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Multiple users Windows log on and FaxTalk

Multiple Users When you install FaxTalk (FaxTalk FaxCenter Pro, FaxTalk Multiline Server or FaxTalk Messenger Pro) on a system that has multiple user accounts defined, the FaxTalk software is available to all users. The FaxTalk program group will appear on the Start menu for all users and any user can access the various components of […]

Using FaxTalk with an e-mail application to send fax attachments

FaxTalk has the ability to interface with popular external 32 bit MAPI e-mail applications such as Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Mozilla Thunderbird and Windows Mail.  Other e-mail clients that support “Simple MAPI” may also work but have not been fully tested.  To use FaxTalk to send e-mail, you will need to enable the e-mail option […]

How to backup and restore FaxTalk data and settings using FaxTalk Backup

The FaxTalk software includes the FaxTalk Backup program that can easily create and restore backups of all of the data and settings in your FaxTalk software. You can choose to backup or restore specific portions of the information stored in FaxTalk or all of the data. NOTES: There is no automated/scheduled backup feature, backups must […]

How to setup dialing rules, location rules, tone or pulse mode and wait for dial tone before dialing in FaxTalk

Windows dialing rules can be configured from the Dialing Rules tab of Phone and Modem Options in the Windows Control Panel. On this tab, you can select Tone or Pulse mode dialing, default dial location, create a new dial location or edit any existing dial location. You can have multiple Dial locations and multiple dialing rules for specific area codes. Many […]

How to import the e-mail field from a WinFax PRO phonebook into FaxTalk

FaxTalk includes the capability to easily import your existing WinFax PRO phonebooks if you have both WinFax PRO and FaxTalk installed on the same system. This capability is possible with the use of a WinFax component that allows access to the phonebook database. Due to a WinFax limitation, If your WinFax PRO phonebook contains e-mail […]

Is there a monthly subscription fee, or per page fee to send and receive faxes?

Like a regular stand-alone fax machine, FaxTalk software uses your existing telephone line and your computers fax modem to send and receive faxes. You are not billed for any additional fax fees, or per-page fax charges. This can save you hundreds of dollars a month when compared with some Internet fax services. Any fees you […]

The Status field reports “No Line” or “No Dial Tone” when sending faxes.

The troubleshooting steps in the document assume you are using a fax modem device as your connection to FaxTalk and your telephone line. It does not apply to Internet fax/T.38 connections. If the Status field is reporting no dial tone “No line” for the status of a fax that would indicate that the modem hardware […]