"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message
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"tom" wrote in message
Yes, I have a modem. I use it for my fax program, dial-up when my DSL
occasionally goes down and for the above referenced caller ID program
that
allows me to avoid the $84 a year I was paying for "Privacy Manager".
PS....I also have a floppy drive.



You and I must be the only two people left using a fax modem. We just got
new computers at work and they don't have them installed. I'm putting in
my
old one though. No one else faxes from their computer.

I figured as long as I was at it, I'd check out fax programs. Win Fax is
no
longer published and I didn't find any new ones so I'm putting Win fax
back.
I use if mostly for faxing purchase orders and notes where the other party
does not have email.

XP has a fax program that interfaces with my HP printer/scanner that gives
me a basic but fully functional fax machine. I can scan and send multiple
pages as well as receive and print. I need to manually instruct the program
to receive as I do not have a dedicated fax line. If I'm expecting a fax I
ask for the sending # and check it against caller ID before manually
initiating the fax program. I have to manually install the fax program from
the XP install disc after a re-format as it doesn't automatically install
with the OS.