On Sun, 08 Feb 2015, Ed Vance wrote to Daryl Stout:   
      
    DS>   While the voice mail line is connected to a phone, the ringer is    
    DS> TURNED OFF, as I was getting calls from telemarketers, etc. at all    
    DS> hours of the day and night. The fax number goes to my laptop, and    
    DS> a program that came with my US Robotics 56K v.92 external fax    
    DS> modem. That way, they can send all the junk faxes they want...no    
    DS> paper is wasted at all. If I don't care for the fax, I just delete    
    DS> the file.   
      
    EV> If it's a person calling they sure get an earfull when that    
    EV> raspy(sp? FAX signal answers the call.   
      
   you've got that backwards... the answering FAX doesn't make any sound at all   
   until it hears the inbound FAX's tones... modems, on the other hand, do make   
   the noises when answering... this is the main difference between the two...   
      
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