eFax sucks

eFax have just sent a fax to the subscribers of their free service to inform them of a service ‘enhancement’:

eFax.com is introducing a new program designed to help ensure you get the high-quality Internet faxing you need.  eFax.com will now be faxing select special offers exclusively to our free customers.

So, opt out?  They tell you how: “Please consider upgrading to eFax Plus.”  I have been a customer for over three years.  The eFax Messenger Plus reader already contains a revolving banner ad, but I still should have seen the end of this too-good-to-be-true spam-free service coming. 

If you are curious, you can download the fax they sent.  You can choose between the native eFax version (this requires you download the monetarily-free eFax Messenger) and my GIF conversion.  If you are interested, the conversion involved printing to an Apple LaserWriter driver; there is no “print to file” option in the Print dialog so one has to set this on the printer properties.  This created a .prn file, which I then renamed to a .ps file.  I then loaded the .ps file in GhostView, converted it to a 16M-color bitmap at 120 dpi, opened the bitmap in Paint Shop Pro, converted it to a GIF and saved it.  You’re welcome.

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  1. What ended eFax for good for me was when they put a monthly quota on the number of faxes you could receive, after which you’d have to pay for an account.  99.9% of my faxes were spam.  Spammers literally lost me my fax number.

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