Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 21:59:38 +0100 From: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> To: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Sending a Fax Message-ID: <4DC9A73A.3070308@qeng-ho.org> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTikkCCTG1Qk8=m35FGfsT7AvCEqimA@mail.gmail.com> References: <723BE905-95AC-4B07-AD31-3D149F06527E@lafn.org> <462351.71539.qm@web36505.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <BANLkTi=E7fhbUomaVqjhQAr8aR8wX52W_g@mail.gmail.com> <507118.67900.qm@web36504.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <BANLkTikkCCTG1Qk8=m35FGfsT7AvCEqimA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 05/10/11 09:36, C. P. Ghost wrote: > On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Bill Tillman<btillman99@yahoo.com> 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. Digitally signed email has been legally binding in the UK for a decade or more. It's only when I'm talking to Bank of America Merrill Lynch that I have to revert to faxes because they refuse to accept signed email. Sigh.
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