How do I receive faxes in a MacPro?

I have a dedicated fax line and a fax machine I hate. I'd like to receive faxes in my MacPro, OS10.5.8.
Does Apple have a how to manual I can download or view?
I tried going to the Print & Fax Preference but there is no fax modem in the Printers list.
Where do I plug in the phone line? I'm lost!

No. Cable modems have no connection to your telephone line, and they are not designed for analog telephone data but for digital data. Both telephone and cable devices are modems, just different types. Fax devices only work with telephone modems.
When you get a proper telephone modem for your computer you can connect it to your separate fax line (if you're replacing the fax machine) permanently. Faxes can then be received and sent with the computer. However, this arrangement will not work with actual hard copy. For that you would still need a dedicated fax machine or you would need a scanner in order to put the hard copy onto the computer.
I'd suggest getting some good fax software. Although OS X does have fax capability built-in it's not extremely good. It's essentially a minimal faxing capability. A much better solution is a shareware program called PageSender - VersionTracker or MacUpdate.

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