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From: davef@brspyr1.BRS.Com (Dave Fiske)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Junk Fax (was Re: Request for poll of ten best/worst products of 88)
Message-ID: <5207@brspyr1.BRS.Com>
Date: 4 Jan 89 15:46:45 GMT
References: <210@imspw6.UUCP> <867@atux01.UUCP> <10@blender.UUCP>
Organization: BRS Info Technologies, Latham NY
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In article <10@blender.UUCP>, root@blender.UUCP (Super user) writes:
>  Our office is a victim of Junk-Fax but we've found a solution to the problem.
> Coming into the office one morning we were greeted by a 5 foot long banner
> with a fax number on top, an order form and then the message (in big letters)
> "ARE YOU OUT OF PAPER?".  What we did was to chop the banner into 8x10 pieces,
> put them in the sheet feeder and told it to send 99 copies of each page.  We

Better yet, on a recent NBC News report about Fax machines, someone
said their policy is to get a long piece of paper, tape the ends
together to form a loop, and just let the machine go for a few hours,
continuously sending it to the junk mailer.

Of course, you're really cutting off your nose to spite your face,
since you're denying yourself normal use of the "expensive" machine in
the process.

Although I think there are some very good uses for facsimile
transmission, it seems that the ones whic are promoted and carried on
are the trivial and non-cost-effective ones: sending orders to delis,
sending requests to radio stations, and sending typewritten text
documents (which could have been typed on a computer, instead).

Unless the companies pushing faxes start promoting more serious uses, I
see this as a 2 or 3 year fad.
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