{"id":6803,"date":"2004-12-28T16:18:47","date_gmt":"2004-12-28T23:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/12\/28\/end-of-an-eera.html"},"modified":"2004-12-28T16:18:47","modified_gmt":"2004-12-28T23:18:47","slug":"end_of_an_eera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/12\/28\/end_of_an_eera.html","title":{"rendered":"End of an eEra"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several years ago, I signed up with a service called eFax<\/a>, which let me, for free, receive faxes by e-mail. Folks would call a number (up in Minnesota, I believe) from their fax machine, and it would automagically route to my work e-mail account. Since I receive very few faxes, to be honest, it seemed a very convenient way to do things while on the road or working from home or the like, especially since the only cost was the occasional (well, a few times a week) spam mail from eFax offering me junk I didn’t want. If I really wanted to make use of the service, or get a local area code, or an 800 fax number, I knew I could subscribe for their pay service ($13\/mo.), but I really didn’t need that.<\/p>\n

I knew there was a maximum I could receive in any one month, but, as I said, I get, at most, a fax or two a month, labor corrections or overtime approvals or stuff like that. No problem.<\/p>\n

Well, somehow, this past month I received over twenty pages (some vendor info, some OT and labor correction notices, etc.). Which led to some e-mail from eFax, saying, “Well, now you’ve done it.”<\/p>\n

Seems that the over-20 number is the Line of Death for the free eFax. Not, “well, you’ve gone over, so no more faxing for you this month,” but “well, you’ve gone over, so no more faxing for you, for free, ever.”<\/p>\n

*Sigh*<\/p>\n

I really don’t need to spend $13\/mo. for fax service. It’s a convenience, not a necessity. In theory I have a fax machine at home (though we really need to get rid of that line), to receive things in a pinch. I hate to give it up (and will keep it on my home e-mail), but the free days are over. Unless someone has something similar to recommend.<\/p>\n

Well, I could actually set up a new dummy e-mail account on my home domain, set it to auto-forward to my office, and route a new free eFax number there. Hmmmmm … well, no, that wouldn’t work — not only would it violate their customer agreement<\/a>, but it might endanger my other free account. Nertz. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Several years ago, I signed up with a service called eFax, which let me, for free, receive faxes by e-mail. 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