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?
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
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!
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.
-----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ted Roche Sent: Tuesday, 13 September 2016 12:22 AM To: profoxtech@leafe.com 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 http://www.tedroche.com
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We don't do it anymore but back in the day we used http://www.equisys.com/products/zetafax/
-----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Darren Sent: 12 September 2016 23:20 To: profoxtech@leafe.com Subject: RE: Sending Faxes from FoxPro
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.
-----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ted Roche Sent: Tuesday, 13 September 2016 12:22 AM To: profoxtech@leafe.com 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 http://www.tedroche.com
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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.
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
On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 9:36 PM, Malcolm Greene profox@bdurham.com wrote:
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.
That's a great recommendation for replacing my own fax number with Maxemail. I use it a few times a year or so for contract signatures when the client gets the deer-in-the-headlights look when you suggest they scan and email a contract :) and to support one client who just can't explain problems other than to draw all over their reports to show me where the numbers should be coming out.
On 2016-09-13 08:53, Ted Roche wrote:
<snipped> ... and to support one client who just can't explain problems other than to draw all over their reports to show me where the numbers should be coming out.
That's where TeamViewer has been OUTSTANDING for me and my clients. They love the "connected" online meeting where I'm looking at their screen and/or they're looking at mine. Not as many "marked up reports" being scanned now as was in the past.
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 http://www.tedroche.com
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There's some thought that a fax has more legal binding than email Or at least that's the myth.
From: Alan Bourke alanpbourke@fastmail.fm To: profoxtech@leafe.com Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 3:25 AM Subject: Re: Sending Faxes from FoxPro
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.
On 2016-09-12 10:21, Ted Roche 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?
Sorry to hear that. I used MaxEmail from 2003 to about 2009, then stopped using faxes as I hardly had any need at all.
I probably saw your suggestion and began using it back in 2003. lol
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