>I run two Microsoft networks, one in each of our offices in Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio. I use a file server for ACT Contact Manager and another server as the fax server, in each of the offices. Up until now, I have used Microsoft Fax which I installed from Windows 95. One of the reasons I chose Microsoft Fax was because it would allow my users, while in ACT, to fax out large numbers of mail-merged marketing letters and the other third-party fax products I tried would only permit them to fax one-at-a-time.
>I recently installed a new PC in Cincinnati which has Windows 98, to replace the older unit I had been using there as the fax server. I cannot find Microsoft Fax on Windows 98. Is it on there?
>One of my service techs said he thought I had to install it from Microsoft Office 97 but I don't see it there either . . . do I need to purchase a third party faxing software?

Both Outlook 97 and Outlook 98 (Outlook is a part of Office; Outlook 98 can be downloaded from Microsoft's Web site if you don't have it. It's also provided with Exchange Server/Back Office) will provide fax services (it's actually Delrina's Winfax Starter). Outlook can be an OLE Automation server, making it a good choice for handling bulk email/fax tasks, although I'd probably spend the extra money and use the current WinFax Pro (which Outlook can work with as well.)