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I have a pre-installed version of WinXP but as I do not have the disc I can't install the fax facility, I tried installing an old modem based fax but (undersatandaly) it couldn't find a modem,. I'm on ADSL and after a bit of messing around I found refernce on another site that ADSL does not support fax anyway, is this true?
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I don't have a great deal of knowledge on this subject which, thinking about it, is probably why I've never managed to get Microsoft Fax to work reliably. I could get it to send, but not receive, then I could get it to receive but not send. In the end I bought a seperate phone/fax machine. It's much easier.
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Yup! ADSL does not directly support fax. Using a dial-up modem when you send a fax it is dialled directly to the receiving machine, not via your ISP.

That said, a number of ISPs offer an email-to-fax service and I think some even have a service that turns an incoming fax into an email attachment that you can view or print out.

This describes the service my ISP provides.

http://www.demon.net/toolkit/electronicfax/

There may also be some ISP-independent services, but I don't know of any.

Quite honestly, if you need to do this occasionally it's probably worth setting up a dial-up modem and keeping it unplugged (for security against rogue diallers) except when you need it.
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You always get an answer here! Dept of Works and Pensions prefer to talk by fax apparently, so that's the reason for the OP. How about if I re-instal my old modem and the associated software, could I then plug it into my French phone line, or am I being too optimistic?
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