From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 10 08:58:53 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCF7E106566C for ; Tue, 10 May 2011 08:58:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from mail-vx0-f182.google.com (mail-vx0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 825F58FC18 for ; Tue, 10 May 2011 08:58:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vxc34 with SMTP id 34so8874441vxc.13 for ; Tue, 10 May 2011 01:58:52 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.99.193 with SMTP id es1mr524402vdb.85.1305016583430; Tue, 10 May 2011 01:36:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.168.34 with HTTP; Tue, 10 May 2011 01:36:23 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [93.221.171.28] In-Reply-To: <507118.67900.qm@web36504.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <723BE905-95AC-4B07-AD31-3D149F06527E@lafn.org> <462351.71539.qm@web36505.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <507118.67900.qm@web36504.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 10:36:23 +0200 Message-ID: From: "C. P. Ghost" To: Bill Tillman Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Sending a Fax X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 08:58:53 -0000 On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Bill Tillman wrote: > I knew this thread would bring up some ironies. For the record it's all in their > minds. E-Mails have been upheld in the US Court system as legal documents. Maybe. But as soon as you have to interact with non-US companies or administrations, you'll have to revert to fax, because in their legislations, that's the only legally binding document in addition to real letters. > IMHO...Faxing is so last century. Yes, but that's the way the world is. Not everyone has transitioned to authenticated e-mails. Most legal systems didn't, for some very good security reasons. At least, I'm relieved that we don't have to fall back to an even older technology than fax: telex (anyone remember that?) -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/