Subj : POTS And Faxes
To   : SIMON GEDDES
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Sep 19 2019 08:56:00

Simon,

SG>Forgive my ignorance...what's a POTS line? Is this the same as an analogue
SG>landline?

  Yes, it's an acronym for Plain Old Telephone System. There's a utility
with Synchronet BBS software called Sexpots. It sounds kinky (dirty old
Sysops need love, too (but they also need more showers <G>), but it's an
acronym for Synchronet External Plain Old Telephone System. It allows
dial-up callers to logon to a telnet BBS.

  Originally when I was dial-up only, under GT Power, and part of
FIDONet, I first used FrontDoor as the frontend, then InterMail. I was
able to integrate BGFAX into it to get both dial-up callers and faxes.
At least with BGFAX, there were no junk faxes, and waste of paper. If I
didn't care for the incoming fax, I just zapped the file.

  As noted, most analog lines are being converted to digital (VoIP),
which don't do so good with the fax modems. I had a utility with the US
Robotics 56K v.92 fax modem, but I never got it to work right on the
MagicJack Plus line, so I quit using it...and am letting that line
expire in December. If I need to send a fax, I go to the local FedEx in
west Little Rock.

Daryl


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