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>>>>> "JSC-EV)" == JSC-EV) (LM <COLES> writes:
JSC-EV)> FAX is NOT dead at NASA.
JSC-EV)> We send a LOT of documents to other centers that cannot be sent via e-mail
JSC-EV)> (photocopies of shipping documents, flight manifests, older engineering
JSC-EV)> drawings, etc [things that are not available electronically]). That is why
JSC-EV)> I am so interested in seeing this work completed.
Do you really send faxes? Is this what you really want to do? I mean to say
you want to negotiate 9600 baud connections over the Internet using some kind
of VoIP?
Or do you mean that you want a way to send a binary piece of data
(representing an image) from one party to another in an automated, batch
oriented way.
Perhaps I can introduce you to a protocol called "FTP".
It has rather interesting authentication features that are in widespread use.
If you prefer, there is another protocol called "HTTP" that might
help. I've heard it is pretty popular now. If you want batch transfer with
retries, there is also UUCP-over-TCP. Port 540.
====
Seriously, we need *LESS* junk sent by email, not more.
The whole FAX over email problem is simply endemic of the fact that we have
no(%) *end-user* to *end-user* file transfer protocols.
(To be useful, we would ideally need a global PKI, but we can certainly
start simpler)
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