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Does faxing work with ZTE Wireless home phone adapters?

Many wireless carriers in the United States and Canada (AT&T, Consumer Cellular, Telus, Fido, Rogers, Koodo etc.)  are now offering a wireless home phone service that can connect your existing home telephone to the carriers cellular network. The wireless home phone service is sold as an alternative to the traditional land-line and your current land-line telephone number can be […]

Formatting Microsoft Word mail merge fields using switches

Microsoft Word has a powerful feature that can alter how the text appears in your finished merged document, for example, if you have source data (a spreadsheet with a list of names and fax numbers in Excel) that contains names in mixed upper and lower case, it may look unprofessional to include lower case letters […]

How to setup FaxTalk to use Distinctive Ring (Alternate Number Ringing) services

Distinctive Ring is a service provided by your phone company that allows you to add a second or third phone number to an existing telephone line without having to physically install wiring to your home or office. The second or third phone number is shared with your primary telephone line. Your phone company may also […]

Is a Software Development Kit (SDK) available in FaxTalk?

All FaxTalk software includes a Software Development Kit (SDK) to enable programmatic access to certain operations in the FaxTalk software. The FaxTalk SDK is a set of COM objects, header files, sample code, and documentation designed to help you create programs that provide automated access to FaxTalk functionality. Using the FaxTalk SDK, you can set up automated […]

Changing or finding the location of fax data files stored by FaxTalk

During the initial installation of FaxTalk FaxCenter Pro, FaxTalk Messenger Pro and FaxTalk Multiline Server, you can select the location to install the FaxTalk program files. The default installation for most installations is C:\Program Files\FaxTalk or C:\Program Files (x86)\FaxTalk for Windows 64-bit installations. This location contains all the FaxTalk program files only, and does not […]

Imported WinFax PRO fax documents filename format

FaxTalk can import existing WinFax logs and convert the original FXR, FXD and FXM WinFax PRO files into native FaxTalk (.fax) format. The WinFax logs are imported into the File Cabinet folder of FaxTalk.  This File Cabinet folder works similiar to the Attachments folder in WinFax PRO. After import, you have access to your previous WinFax […]

netTalk VoIP subscribers in Canada lose incoming phone service due to dispute

Iristel, a licensed telecommunications company in Canada that provides the Canadian phone numbers to Florida based VoIP provider netTalk, has suspended service due to non-payment of services. According to Iristel, nearly $2 Million in fees for the past two years is outstanding. Iristel claims that it has been requesting payment from netTalk for several months. […]

Fake eFax message from “POTS modem 2 ” – 1 page(s), Caller-ID: 1-630-226-2563

A Trojan e-mail spoofed as a “fax message” is going around with the subject eFax message from “POTS modem 2 – 1 page(s), Caller-ID: 1-630-226-2563”. This is especially disturbing if you have an eFax account, as this e-mail message does look like a real eFax message. The tell-tale sign of a Trojan is the attached […]