Junk faxes. Can these be stopped?

I'm getting several a day and they're using up a lot of paper. Is
there any setting in Windows 7 to filter them out?

Desperate, Peter

On 11/9/2011 6:01 PM, Peter Jason wrote:
> I'm getting several a day and they're using up a lot of paper. Is
> there any setting in Windows 7 to filter them out?
>
> Desperate, Peter
get a free eFax number and then they come attached to an email which you
can look at and delete if junk.

Look here: http://www.efax.com/efax-free

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Zaidy036

Print them to a file instead of paper.

On 11/9/2011 5:01 PM, Peter Jason wrote:
> I'm getting several a day and they're using up a lot of paper. Is
> there any setting in Windows 7 to filter them out?
>
> Desperate, Peter

Peter Jason wrote:

>I'm getting several a day and they're using up a lot of paper. Is
>there any setting in Windows 7 to filter them out?
>
>Desperate, Peter


Repay the favor. Make a 8.5" x 11" image in Paint and color the
background BLACK. In white lettering, tell them to take you off the
list. Use scheduler to dial and send your gift every 5 mins. overnight.
Rinse and repeat.

If you need a no-nonsense solution and are willing to pay, I like these
guys for handling FAX'es
http://www.ringcentral.com/plansandp...entralfax.html


--

"I don't like to discriminate against terrorists based on nationality.
If you declare war on the United States and you want to kill us,
We're going to kill you first, period."

October 19, 2011 - Ali Soufan (Colbert Report)

Peter Jason wrote:
> I'm getting several a day and they're using up a lot of paper. Is
> there any setting in Windows 7 to filter them out?
>
> Desperate, Peter

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...s-Fax-and-Scan

"Tips

* To preview a fax in your inbox, click it.
The fax's first page is displayed in the preview pane.

* To open a fax in your inbox, double-click it."

It sounds to me, like you have options there to preview what
is coming in.

Paul

Peter Jason wrote:

> I'm getting several a day and they're using up a lot of paper. Is
> there any setting in Windows 7 to filter them out?
>
> Desperate, Peter

Don't receive faxes by facsimile (i.e., sent to your fax machine or fax
modem). Get a free receive-only fax account at eFax; see:

http://www.efax.com/efax-free

Any faxes sent to that phone number will get delivered to you via
e-mail. The fax will be attached. Then using their viewer software
that you have to install (since they use a proprietary TIF format), you
can check if you want to print it or delete it.

If you are using a fax modem (you never bothered to describe your actual
setup) then you must've configured the fax software to automatically
print received faxes. Instead just keep them on the computer (on the
hard drive and listed as received) and look at them. Then decide which
ones you want to print and which ones to delete.

The laws regarding junk faxes are much older than the e-mail spam laws.
If you want to go after the spammer, get a lawyer and track down the
spammer via their caller ID. If they don't supply a CID, I suppose
there are boxes that will check for its absence and block the incoming
call (I haven't bothered to check into those).

http://www.keytlaw.com/faxes/junkfaxlaw.htm
http://www.junkfax.org/fax/basic_info/junk_fax_qa.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junk_fax
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junk_Fa...on_Act_of_2005

For most outbound faxes, I use an free online fax service (GotFreeFax,
FaxZero). In a few cases where the content is sensitive (credit card
numbers, bank accounts, etc), I send using my own fax machine (a multi-
function printer). For ALL inbound faxes, they arrive via my free eFax
number and get received via e-mail. I don't have to waste the money for
a dedicated phone line just for the fax machine, I don't need to leave
the fax machine powered up all the time, and junk faxes are a non-issue
(I get few and deleting the e-mails with fax attachments is simple), and
I don't waste paper on received faxes whether I want them or not.

On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:11:04 -0500, Zaidy036 <>
wrote:

>On 11/9/2011 6:01 PM, Peter Jason wrote:
>> I'm getting several a day and they're using up a lot of paper. Is
>> there any setting in Windows 7 to filter them out?
>>
>> Desperate, Peter
>get a free eFax number and then they come attached to an email which you
>can look at and delete if junk.
>
>Look here: http://www.efax.com/efax-free

Thanks, but they want $15.99 per month. I'll wait until my service
provider has a similar offering. They said it's on the way.

Peter Jason wrote:

> Zaidy036 wrote:
>
>> Peter Jason wrote:
>>
>>> I'm getting several a day and they're using up a lot of paper. Is
>>> there any setting in Windows 7 to filter them out?
>>
>> get a free eFax number and then they come attached to an email which
>> you can look at and delete if junk. Look here:
>> http://www.efax.com/efax-free
>
> Thanks, but they want $15.99 per month. I'll wait until my service
> provider has a similar offering. They said it's on the way.

Wrong. Visit the link provided. You can too get a FREE account. It's
a *receive-only* account (which is your problem with received junk
faxes). You have to pay if you want to SEND via eFax.

That page has a link to offer (lure) you into a 30-day trial of their
*Plus* account. That lets you send faxes. You only need a free
account to receive faxes through them.

On Wed, 9 Nov 2011 20:43:59 -0600, VanguardLH <> wrote:

>Peter Jason wrote:
>
>> I'm getting several a day and they're using up a lot of paper. Is
>> there any setting in Windows 7 to filter them out?
>>
>> Desperate, Peter
>
>Don't receive faxes by facsimile (i.e., sent to your fax machine or fax
>modem). Get a free receive-only fax account at eFax; see:
>
>http://www.efax.com/efax-free
>
>Any faxes sent to that phone number will get delivered to you via
>e-mail. The fax will be attached. Then using their viewer software
>that you have to install (since they use a proprietary TIF format), you
>can check if you want to print it or delete it.
>
>If you are using a fax modem (you never bothered to describe your actual
>setup) then you must've configured the fax software to automatically
>print received faxes. Instead just keep them on the computer (on the
>hard drive and listed as received) and look at them. Then decide which
>ones you want to print and which ones to delete.
>
>The laws regarding junk faxes are much older than the e-mail spam laws.
>If you want to go after the spammer, get a lawyer and track down the
>spammer via their caller ID. If they don't supply a CID, I suppose
>there are boxes that will check for its absence and block the incoming
>call (I haven't bothered to check into those).
>
>http://www.keytlaw.com/faxes/junkfaxlaw.htm
>http://www.junkfax.org/fax/basic_info/junk_fax_qa.htm
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junk_fax
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junk_Fa...on_Act_of_2005
>
>For most outbound faxes, I use an free online fax service (GotFreeFax,
>FaxZero). In a few cases where the content is sensitive (credit card
>numbers, bank accounts, etc), I send using my own fax machine (a multi-
>function printer). For ALL inbound faxes, they arrive via my free eFax
>number and get received via e-mail. I don't have to waste the money for
>a dedicated phone line just for the fax machine, I don't need to leave
>the fax machine powered up all the time, and junk faxes are a non-issue
>(I get few and deleting the e-mails with fax attachments is simple), and
>I don't waste paper on received faxes whether I want them or not.

I did try all this a few months ago but there are complications when
the computer is turned off and there's therefore a need to receive
faxes thru the old fax machine.

On 11/9/2011 9:55 PM, Peter Jason wrote:
> On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:11:04 -0500, Zaidy036<>
> wrote:
>
>> On 11/9/2011 6:01 PM, Peter Jason wrote:
>>> I'm getting several a day and they're using up a lot of paper. Is
>>> there any setting in Windows 7 to filter them out?
>>>
>>> Desperate, Peter
>> get a free eFax number and then they come attached to an email which you
>> can look at and delete if junk.
>>
>> Look here: http://www.efax.com/efax-free
>
> Thanks, but they want $15.99 per month. I'll wait until my service
> provider has a similar offering. They said it's on the way.

eFax Free can receive 10 free faxes per month BUT not snd any FAXes.
Look here: http://www.efax.com/help/faq#f_BillingCosts
Under general questions "What is the difference ..."

It is Free but you do not have a choice of phone number which will
probably not be in your area code. The FAXes are sent to you attached to
an email.

I have been using it for years and receive 1 advert from them per week.

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Zaidy036