<s>
WinFax	B-Protocol
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
WinFax	B-Protocol
PRO	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
Microsoft	O
Windows-based	O
software	O
product	O
designed	O
to	O
let	O
computers	O
equipped	O
with	O
fax-modems	O
communicate	O
directly	O
to	O
stand-alone	O
fax	O
machines	O
,	O
or	O
other	O
similarly	O
equipped	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Delrina	O
started	O
out	O
by	O
producing	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
electronic	O
form	O
products	O
known	O
as	O
PerForm	O
and	O
later	O
,	O
FormFlow	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1990	O
Delrina	O
devoted	O
a	O
relatively	O
small	O
space	O
to	O
WinFax	B-Protocol
at	O
that	O
year	O
's	O
COMDEX	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
easily	O
garnered	O
the	O
most	O
attention	O
of	O
any	O
Delrina	O
product	O
being	O
demonstrated	O
at	O
that	O
show	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
rapid	O
acceptance	O
of	O
this	O
program	O
in	O
the	O
market	O
soon	O
overtook	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
initial	O
forms	O
product	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
revenues	O
,	O
and	O
within	O
a	O
few	O
years	O
of	O
its	O
launch	O
,	O
WinFax	B-Protocol
would	O
account	O
for	O
80%	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
revenues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
versions	O
of	O
WinFax	B-Protocol
were	O
released	O
over	O
the	O
next	O
few	O
years	O
,	O
initially	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
3.x	I-Application
and	O
then	O
a	O
Windows	O
95-based	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
were	O
also	O
created	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
(	O
"	O
Delrina	O
Fax	O
Pro	O
"	O
)	O
and	O
DOS	B-Device
(	O
"	O
DosFax	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
made	O
further	O
inroads	O
by	O
establishing	O
tie-ins	O
with	O
modem	B-Application
manufacturers	O
such	O
as	O
U.S.	O
Robotics	O
and	O
Supra	O
that	O
bundled	O
simple	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
(	O
called	O
"	O
WinFax	B-Protocol
LITE	O
"	O
)	O
that	O
offered	O
basic	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
of	O
this	O
rapidly	O
established	O
WinFax	B-Protocol
as	O
the	O
de	O
facto	O
fax	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
1994	O
,	O
almost	O
100	O
companies	O
were	O
bundling	O
versions	O
of	O
WinFax	B-Protocol
,	O
including	O
IBM	O
,	O
Compaq	O
,	O
AST	O
Research	O
,	O
Gateway	O
2000	O
,	O
Intel	O
and	O
Hewlett-Packard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WinFax	B-Protocol
was	O
frequently	O
used	O
by	O
business	O
travelers	O
as	O
an	O
ad	O
hoc	O
printer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
connecting	O
to	O
a	O
regular	O
phone	O
line	O
,	O
or	O
to	O
an	O
office/hotel	O
room	O
phone	O
via	O
an	O
adapter	O
,	O
a	O
user	O
could	O
send	O
a	O
document	O
to	O
a	O
fax	O
machine	O
(	O
in	O
an	O
era	O
when	O
nearly	O
all	O
business	O
class	O
hotels	O
had	O
a	O
fax	O
machine	O
at	O
the	O
front	O
desk	O
,	O
but	O
very	O
few	O
offered	O
printers	O
for	O
guest	O
use	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WinFax	B-Protocol
PRO	O
3.0	O
was	O
launched	O
in	O
November	O
1993	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
3.x	I-Application
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
version	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
of	O
this	O
product	O
saw	O
long	O
life	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
non-PRO	O
"	O
version	O
that	O
was	O
bundled	O
with	O
various	O
fax	O
modems	B-Application
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
its	O
product	O
cycle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
release	O
of	O
WinFax	B-Protocol
PRO	O
4.0	O
in	O
March	O
1994	O
brought	O
together	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
key	O
features	O
and	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
introduced	O
an	O
improved	O
OCR	B-Application
engine	O
,	O
introduced	O
improvements	O
aimed	O
specifically	O
at	O
mobile	O
fax	O
users	O
,	O
better	O
on-screen	O
fax	O
viewing	O
capabilities	O
and	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
consistency	O
and	O
usability	O
of	O
the	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
included	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
integrate	O
directly	O
with	O
popular	O
new	O
email	O
products	O
such	O
as	O
cc:Mail	B-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Mail	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
soon	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
networked	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
product	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
users	O
to	O
share	O
a	O
single	O
fax	O
modem	B-Application
on	O
a	O
networked	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
was	O
also	O
bundled	O
with	O
a	O
grayscale	O
scanner	O
manufactured	O
by	O
Fujitsu	O
,	O
and	O
sold	O
as	O
WinFax	B-Protocol
Scanner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
created	O
a	O
product	O
called	O
TalkWorks	B-Protocol
,	O
which	O
enabled	O
users	O
to	O
use	O
certain	O
fax/modems	O
as	O
a	O
voice	O
mail	O
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
program	O
would	O
later	O
be	O
bundled	O
with	O
subsequent	O
versions	O
of	O
WinFax	B-Protocol
and	O
the	O
CommSuite	B-Application
95	I-Application
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
1995	O
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
called	O
WinFax	B-Protocol
"	O
the	O
leader	O
in	O
fax	O
software	O
with	O
two-thirds	O
of	O
the	O
market.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
mid-1995	O
,	O
"	O
more	O
than	O
10	O
million	O
copies	O
of	O
WinFax	B-Protocol
"	O
were	O
sold	O
(	O
worldwide	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
Delrina-made	O
version	O
of	O
WinFax	B-Protocol
was	O
WinFax	B-Protocol
PRO	O
7.0	O
,	O
which	O
shipped	O
in	O
November	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
no	O
intervening	O
version	O
5.0	O
or	O
6.0	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
jump	O
to	O
version	O
7.0	O
was	O
purely	O
a	O
marketing	O
decision	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
keeping	O
up	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
suite	O
of	O
Office	B-Application
products	O
which	O
were	O
then	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
number	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
Delrina	O
product	O
designed	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
operating	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
a	O
full	O
32-bit	O
application	O
,	O
setting	O
it	O
apart	O
from	O
its	O
competition	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
time	O
WinFax	B-Protocol
PRO	O
7.0	O
was	O
being	O
sold	O
from	O
retail	O
shelves	O
,	O
Delrina	O
had	O
been	O
acquired	O
by	O
Symantec	O
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Symantec	O
continued	O
to	O
market	O
,	O
develop	O
and	O
release	O
four	O
additional	O
major	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
WinFax	B-Protocol
PRO	O
software	O
product	O
under	O
the	O
Symantec	O
WinFax	B-Protocol
PRO	O
banner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WinFax	B-Protocol
PRO	O
10	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
February	O
2000	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
major	O
version	O
of	O
WinFax	B-Protocol
PRO	O
to	O
be	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2001	O
,	O
the	O
remaining	O
WinFax	B-Protocol
PRO	O
developers	O
and	O
support	O
personnel	O
were	O
terminated	O
from	O
their	O
positions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Technical	O
support	O
for	O
WinFax	B-Protocol
PRO	O
from	O
2002	O
through	O
2006	O
was	O
outsourced	O
to	O
third-party	O
call	O
centers	O
based	O
out	O
of	O
Oregon	O
,	O
Texas	O
and	O
later	O
India	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Symantec	O
discontinued	O
sales	O
and	O
support	O
of	O
WinFax	B-Protocol
PRO	O
on	O
June	O
30	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
exists	O
for	O
users	O
of	O
WinFax	B-Protocol
PRO	O
.	O
</s>
