1. A phone mail terminal, comprising: a housing having a paper input and a telephone line connection; a sensor in said housing and arranged to sense application of a paper document at the paper input, said sensor being operable upon sensing the paper document to output a document insertion signal; a scanner in the housing, the scanner being responsive to the document insertion signal so as to scan the paper document and to generate an electronic image of the paper document as an electronic document; and, a transmitter in the housing, the transmitter being connected to the scanner to receive the electronic image and being operable to automatically transmit the electronic document telephonically over a telephone line to a predetermined telephone number without user in put of the telephone number to the phone mail terminal.
1. A phone mail terminal, comprising: a housing having a paper input and a telephone line connection; a sensor in said housing and arranged to sense application of a paper document at the paper input, said sensor being operable upon sensing the paper document to output a document insertion signal; a scanner in the housing, the scanner being responsive to the document insertion signal so as to scan the paper document and to generate an electronic image of the paper document as an electronic document; and, a transmitter in the housing, the transmitter being connected to the scanner to receive the electronic image and being operable to automatically transmit the electronic document telephonically over a telephone line to a predetermined telephone number without user in put of the telephone number to the phone mail terminal. 17. The phone mail terminal of claim 1 further comprising a status indicating light to indicate the status of the phone mail terminal.