[Discuss] need to set up fax-mail system

[jack at coats.org (Jack Coats)]

There is still a web site www.tpc.int that was set up initially as a 'remote
printing'
project.  I enjoyed being able to send email to a fax machine without long
distance
fees almost anywhere in the USA.

People that had outgoing fax servers would define the area they were willing
to serve (typically no LD fees on their part, and with spare time on their
fax
system), and set up a 'node' for their area.  They would register with TPC,
and, as a user, we could send an email to a phone number @tpc.int and it
would be delivered.  If it couldn't be delivered you would get an email
back.

There were some 'fax spam' provisions included.

For the technology at the time, it worked well.  tpc.int has fallen into
disrepair
as faxes have fallen out of favor with geeks.

...

It takes legal types a long time to accept new technologies, but as time
goes
on and a few test court cases happen (to generate a 'legal president'), it
will get there, just not soon enough for the geeks that understand the
implications.

For now, we still keep building fax servers...

Now, how could we generate a 'cloud based fax server' :) [ not likely since
it requires 'real hardware' ].

I did notice that hylafax supports 'internet faxing' for those that want to
check out some updates in that arena!