Mortgage people rarely ask potential borrowers to fax or e-mail supporting documents during the preliminary approval process.

FORBES: The Mortgage Pre-Approval Con

Most local and federal government information is public, and clerks should be willing to e-mail or fax you a copy.

CNN: Locating sources and fact-checking

When groups could communicate only by telephone, fax or mail, it was prohibitively expensive to share information or build links between different organisations.

ECONOMIST: Citizens�� groups

These systems are supposed to allow consumers to review health plans online (or in person and by mail and fax), pick one and then ping HHS and the Internal Revenue Service to determine who is eligible for what subsidies.

WSJ: Review & Outlook: Hope and Exchange

The limitation applies to all requests online, by phone, fax or mail.

FORBES: IRS Imposes EIN Limits

Postal services are being liberalised around the world as new services such as e-mail, fax and data transfer have begun to erode traditional markets.

ECONOMIST: Post Office: Pass the parcel | The

If you receive a phone call, fax or letter in the mail from an individual claiming to be from the IRS but you suspect they are not an IRS employee, contact the IRS at 1-800-829-1040 to determine if the IRS has a legitimate need to contact you.

FORBES: Don't Be Fooled By E-Mail 'From IRS' - But Don't Ignore Their Snailmail

But America's Roma (who have long resented the lack of recognition for gypsy suffering in the Holocaust) and their allies lobbied so vigorously by telephone, fax, letter and e-mail that they persuaded the administration to think again.

ECONOMIST: Gypsies in America

Once people have signed up for the game, and revealed their and their families' e-mail addresses and fax numbers, they will start receiving mysterious communications, sending them to peculiar websites and entwining them in what should feel like a real-life mystery.

ECONOMIST: Games and the Internet go well together