Hi Olin,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pic microcontroller discussion list
> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Olin Lathrop
> Sent: Monday, 14 April 2003 10:02 PM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [EE]: Faxing via modem
>
> Have you considered sending an email message instead of a fax?  Since
> you're willing to make a phone call, it could just as well be
> to an ISP or a customer's machine running an SMTP server.
> The SMTP client protocol is rather easy to implement.  See RFC 821.
> I think there are even email to fax gateways.

Unfortunately, this would be much more complex.. Because to talk SMTP you
first need to be able to talk TCP/IP, and to get to TCP/IP through a modem
(at a standard ISP) you would need to talk something like PPP.. Not to
mention all the fun of keeping usernames and passwords up to date :)

Effectively you would need to implement 3 layers of protocols, Where as with
a fax, you just need to be able to dial the modem and send the compressed
data.

Having said that, I would rather an email then a fax, but the original
poster was talking about non-technical people :)

Cheers,
Ash.

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Ashley Roll
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