Re: Fax Modem hangs up before it can connect to the receiving fax mach

Try adding several commas after the phone number. Each comma will cause the
modem to wait 3 seconds or so before starting to listen to the far end.

Hal
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"mat" <mat@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6999B3F9-D3E4-4EC8-A9E7-57DBB3FD1A82@microsoft.com...

> I'm using XP home and have a dialup fax modem. I've had good success

sending

> faxes but sometimes it appears that my modem won't keep trying to connect
> long enough for the receiving machine to answer. My modem seems to give

up

> after the Fax Monitor shows 11 or 12 seconds have elapsed. Is there a way

to

> change the length of time before my modem gives up and says that it can't

get

> an
> answer?