Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!haven!decuac!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: eli@chipcom.com Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Networks Considered Harmful - For Electronic Mail Message-ID: Date: 21 Aug 89 11:38:22 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 21 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us A few points. 1 -- There capability to integrate uucp mail and fax is already with us a number of demonstrations have been made, such that users can send mail to address!phone_num, and have the node at "address" convert their email message to group 3 fax and fax it to any fax machine. 2 -- Fax does not necessarily lose the ability to edit documents. PC-fax cards allow one to modify received faxes as well as generate them from scratch (or printer output). 3 -- The only thing stopping me from setting up a permanent email->fax gateway is problems running UUPC with a Hayes clone modem. Also, with DID inbound fax, the reverse gateway could be provided for $1 per month per user. Each user would have his own DID fax number.. -- Steve Elias -- eli@spdcc.com, eli@chipcom.com -- voice mail: 617 239 9406 -- work phone: 617 890 6844