Re: [Thinkpad] [TP-almost on topic] Faxes

Lots of people use the same number for fax and voice calls.You can do it
with cheap or free software; I had this capability with the old WinFax that
came bundled with my computer years ago. The phone line would have to be
connected to a computer with a fax modem. If you use the phone for voice all
the time, you'd set the fax modem to "manual". When you answer the phone and
hear a fax squeal, you can choose to receive the fax. Here, I found
instructions from the current WinFax Pro:
If you answer a fax call on a shared voice/fax line - Do not hang up the
handset right away. Right click the Controller icon In the Windows system
tray and click Manual Receive Now. When you hear your modem pick up the line
and the message "Answering ." appears on the Line Status dialog, hang up the
handset.

You don't have to keep the whole WinFax program running, just the Controller
portion to respond when you click on it.

Or route the line to your fax machine as well as to your personal handset.
No software required; just hit "start" when you encounter a fax squawk on
the line.

Deanna

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Ross" <ross@math.hawaii.edu>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] [TP-almost on topic] Faxes

> > Without new hardware? By "receive the fax", do you mean route it to
> your
> > computer and make a file out of it? Do you have a fax program
> installed?
>
> Yes, that's what I mean. I figure that if I can get the fax contents I
> can let the sender and receiver know the mistake, and maybe avoid it in
> the future.`
>
> I have several fax programs that have come with various modems over the
> years, including Winfax, and I have no trouble receiving faxes when I am
> set up to receive a fax, but as far as I can tell there's no way to have
> it ignore non-fax calls.
>
> If there is no software-only (or software+modem(s)) solution, I'd be
> willing to buy some hardware, if it would do the job and wasn't too
> pricey.
>
> > The station manager realized, of course, what had happened and
> actually
> > called her a couple days later and blustered threats at her
>
> It is sad how often people who create unnecessary problems for others
> think it is the responsibility of those others to solve such problems.
>
> I'm surprised the manager didn't just suggest that your mother stick an
> "X-No-Radio" header somewhere in her phone...:-)
>
> David
>
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