02-09-15 14:55 mark lewis wrote to Ed Vance about Time Zones Was: Older   
      
    ml> @MSGID: <54D93E4D.1263.windowsb@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    ml>  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.   
      
    ml> you've got that backwards... the answering FAX doesn't make any   
    ml> sound at all until it hears the inbound FAX's tones... modems,   
    ml> on the other hand, do make the noises when answering... this is   
    ml> the main difference between the two...   
      
   Howdy! Mark,   
      
   I sit corrected. Thanks.   
      
   I guess I will never get close to becoming a Mister Know-It-All.   
      
   I was just thinking after re-reading my message.   
      
   I have called businesses sometimes early in the day or after they've   
   closed and got answered by a Modem or Fax Modem.   
      
   I guess it was a Dial-up Modem I heard instead of a Fax Machine.   
   Thanks again.   
      
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