The Internet Fax Feature must be disabled.

From Microsoft Office System 2010

Part of DTOO198 - Internet Fax Feature

SV-33472r1_rule The Internet Fax Feature must be disabled.

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Excel, PowerPoint, and Word users can use the Internet Fax feature to send documents to fax recipients through an Internet fax service provider. If your organization has policies that govern the time, place, or manner in which faxes are sent, this feature could help users evade those policies.By default, Office users can use the Internet Fax feature.

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Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Services -> Fax “Disable Internet Fax feature” to “Enabled”.

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