I spent all afternoon faxing my application form.
I faxed it yesterday.
In other words, faxing tends to reserve the protocols which have already been established for various types of writing.
In their wake has come junk faxing, the cheap alternative to direct mailing and tele-selling, by which salesmen can send out thousands of advertisements each day.
There also seems to be a trend towards faxing instead of posting tax computation letters, while e-mail is not considered appropriate for the conveyance of such letters.