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Faxes seem to go fine, but aren't received
I'm using Outlook 2000, and Symantec Fax Starter Edition that came
with it. I have always been able to send faxes fine, until recently. Nothing changed, to my knowledge, but now when I send a fax, it seems to go just fine, but is never received. I tried sending a test fax to myself just now, and I noticed that it says "Sending," then abruptly the window goes away. I do not get a "Failed" message or anything. Any thoughts? TIA, Mike |
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Faxes seem to go fine, but aren't received
Explain exactly how you are sending the fax and what happens, including all
modem activity. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Mike" wrote in message om... I'm using Outlook 2000, and Symantec Fax Starter Edition that came with it. I have always been able to send faxes fine, until recently. Nothing changed, to my knowledge, but now when I send a fax, it seems to go just fine, but is never received. I tried sending a test fax to myself just now, and I noticed that it says "Sending," then abruptly the window goes away. I do not get a "Failed" message or anything. Any thoughts? TIA, Mike |
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Faxes seem to go fine, but aren't received
I usually send faxes by printing to Symantec. The test that I did last
night was by clicking on "New Fax Message" in Outlook, then manually typing in fax@myfaxnumber When I click on send, it asks me to confirm the number. When I click on OK, it dials in, and you hear the machine respond. At this point it says "Offering." After a few seconds, the noise stops, and it says "Sending." This goes on for about 30 seconds before the "Sending" window disappears. That is all. It doesn't try again, and there is no "failed fax" message like I usually get when the fax doesn't go through. On my end, it looks like the fax was successful, but it isn't received. I have tried re-installing the modem, with both the newest drivers and with the drivers that it came with. Neither had any effect. TIA, Mike Explain exactly how you are sending the fax and what happens, including all modem activity. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Mike" wrote in message om... I'm using Outlook 2000, and Symantec Fax Starter Edition that came with it. I have always been able to send faxes fine, until recently. Nothing changed, to my knowledge, but now when I send a fax, it seems to go just fine, but is never received. I tried sending a test fax to myself just now, and I noticed that it says "Sending," then abruptly the window goes away. I do not get a "Failed" message or anything. Any thoughts? TIA, Mike |
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Faxes seem to go fine, but aren't received
All sounds like normal procedure for WinFax SE. You never get confirmations
or error messages and never know whether the fax is actually received. Does it fail to every number you try or only some? You obviously can't fax yourself. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Mike" wrote in message om... I usually send faxes by printing to Symantec. The test that I did last night was by clicking on "New Fax Message" in Outlook, then manually typing in fax@myfaxnumber When I click on send, it asks me to confirm the number. When I click on OK, it dials in, and you hear the machine respond. At this point it says "Offering." After a few seconds, the noise stops, and it says "Sending." This goes on for about 30 seconds before the "Sending" window disappears. That is all. It doesn't try again, and there is no "failed fax" message like I usually get when the fax doesn't go through. On my end, it looks like the fax was successful, but it isn't received. I have tried re-installing the modem, with both the newest drivers and with the drivers that it came with. Neither had any effect. TIA, Mike Explain exactly how you are sending the fax and what happens, including all modem activity. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Mike" wrote in message om... I'm using Outlook 2000, and Symantec Fax Starter Edition that came with it. I have always been able to send faxes fine, until recently. Nothing changed, to my knowledge, but now when I send a fax, it seems to go just fine, but is never received. I tried sending a test fax to myself just now, and I noticed that it says "Sending," then abruptly the window goes away. I do not get a "Failed" message or anything. Any thoughts? TIA, Mike |
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Faxes seem to go fine, but aren't received
By "error message," I mean that when a fax has failed before I get an
email back that says "Transmission failed." I never keep the copy, so I don't know the exact verbiage, but it's blue and white. It follows the same procedure with every number I try. I apologize for being vague initially, but when I said that I can't fax myself, I mean that I'm using a JFax number that has nothing to do with my own telephone line. This fax number definitely works, because I receive faxes all the time. Also, I've sent 8 faxes to customers, and none of them were received. Thanks, Mike All sounds like normal procedure for WinFax SE. You never get confirmations or error messages and never know whether the fax is actually received. Does it fail to every number you try or only some? You obviously can't fax yourself. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Mike" wrote in message om... I usually send faxes by printing to Symantec. The test that I did last night was by clicking on "New Fax Message" in Outlook, then manually typing in fax@myfaxnumber When I click on send, it asks me to confirm the number. When I click on OK, it dials in, and you hear the machine respond. At this point it says "Offering." After a few seconds, the noise stops, and it says "Sending." This goes on for about 30 seconds before the "Sending" window disappears. That is all. It doesn't try again, and there is no "failed fax" message like I usually get when the fax doesn't go through. On my end, it looks like the fax was successful, but it isn't received. I have tried re-installing the modem, with both the newest drivers and with the drivers that it came with. Neither had any effect. TIA, Mike Explain exactly how you are sending the fax and what happens, including all modem activity. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Mike" wrote in message om... I'm using Outlook 2000, and Symantec Fax Starter Edition that came with it. I have always been able to send faxes fine, until recently. Nothing changed, to my knowledge, but now when I send a fax, it seems to go just fine, but is never received. I tried sending a test fax to myself just now, and I noticed that it says "Sending," then abruptly the window goes away. I do not get a "Failed" message or anything. Any thoughts? TIA, Mike |
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Faxes seem to go fine, but aren't received
Well since WinFax SE was abandoned 5 years ago, barely ever worked, and was
never supported, there is no way to troubleshoot this. I can't think of a single reason anyone would even still be using WinFax SE. Why aren't you using the fax program on your operating system? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Mike" wrote in message om... By "error message," I mean that when a fax has failed before I get an email back that says "Transmission failed." I never keep the copy, so I don't know the exact verbiage, but it's blue and white. It follows the same procedure with every number I try. I apologize for being vague initially, but when I said that I can't fax myself, I mean that I'm using a JFax number that has nothing to do with my own telephone line. This fax number definitely works, because I receive faxes all the time. Also, I've sent 8 faxes to customers, and none of them were received. Thanks, Mike All sounds like normal procedure for WinFax SE. You never get confirmations or error messages and never know whether the fax is actually received. Does it fail to every number you try or only some? You obviously can't fax yourself. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Mike" wrote in message om... I usually send faxes by printing to Symantec. The test that I did last night was by clicking on "New Fax Message" in Outlook, then manually typing in fax@myfaxnumber When I click on send, it asks me to confirm the number. When I click on OK, it dials in, and you hear the machine respond. At this point it says "Offering." After a few seconds, the noise stops, and it says "Sending." This goes on for about 30 seconds before the "Sending" window disappears. That is all. It doesn't try again, and there is no "failed fax" message like I usually get when the fax doesn't go through. On my end, it looks like the fax was successful, but it isn't received. I have tried re-installing the modem, with both the newest drivers and with the drivers that it came with. Neither had any effect. TIA, Mike Explain exactly how you are sending the fax and what happens, including all modem activity. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Mike" wrote in message om... I'm using Outlook 2000, and Symantec Fax Starter Edition that came with it. I have always been able to send faxes fine, until recently. Nothing changed, to my knowledge, but now when I send a fax, it seems to go just fine, but is never received. I tried sending a test fax to myself just now, and I noticed that it says "Sending," then abruptly the window goes away. I do not get a "Failed" message or anything. Any thoughts? TIA, Mike |
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Faxes seem to go fine, but aren't received
Hi,
In my case, if some device or other modem is hooked up to the same line, attempt sending fax is apt to be failed. Are you sure not having any hickey hooked up to the telephone line ? |
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Faxes seem to go fine, but aren't received
In my case, if some device or other modem is hooked up to the same line,
attempt sending fax is apt to be failed. Are you sure not having any hickey hooked up to the telephone line ? The only thing that was on the phone line was a downstairs phone, but I unhooked it from the wall and still have the same results. An interesting development, though. After I tried sending a test fax to my JFax number, about 4 days later I finally got a "Fax Failed" message. To my knowledge, it never tried to dial out after the first time. However, US Robotics gave me a hyperterminal number to call and check my S/N ratio. It came out a bit low at 36, so I'm guessing that the problem is from the phone line, after all. Thanks again, Mike |
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Faxes seem to go fine, but aren't received
Hi, Mike,
I have always been able to send faxes fine, You said in your first message, so the telephone line might become noisier than before I guess. my S/N ratio. It came out a bit low at 36, so I'm guessing that the problem is from the phone line, after all. Replacing the line protecter for phone line which is normally placed outside on the wall may improve the situation. Othewise the noise source is in your house. Duke ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike" Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.fax Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 3:32 PM Subject: Faxes seem to go fine, but aren't received In my case, if some device or other modem is hooked up to the same line, attempt sending fax is apt to be failed. Are you sure not having any hickey hooked up to the telephone line ? The only thing that was on the phone line was a downstairs phone, but I unhooked it from the wall and still have the same results. An interesting development, though. After I tried sending a test fax to my JFax number, about 4 days later I finally got a "Fax Failed" message. To my knowledge, it never tried to dial out after the first time. However, US Robotics gave me a hyperterminal number to call and check my S/N ratio. It came out a bit low at 36, so I'm guessing that the problem is from the phone line, after all. Thanks again, Mike |
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