How can I send and receive FAXes using my PC?

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Dear Leo:

Browsing your page for some time. Picked up a lot. Out of it to long. Just signed up. Appreciate your style. Easy on the cranium; but 'sub-net' still fuzzy. Block diagram might help.

1) Re article, faxing via comp should be simpler nowadays (men on moon 35 yrs ago already) and, logically, at no added cost (above current). Already paying for ADSL - which handles fax/phone + Internet, simultaneously.

Temp helping friend in Thailand. Two comps & Samsung Multi-Function on LAN & on-line. Fax OUT part only won't work. Wonder if to do w/ ISP - but makes little sense. Can't get thru to Samsung on Net. Now want try 3rd party software to fax direct from comp over ADSL.

Article mentions 'dial-up' - no ADSL. Dial-up here is, well, shall we say, no comment - and more costly, to boot. ADSL here, in comparison, is CHEAP (low, fixed monthly rate),no time limit, SUPER FAST - and one effectively gets 2 lines for less than the price of one.

Therefore - is there a software solution possible via one of those, for the moment, basic, free, no-frill packages that we could try out first on our ADSL?
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2) Could you explain how 'ADSL' actually works? What is the carrier freq & amplitude for the Internet portion? Is FM used?
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3) Ditto for 'VoIP'.

Appreciate,

Jed...

I use MightyFAX($20) to send from my computer. No
way to send a signature, unless I figure out a way
to save mine as a .jpg I do NOT have a FAX modem,
and maybe I was stupid to pay $20 for the software when you can buy FAX machines on sale for $30. I use
CALLWAVE for incoming faxes.I get very few anyway.

I am able to send faxes using two PC software programs. However, neither of the two programs can receive a fax. Why? Where should I look to fix the problem? I hear the incoming call get answered, but it doesn't negotiate or hold the connection.
Thanks,

I do have a query,i want to send&receive fax,but i've got a ADSL line,whats the software required?and do i need a modem for that?I hope you could solve my problem.
thanx.

Please read the article.

get with it Leo - who's still on dial-up?

More people than you think.

I've been using Winfax for years, but there's no password protection with the program. Is there anything that can be done to make those files more secure?

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I'm not sure what it is you're attempting to password protect?

Leo
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thank you for your help, I don't send a lot of faxes but it would be nice to have the facility

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