> Looks to me like it will probably suffer the same fate as the current email
> based Internet Fax machines which are just toooo difficult to set up,
As I already mentioned on the mailing list, they're "just a mail MTA+MUA
in a box"... It is a bit more complex than a printer machine, but...
It goes anywhere, while the rest simply CANNOT. And a messaging service
which cannot go anywhere, is not a service which will make the users
happy, and thus will probably to attract customers.
> printers was met with total indifference, but when I tell em I can send
> faxes from any old fax machine to the IM client of their choice they get
> very very interested and even willing to spend a dollar or two.
This is just a onramp/offramp gateway, and i-fax have it, too.
Just my personal opinion, without the ietf fax wg chair hat on.
Regards
Claudio Allocchio
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