*** Quoting Rick Gordon to Darrell Bourff dated 01-31-97 ***
> Nope, it doesn't work that way (though logically speaking it seems like
> the way it should work).  The init string for the bbs stays in place 
> only while the bbs is running.  The moment you shell out to your 
> mailer, tosser, maint batch, etc the settings revert to the original 
> factory specs.
That may be true, but doesn't your mailer re-initialize (thus turn the 
speaker off again) when it returns? Does your modem answer while your tosser 
or a batch file is running?
I think the best answer was already given. That was to add the M0 to the 
answer and dial string.
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