An In Depth Look At Internet Fax Functionality: 

Internet faxing software has long been the subject of confusion and controversy. In fact, it wasn't that long ago that CNet - one of the largest product review websites on the internet - was calling for internet faxing to be banned! But since that time, the company have done an about turn to where it stands today - heavily promoting internet fax as an alternative to traditional faxing. What spurred this sudden change of heart? Let's take a look.

The issues with internet fax in the past were clear - people were able to manipulate your system (infect your computer with a virus), and then send out mass faxes to land based fax machines. This was a form of spam, and it was a huge issue for business and households alike. Almost anyone who had a fax machine at this time would have been subjected to fake and random emails day in and day out.

Cleaning Up The Internet Fax Scene.

It wasn't long before a few companies got sick of such practices, and hence brought out new software which would transform the internet faxing landscape. Admittedly, they had a tough time to begin with, however after a few trial and errors, they improved on two main areas of internet fax:

1. More secure and spam resistant.
2. Easier to learn, simple to use.

By releasing this new version of fax software to the market, businesses and households now had a new way to go about meeting their fax requirements. And the best thing about it? The service (not the software) was free, meaning that an unlimited number of faxes could be sent, unlike the traditional fax machine method which charged per page.

Evidently, the landscape changed here in that internet faxing was becoming far more of a mainstream business tool. Where a particular office used to have a fax machine at the front desk, there was instead just a computer. 

This change took place at a time when many other business tasks were becoming automated or computerized also - which is probably why the idea took off like it did. Secretaries were already learning new ways of doing daily chores, hence throwing in the idea of electronic internet fax wasn't that much of a change to the already steep learning curve.