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I have a distinctive ring for my fax calls but the Fax program answers all
calls and does not recognize if the call is a regular phone call and
disconnect.

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Dennis B wrote:

> I have a distinctive ring for my fax calls but the Fax program answers all
> calls and does not recognize if the call is a regular phone call and
> disconnect.

The XP fax service doesn't support distinctive ring.

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These third party hardware devices can provide a work-around to the lack of
Distinctive Ring support:

http://www.youcansave.com/switchboard.html
Emerson Switchboard
http://www.command-comm.com/products.html
ComSwitch®

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"Dennis B" <DennisB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BA71C6C2-716B-4493-AE58-80D45D14556E@microsoft.com...
>I have a distinctive ring for my fax calls but the Fax program answers all
> calls and does not recognize if the call is a regular phone call and
> disconnect.

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