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From: HAMM@BIOVAX.RUTGERS.EDU (Greg Hamm)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: FAX modems on AppleTalk
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Date: 3 Sep 90 21:31:00 GMT
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Hi all,

I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who has actually tried out sending and
receiving FAXes to and from Macs using one of the many FAX modems now
available.  We are most interested in one of the ones which will sit on
AppleTalk and thereby be accessible to many users;  however, most of the
review articles I've read never tell you any practical details, e.g.,

	- do any of these beasts provide password protection, or
	  at least call logging, or can anyone on your appletalk
	  send reams to the Fiji Islands at will?

	- how does a network-shared modem deal with incoming FAXes?
	  where does it send them?

	- are these things just neat ideas, or do they *really* work?
	  what are the gotchas in everyday use?

Thanks,

Greg
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