PS: FAX is still used for official documents. I guess you never had to deal with Lawyers, Bankers, the IRS, or anything in your life.
PPS: Meant for the poster who said that FAX is obsolete.
With an USB-to-RS232 adapter, I am sure that you can. As others have said, it is amazing the number of professions in which FAX is still the standard of communication. This came home to me when my attorney sent a press release to the AP via FAX.How about teletype? Can we use our Mac for that too?
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With an USB-to-RS232 adapter, I am sure that you can. As others have said, it is amazing the number of professions in which FAX is still the standard of communication. This came home to me when my attorney sent a press release to the AP via FAX.
Where can I send a press release?
Send the press release in the body of an email (no attachments) to info@ap.org. If you have a story of local significance, send your idea to the appropriate regional desks listed on the Contact Us page. The regional desk will send it to the appropriate local bureau.
I don't think that anyone on this forum will dispute the assertion that FAX is grossly outdated. That is not the issue. However, I can understand the legal reasons for sending FAXes rather than emails. A FAXed document gives at least the illusion that it has not been altered. This is something that email can't even pretend to do. I am grateful that you went to the trouble to post the AP FAQ. However, when I send non-legal press releases, I send them by email. When I send press releases on advice of counsel, I follow counsel advise to the letter.Not to flog a dead horse... I know some individual professionals still use FAX, but it's due to habit or ignorance of alternatives. From http://www.ap.org/company/faqs :
In fact, as best I can tell the AP doesn't even show a FAX number on their site anywhere. Obviously they still have FAX machines (your attorney sent it somewhere after all) but they clearly aren't encouraging it.
Rolling around to the OP, since my original reply was sarcastic (which I don't apologize for) and not in any way helpful (which I do apologize for) - Before you go to the trouble and expense of outfitting your Mac to send & receive faxes, explore the alternatives with the people/organizations you think you'll be corresponding with. You may find that it's simply not necessary.
explore the alternatives with the people/organizations you think you'll be corresponding with. You may find that it's simply not necessary.