Re: [hylafax-users] hyphens in dialstrings

[Lee Howard <faxguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2004.06.17 21:24 Peter Verhoeven wrote:
> Ok, I understand what "+" does in a dial string, but "-" symbols are a
> bit
> unclear to me. Take for example a printed number on someone's business
> card,
> say "07 55 251 344". Now I know this person lives in Australia, so I'd
> need
> to add "+61-" to the start of the string. I also remove spaces, so I
> end up
> with "+61-0755251344".  Is this correct? Should I leave the hyphen off
> (i.e.
> "+610755251359"), os should I be leaving the leading 0 from the area
> code
> off?

Your modem should ignore any hyphens and plus-signs in dialstrings.  
But, to be on the safe side, I always strip them out.  In other words, 
I recommend:

ATDT610755251359

instead of:

ATDT+61-0755251344

Lee.

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