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When you test a machine, you often send the same page many times. Faxbeep puts these tests together in a group, so that they take one place in the grid and not many.

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Which tests share a group

  • Same sender. Faxbeep compares the full sender, not the masked form that the site shows. Two senders that look the same when masked never share a group.
  • Similar pages. A new test joins a group only if it looks like each test that is already in the group.
  • Upside down is fine. A page that went through the machine upside down still matches.
  • Phone and email stay apart. Your fax by phone and your test by email have different senders, so they do not share a group.
  • The same email two times gives two tests, and they go in one group.
  • Unknown senders. Tests that arrive with the sender “Unknown” can also be grouped by their look. So a group with the sender “Unknown” can hold tests from different machines.
A group takes new tests for a limited time after its last test. If you send the same page again much later, it can start a new group.

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In the grid

A group of two or more tests shows as a stack of sheets in the live grid, with a count such as “3 faxes” or “3 emails”. The top sheet is the newest test of the group. A group of one test shows as a normal card. When a new test of a group arrives while the grid is open, it shows on its own at the top. After a reload, it is in its group.

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The group page

Click a stack to open its group page. The address has the form https://faxbeep.com/faxtest/group/ and a number. The page shows:
  • The title “Faxes from” or “Emails from”, and the masked sender. See How the sender shows.
  • The count of tests in the group, and the date and time of the newest test.
  • A short line that says how many similar tests the group holds.
  • The label “Live - updates as faxes arrive” while the page gets live updates.
  • A card for each test, newest first, 24 to a page. Each card has a number: #1 is the oldest test, and the newest has the highest number.
A group page with the title 'Faxes from EXAMPLECORP', the count '29 faxes', the date of the newest test, the label 'Live - updates as faxes arrive' and the line '29 similar faxes received from this number over the past 7 days.' Under it are cards numbered #29 down to #22, each with a fax cover sheet and a date. The name of the sender is replaced with an example name.

The group page of 29 similar tests from one sender.

A test that arrives while the page is open slides in at the top with the tag “NEW”. Click a card to open the page of that test. See The fax page. A test that is removed leaves the page: its card is gone, and the count goes down. When all tests of a group are removed, the group page shows only the message “This fax has been removed per our privacy policy.” and answers with the HTTP status 410 (Gone). See Public for 30 days. Search engines do not list group pages.