Do solicitors still use Fax?

sheffield_soldier

Had an email from solicitors today saying they have faxed a report to Lender. Do they still really use Fax this day? Crazy if they do! 

dunstonh

Why is that crazy?

sheffield_soldier

dunstonh said:

Why is that crazy?

Erm... 2021 

[Deleted User]

A send report on a fax machine is legally binding proof that something has been received by the other party.  I don't think email has caught up to that yet

sheffield_soldier

Deleted_User said:

A send report on a fax machine is legally binding proof that something has been received by the other party.  I don't think email has caught up to that yet

Wow, I'm not saying it is bad, I just find it really bizarre this day to still use Fax. I was just very curious because Iver not heard faxing for about 17/18 years. 

Thrugelmir

It's a secure method of sending a document directly to somebody else. Far easier to distribute as well than sit in a shared email inbox. As obvious when it arrives. Reading detailed complex documents on a computer screen isn't easy. With fax there's no need to print as already in hard copy form. 

user1977

sheffield_soldier said:

Deleted_User said:

A send report on a fax machine is legally binding proof that something has been received by the other party.  I don't think email has caught up to that yet

Wow, I'm not saying it is bad, I just find it really bizarre this day to still use Fax. I was just very curious because Iver not heard faxing for about 17/18 years. 

Banks are paranoid about the lack of security in sending things by plain email, and fax is less hassle than getting everybody to sign up to secure extranet sites. 

Thrugelmir

user1977 said:

sheffield_soldier said:

Deleted_User said:

A send report on a fax machine is legally binding proof that something has been received by the other party.  I don't think email has caught up to that yet

Wow, I'm not saying it is bad, I just find it really bizarre this day to still use Fax. I was just very curious because Iver not heard faxing for about 17/18 years. 

Banks are paranoid about the lack of security in sending things by plain email, and fax is less hassle than getting everybody to sign up to secure extranet sites. 

The choice is to take the documents to a scanner then manually attach to an email. Receiving end then has to download and print. 

Alternatively


Feed into the fax machine press a button and send. Technology isn't always quicker. 

user1977

Thrugelmir said:

user1977 said:

sheffield_soldier said:

Deleted_User said:

A send report on a fax machine is legally binding proof that something has been received by the other party.  I don't think email has caught up to that yet

Wow, I'm not saying it is bad, I just find it really bizarre this day to still use Fax. I was just very curious because Iver not heard faxing for about 17/18 years. 

Banks are paranoid about the lack of security in sending things by plain email, and fax is less hassle than getting everybody to sign up to secure extranet sites. 

The choice is to take the documents to a scanner then manually attach to an email. Receiving end then has to download and print. 

Alternatively


Feed into the fax machine press a button and send. Technology isn't always quicker. 

No need for fax to involve a hard copy at either end (even in the late 90s we had moved on from that!). 

[Deleted User]

Feed into the fax machine press a button and send. Technology isn't always quicker. 

Its not the speed I believe, especially in mortgage processing as it would just be scanned back in for processing anyway.  Fax is still used by many industries as that send report is hard proof that an unaltered document has been received.  Email can be intercepted and amended, read receipts can be stopped from sending, post can go missing.   

Securemail was used by a lot of lenders for a while but everyone got fed up of having another 100 username and passwords to remember when the previous way worked fine.  

ilikewatch2

I don't work in a legal field, but I'm pretty certain that within the last 10 years I've had to communicate via telex with a supplier - we still have 2 desks in the typing pool with Teleprinters set up on them, and both have current PAT tests, though I doubt we still subscribe to a telex service.