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Re: [LUG] Dial up modems

 

On 09/10/10 17:41, tom wrote:
> 
> On 09/10/10 14:49, Henry Bremridge wrote:
>> On Sat, Oct 09, 2010 at 01:17:07PM +0100, Julian Hall wrote:
>>   
>>> Can be useful for faxing if dealing with companies who insist on hard
>>> copy with a signature.  There are still some around.
>>>
>>>      
>> It is surprising how many companies accept fax signatures, given how easy
>> it is to cut and paste a scanned signature. I also find amusing | sad
>> when
>> companies want a faxed signature but refuse to accept the same
>> document as
>> a pdf attached to an email. Or alternatively will accept a fax but
>> will not
>> accept a fax without a signature.
>>    
> Believe it or not faxes constitute legal documents. If I was to fax you

Interestingly in law a "signature" does not mean the same as it does
regular usage. A letterhead, stamp, seal, thumb print, etc. can pass the
legal definition.

> a contract that is the equivalent of you receiving one in the post.
> I say receiving because if I was to fax it to you and your fax machine
> ran out of ink but didnt know it and gave me a receipt for the fax then
> I can say I've sent it job done.

Effectivly it's the equivalent of "recorded delivery".


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