Re: [tlug] Faxmodem Configuration

[CL <az.4tlug@example.com>]

On 06/23/2011 09:50 AM, Mark Makdad wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 8:34 AM, CL <az.4tlug@example.com
> <mailto:az.4tlug@example.com>> wrote:
>
>     My troubles with iBus go back about a week to my feeble attempts to set
>     up my Kubuntu to send and receive faxes for a client who pays well; pays
>     on time; and does not want to hear the word "Internet" uttered in their
>     collective presence.  Let's stipulate that any discussion of how to
>     teach them connectivity is off topic and an irritant only.
>
>
> I don't intend to act as an irritant by suggesting a work-around that
> you've likely already thought of, but hey, there's a chance.
>
> I'd consider using a Fax<->Email service gateway to get around this problem.
>
> If your client pays well/on time, I'd sign up for an eMobile contract,
> plug it into the back of the server, and when they ask about it, call it
> "the fax machine of the future".

Thanks, Mark, but this is too much tech for the people involved.  We're 
not dealing with mere mortals here, we're dealing with 天下, one of whom 
actually headed a Ministry in the Ohira years and insists on preparing 
replies with a brush and ink.  His only concessions to modernity have 
been allowing the installation of a push button phone and a secretary 
under 40 when his old assistant wanted to retire.

Yeah, asinine requirements but good pay, on time and in full.  I have 
many American clients who could learn a thing or six about making 
payments from these folks ... as long  as they don't discuss their comms 
needs ... I couldn't take much more of that.

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CL