Help -- Automatic Fax answers ALL calls

I have Tiger 10.4.3.
I have set up the Fax to answer automatically. Unfortunately, when the phone rings, the fax modem answers ALL of the calls.
My telephone and fax modem share the same telephone line.
What can I do to enable the phone, and my answering machine, to be able to receive calls without the FAX engaging?
ibook G3 Mac OS X (10.4.3)
ibook G3 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Hi:
Did you get your fax/voicemail/voice line problem solved yet? If you didn't, might I suggest that you check out an earlier post of mine at http://discussions.apple.com/click.jspa?searchID=-1&messageID=728269 ? My configuration has updated a little since then, PhoneValet 3.1 for call logging and voice mail - doesn't sound like PhoneValet is applicable in your case but the solution should still work (so long as your computer's modem can recognize distinctive ring, aka custom ring) -- and OS 10.4.5. And you'll need distinctive ring feature from your phone company. The setup decribed in my earlier post, taking into account the software version updates described here, is still working great for me. The only potential issue that I could envision for you is whether your modem will recognize distinctive ring or not -- a review of posts in this forum suggests that some computers' modems do, and some computers' modems don't. Maybe a search in this forum on the search terms "distinctive ring" AND "iBook G3" could shed some light on that.
2001 Quicksilver G4 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

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