Try hooking a "regular" phone up in place of the fax machine and then dial the fax number. If you get the same error, then you know it has something to do with the number you're dialing. It will also eliminate the fax machine as a problem. Tony Mayer >From: Karen > When I try to fax to a long distance number it says I need > a "carrier access code." Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml