Re: [hylafax-users] long distance dialing, not inserting "1" before area code

[Lee Howard <faxguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

jessica six wrote:
> --- Lee Howard <faxguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   
> > jessica six wrote:
> >     
> > > I have a etc/config as follows:
> > >
> > > LogFacility:            daemon
> > > CountryCode:            1
> > > AreaCode:               520
> > > LongDistancePrefix:     1
> > > InternationalPrefix:    011
> > > DialStringRules:        etc/dialrules
> > > ServerTracing:          1
> > >
> > > My modem is on a line where a "1" is needed to
> > >       
> > dial
> >     
> > > long distance.  However, no matter what I dial, it
> > > never will insert a "1" before the area code
> > >       
> > unless I
> >     
> > > send the "1" as part of my destination.  Shouldn't
> > >       
> > the
> >     
> > > daemon know that if the area code isn't 520, it
> > >       
> > needs
> >     
> > > to insert a "1" ?
> > > What file/config is not configured correctly?
> > >       
> > Your dialrules needs to be configured.  There are
> > many places where 
> > 10-digit dialing outside of the local area code does
> > not imply 
> > long-distance.
> >
> > Lee.
> >
> >
> >     
>
> When I configured hylafax via the documentation, I do
> not recall it mentioning that I needed to manually
> edit this dialrules file.  Also, it looks to me like
> entries such as:
>
> Area=${AreaCode}                ! local area code
>
> Would pick up AreaCode from my etc/config file.
> If this is not the case, why the redundancy?

If the documentation that you referred to does not at least mention 
dialrules configuration then it is probably lacking in that aspect.

${AreaCode} in dialrules *does* refer to the associated item in the 
etc/config file.  However, dialrules by default does not make any 
assumptions about your long distance dialing plan; it can't.

The number of dialed digits in the USA is not the same as in other 
countries, and so it's relatively impossible for HylaFAX to make any 
accurate assumptions about when you are or aren't using an area code.  
Furthermore, in many, many places in the USA 10-digit numbers do not 
necessarily always refer to long-distance numbers.  There are many, many 
places where 10-digit dialing is enforced and where some 
out-of-area-code numbers are still considered "local".  So even in the 
USA HylaFAX cannot know when and when not to add the long-distance 
prefix, "1".

So that's why you need to configure dialrules.

Thanks,

Lee.


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