Re: [hylafax-users] Sending a fax, but the receiving end is manual

["George H" <george.dma@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 4/18/07, Michael Stowe <mstowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> As you can imagine, detecting it would be difficult at best, for a couple
> of reasons.  First, it's indistinguishable from somebody just picking up
> the phone -- and second, how would an automated system know what button to
> press?
>
> On the plus side, if you're already aware of this, it's pretty easy to
> solve.  Assuming your dialing rules allow it, just add a few commas
> (interpreted as pauses) then the number you have to hit to send a fax, at
> the end of the number you're dialing:  e.g., 18005551212,,3

That actually does sound interesting. Most of the answering services I
encounter don't require me to pause, maybe a little when it picks up
the call. Currently I am using email-to-fax gateway where faxes are
sent in the form of 55512345@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  I don't know how it
nice postfix would be if I added commas to the number. Maybe if
somewhere in hyalafax I can tell it that whenever it sees a '-' to
treat it as a pause and then dial the numbers after it.

Or some sort of function to dial numbers after the call has been
picked up by the other side.

> You may have to diddle with the number of pauses/commas depending on how
> long the message is, when it picks up the phone, and whether or not it
> interprets DTMF codes while it's still talking.
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I came across this situation where I send a fax to a number but it is
> > one of those numbers that has an automated answering service. The ones
> > that say "Press 1 for fax" ...etc. Seems like I get some fax numbers
> > which double as other services as well.
> >
> > I was wondering if hylafax has anything to detect this? or if anyone
> > encountered this problem and found a way to solve it.
> >
> > --
> > "Nothing is impossible for the person that doesn't have to do it"
> > "The probability of anything happening is in inverse ratio to its
> > desirability"
> > "If I were a roman statue, I'd be made alabastard"
> > --
> > George H
> > george.dma@xxxxxxxxx


--
"Nothing is impossible for the person that doesn't have to do it"
"The probability of anything happening is in inverse ratio to its desirability"
"If I were a roman statue, I'd be made alabastard"
--
George H
george.dma@xxxxxxxxx

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