Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 10:36:23 +0200 From: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Sending a Fax Message-ID: <BANLkTikkCCTG1Qk8=m35FGfsT7AvCEqimA@mail.gmail.com> 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> <BANLkTi=E7fhbUomaVqjhQAr8aR8wX52W_g@mail.gmail.com> <507118.67900.qm@web36504.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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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. > 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/
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