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#4565330 - 04/20/21 10:52 PM How to send a fax  
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Anyone know of a way to send a fax for free. I need to send about 400 pages to a government fax machine, because they say email is unsecure and won't allow Dropbox or such to be used. It has PII, but I don't want to pay for it if possible.


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#4565333 - 04/20/21 11:11 PM Re: How to send a fax [Re: Timothy]  
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Good luck. With 400 pages it won't be free. Also the paid ones have # of pages monthly limit. https://www.quicksprout.com/best-online-fax-services/

#4565335 - 04/20/21 11:22 PM Re: How to send a fax [Re: Timothy]  
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It is going to be cheaper to mail it.


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#4565340 - 04/20/21 11:52 PM Re: How to send a fax [Re: oldgrognard]  
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Originally Posted by oldgrognard
It is going to be cheaper to mail it.


US Postal Service Priority Large Box Flat Rate $21.90, send it out Thursday by 1 pm, it will get there Monday.

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#4565344 - 04/21/21 12:29 AM Re: How to send a fax [Re: Timothy]  
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If sending to the government, I'd make sure somebody has to sign for it.


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#4565348 - 04/21/21 01:09 AM Re: How to send a fax [Re: Timothy]  
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You need to have/borrow a copier/scanner with a phone connection, then have/borrow a landline connection and then fax it over.

Ask your friends to find out who still has a landline, a lot of people keep one for emergency use.


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#4565350 - 04/21/21 01:17 AM Re: How to send a fax [Re: Nixer]  
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Originally Posted by Nixer
If sending to the government, I'd make sure somebody has to sign for it.


Even then it's risk. Doesn't Fed Ex have some kind of registered delivery? Although, I'm sure that would be a few bucks.

#4565355 - 04/21/21 01:48 AM Re: How to send a fax [Re: Timothy]  
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The Postal office Priority Mail does give you options to add registered delivery with return receipt or to add insurance on the content.

#4565357 - 04/21/21 02:07 AM Re: How to send a fax [Re: Timothy]  
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Look for an efax service.

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Originally Posted by Mr_Blastman
Look for an efax service.


https://www.quicksprout.com/best-online-fax-services/

for 400 pages, none of them EFAX will be free and even the paid ones will have limit on how many pages you can fax each month.

#4565369 - 04/21/21 03:25 AM Re: How to send a fax [Re: Timothy]  
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Take a couple of days off and hand carry it...

It must be important.


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#4565378 - 04/21/21 05:21 AM Re: How to send a fax [Re: Timothy]  
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It is, going to have to mail it. Can't hand carry it.


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#4565391 - 04/21/21 10:34 AM Re: How to send a fax [Re: Timothy]  
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Who the hell still sends stuff via conventional fax machines? Oh right...this is the Federal government we are talking about.


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#4588395 - 01/03/22 01:27 AM Re: How to send a fax [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
Who the hell still sends stuff via conventional fax machines? Oh right...this is the Federal government we are talking about.

Doctors and Specialists too.


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#4588414 - 01/03/22 04:31 AM Re: How to send a fax [Re: wheelsup_cavu]  
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Originally Posted by wheelsup_cavu

Doctors and Specialists too.


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Yes, the ones who are over 60 years old. smile


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Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer

Yes, the ones who are over 60 years old. smile

Man don't I wish. Every new doctor I see that asks for stuff to be faxed instead of emailed just floors me. Even the Pharmacy wants the prescriptions faxed to them.


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#4588434 - 01/03/22 11:45 AM Re: How to send a fax [Re: wheelsup_cavu]  
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Originally Posted by wheelsup_cavu

Man don't I wish. Every new doctor I see that asks for stuff to be faxed instead of emailed just floors me. Even the Pharmacy wants the prescriptions faxed to them.


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My wife is a pharmacy manager at a major hospital so I'll have to ask her if they also do faxes biggrin


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Originally Posted by wheelsup_cavu
Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer

Yes, the ones who are over 60 years old. smile

Man don't I wish. Every new doctor I see that asks for stuff to be faxed instead of emailed just floors me. Even the Pharmacy wants the prescriptions faxed to them.


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It is far more secure to fax than it is to email. Unless the doctor/pharmacy has an encrypted portal or email-based encryption platform, your information is at risk for being stolen. With a fax, unless someone has a direct tap on the phone line of the doctor or pharmacist, your information is safe until printed in the office. There, a worker could always photograph the private bits but... this is far less of a problem than intercepting unencrypted emails. Of course, even encryption doesn't prevent a compromised system in the office from stealing the information once it is accessed and visible on the screen.

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More and more pharmacies are doing away with accepting prescriptions faxed from a doctor's office, especially if it is a controlled substance prescription. The new norm is doctors using encrypted apps to send in prescriptions. They are starting to even do away with the old fashioned written prescription pad ones.

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#4588467 - 01/03/22 06:48 PM Re: How to send a fax [Re: LB4LB]  
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Originally Posted by LB4LB
More and more pharmacies are doing away with accepting prescriptions faxed from a doctor's office, especially if it is a controlled substance prescription. The new norm is doctors using encrypted apps to send in prescriptions. They are starting to even do away with the old fashioned written prescription pad ones.



Heh, I just asked my wife who is a pharmacy manager at a major hospital and she says that indeed more and more prescriptions are sent electronically but faxes are still used in certain cases so it's not phased out totally yet.


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