On Sat, 2003-08-09 at 18:59, Hal Burgiss wrote: > On Sat, Aug 09, 2003 at 06:57:44PM +0100, gregory mott wrote: > > does a fax product (modem or machine) exist that can detect a fax call > > even when a human has already answered the call first, without requiring > > anyone to press any buttons? if so, what product(s)? > > > > if not, what fax software exists that makes it very easy to activate it > > when an unexpected fax call is received? any for linux? otherwise, a > > good one for (sheepishly..) M$? > > A "fax switch" can detect an incoming fax vs voice call. Its purely an > inline hardwire gizmo.
but does the gizmo still work if a human answers the phone before the gizmo? and how could such a setup work if i want the computer to be both fax machine and voicemail, on a single phone line, and of course allowing the humans to answer first if they're available? it doesn't seem like it should be at all technically difficult, but it would rely on the modem being able to sense the fax even if it didn't answer yet. i haven't actually seen such a setup, but i'd like to.. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list