Re: VOIP - What Works? What Doesn't?

["ABLE1" <royboynospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Saturday, March 24, 2012 5:11:19 PM UTC-4, ABLE1 wrote:
>>
>> Chris, I have a cure for your "junk" faxes.
>>
>> I used to get all kinds of faxes from Delicatessen menus to porn.
>>
>> I got fed up so I made 25 blank photo copies on my copy machine
>> with
>> the cover open. That makes black pages on my machine. The next
>> time
>> I got a fax, I copied down the telephone number. Then, late at
>> night
>> when I thought that no one would be there, I faxed about 100
>> pages
>> of the black copies to them with the final page note saying .....
>>
>> Since you continue to waste my paper and toner supplies, I
>> thought I
>> do the same to you. STOP SENDING ME YOUR FUCKING FAXES!!!!!!!!!
>>
>> I did that to about five of six of the worst offenders and the
>> faxes
>> stopped. Obviously, turn off your fax at night so that they can't
>> return the favor.
>>
>> ============================================================================
>>
>> Why waste you money on copier toner to make black pages??
>> Just use black construction paper.  Worked great last week.
>>
>> The other thing that works is use a fax modem and then send their
>> junk fax back after scanning into a .bmp file.  Will break up
>> that
>> one page into about 28 pages.  They usually get the hint.
>>
>> I get next to no junk faxes any more since I don't publish my fax
>> number, except to customer or those that I want to receive.
>>
>> Les
>
> I just made the black copies once. I keep them in a folder in my
> file cabinet. Since I use a fax machine ( I have an "all in one"),
> I couldn't send a .bmp file but I didn't know that would do that
> to a fax. I'll try to keep it in mind for the future.

You need to have a Fax Modem and a scanner on your computer to make
it work.  As a extra bonus the one that I blessed with that fax was
kind enough to provide a 800 number for return faxes.  It took over
24 minutes to send all the pages.  Now how sweet is that!!!!

I think I have just started some evil brain juices to
flow................................  hardy har har.

Les