sending faxes? How are you doing it? And what kind of
> costs are you incurring?
I’m not sending faxes, but a quick search found Interfax, which offers volume discounts.
https://www.interfax.net/en/prices
They also have various language libraries for sending faxes, including Python, C#, and SMTP.
-- Ed Leafe
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My first thought would be a hardware solution. Some of these multifunction
printers send faxes and have appropriate drivers etc. Could be an option -
one off cost for hardware - put it on network somewhere and go for broke.
Or I recall back in the day there were cards that plugged into the PC and
these too were networkable solutions. Quick search for fax cards on google
came up with a heap of results. Bargain prices like $20.
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Sent: Tuesday, 13 September 2016 12:22 AM
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Subject: Sending Faxes from FoxPro
I'm supporting a vertical niche app that sends faxes. (Yes, faxes.
I've gotten a lot of snarky comments from folks who can't believe in the
Third Age of the Internet that people still rely on faxes to do business,
but it is true: the recipients of orders are factories far from modern
internet hubs and faxes are still the best alternative, even though
error-prone and primitive. The system also supports order-by-email and EDI.
So, that out of the way,...)
MaxEmail has announced they have been bought by eFax, and account costs are
going up significantly. A $14.85/yr personal account will be $84/yr. A
larger account will go from $69.95/year to $19.95/mo, with $0.10/page
charges over 200 faxes. I'm still working out the cost implications.
Generally an additional $15/mo charge won't break the backs of any client,
but if there's another alternative available at a reasonable price, it's
incumbent on me to consider it.
I've checked the Wiki and the last Fax entry was dated 2008.
I've checked the leafe.com forums and mostly it's me recommended Maxemail
:). There's also send2fax, which I'm going to check out, although it looks
like the same company, rates are better. Hmmm.
Anyone else sending faxes? How are you doing it? And what kind of costs are
you incurring?
--
Ted Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
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We don't do it anymore but back in the day we used http://www.equisys.com/products/zetafax/
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My first thought would be a hardware solution. Some of these multifunction printers send faxes and have appropriate drivers etc. Could be an option - one off cost for hardware - put it on network somewhere and go for broke.
Or I recall back in the day there were cards that plugged into the PC and these too were networkable solutions. Quick search for fax cards on google came up with a heap of results. Bargain prices like $20.
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Subject: Sending Faxes from FoxPro
I'm supporting a vertical niche app that sends faxes. (Yes, faxes.
I've gotten a lot of snarky comments from folks who can't believe in the Third Age of the Internet that people still rely on faxes to do business, but it is true: the recipients of orders are factories far from modern internet hubs and faxes are still the best alternative, even though error-prone and primitive. The system also supports order-by-email and EDI.
So, that out of the way,...)
MaxEmail has announced they have been bought by eFax, and account costs are going up significantly. A $14.85/yr personal account will be $84/yr. A larger account will go from $69.95/year to $19.95/mo, with $0.10/page charges over 200 faxes. I'm still working out the cost implications.
Generally an additional $15/mo charge won't break the backs of any client, but if there's another alternative available at a reasonable price, it's incumbent on me to consider it.
I've checked the Wiki and the last Fax entry was dated 2008.
I've checked the leafe.com forums and mostly it's me recommended Maxemail :). There's also send2fax, which I'm going to check out, although it looks like the same company, rates are better. Hmmm.
Anyone else sending faxes? How are you doing it? And what kind of costs are you incurring?
--
Ted Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
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We use SRFax.
https://www.srfax.com/pricing/business-internet-fax-plans/
Email a .DOC, DOCX, .PDF (probably others, but that's what we use) to
1<fax#here>@srfax.com
Fred
On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 7:21 AM, Ted Roche <tedroche@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm supporting a vertical niche app that sends faxes. (Yes, faxes.
> I've gotten a lot of snarky comments from folks who can't believe in
> the Third Age of the Internet that people still rely on faxes to do
> business, but it is true: the recipients of orders are factories far
> from modern internet hubs and faxes are still the best alternative,
> even though error-prone and primitive. The system also supports
> order-by-email and EDI. So, that out of the way,...)
>
> MaxEmail has announced they have been bought by eFax, and account
> costs are going up significantly. A $14.85/yr personal account will be
> $84/yr. A larger account will go from $69.95/year to $19.95/mo, with
> $0.10/page charges over 200 faxes. I'm still working out the cost
> implications. Generally an additional $15/mo charge won't break the
> backs of any client, but if there's another alternative available at a
> reasonable price, it's incumbent on me to consider it.
>
> I've checked the Wiki and the last Fax entry was dated 2008.
>
> I've checked the leafe.com forums and mostly it's me recommended
> Maxemail :). There's also send2fax, which I'm going to check out,
> although it looks like the same company, rates are better. Hmmm.
>
> Anyone else sending faxes? How are you doing it? And what kind of
> costs are you incurring?
>
> --
> Ted Roche
> Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
>
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On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 6:15 PM, Ed Leafe <ed@leafe.com> wrote:
>
> I’m not sending faxes, but a quick search found Interfax, which offers volume discounts.
>
> https://www.interfax.net/en/prices
>
> They also have various language libraries for sending faxes, including Python, C#, and SMTP.
>
And SMTP Good, MAPI Bad! Thanks, Ed!
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On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 6:19 PM, Darren <foxdev@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> My first thought would be a hardware solution. Some of these multifunction
> printers send faxes and have appropriate drivers etc. Could be an option -
> one off cost for hardware - put it on network somewhere and go for broke.
>
> Or I recall back in the day there were cards that plugged into the PC and
> these too were networkable solutions. Quick search for fax cards on google
> came up with a heap of results. Bargain prices like $20.
>
Good suggestion.
Been there, done that, got the T-shirt. HylaFax would be my choice for
turnkey, configurable, reliable fax serving. But faxing is a pretty
commodity operation, and this is a key business function for
time-critical order placements, so standby hardware would likely make
infeasible due to too much capital investment up-front.
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Ted,
OnlineFaxes.com - another send and receive fax by email service. A nice
difference over other services is the ability to share your account with
an unlimited number of users without any additional fees. Ask for the
$12/year plan ... it gives you a dedicated fax number. You can purchase
non-expiring blocks of 100 pages (send or received) for $10/block. They
have higher volume plans with bigger savings. I'm a low volume user and
have been pleased with the service. Nothing glamorous ... just works.
Malcolm
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On Mon, 12 Sep 2016, at 03:21 PM, Ted Roche wrote:
> I'm supporting a vertical niche app that sends faxes.
Fax is more secure and tamper-proof than email, that's one reason it's
still used.
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There's some thought that a fax has more legal binding than email Or at least that's the myth.
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On Mon, 12 Sep 2016, at 03:21 PM, Ted Roche wrote:
> I'm supporting a vertical niche app that sends faxes.
Fax is more secure and tamper-proof than email, that's one reason it's
still used.
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