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Winfax Pro 10.0

Symantec

When you think of fax software you inevitably think of WinFax Pro, a utility that has been around for many moons but which has evolved beyond recognition since its first release. That said, its basic faxing functionality remains unchanged and as solid as ever. And along the way it's picked up some useful bells and whistles. The new version can now be set up as a fax server on small peer networks. It originally integrated with Exchange and Outlook and the new version extends this to Outlook Express and the contact manager, Goldmine. You can now "e-mail" a fax to a recipient--this odd-ball option sends a 60KB fax viewer program as an attachment with the fax file.
Nice touches abound: you can schedule fax broadcasts to multiple recipients and set it to spool to two modems. WinFax Pro can also notify you of incoming faxes via a system-tray icon, cell phone or pager. And if you need to turn an incoming fax in to editable text, you can do it with its built-in OCR facility, though this is more a "lite" version and not quite as accurate as current stand-alone OCR packages.
There is a new "Drag and Drop Depot" icon on the desktop for quick despatching of documents. A new high-quality photo option improves print quality at the cost of extending transmission times. And if you are plagued by junk faxes, there is a new spam filter, though you will need a modem that supports Caller ID and subscribe to the service with your phone company first. When you buy a modem these days, often as not you will get a "lite" fax program with it. If you only need to send/receive faxes occasionally, this is probably sufficient. But if faxing is a key element of your work, you will want something a bit better and with a bit more power, and WinFax Pro 10.0 more than fits the bill. --Roger Gann
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