Frank, No, it does not. It's simply an alternative representation of the fax data. The receiver could receive it and print it, create audio tones (if it desired), produce a TIFF image and e-mail it, or whatever else it wished to do. Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: Frank Ellermann [mailto:nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 2:55 AM > To: ietf@xxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: RFC 4612 - historic status > > Dave Crocker wrote: > > >> | audio -- audio data. "Audio" requires an audio output > >> | device (such as a speaker or a telephone) to > >> | "display" the contents. An initial subtype > >> | "basic" is defined in this document. > [...] > > In what way does this not satisfy *exactly* the requirements > > for the audio top-level MIME type? > > The final receiver isn't supposed to "hear" a fax arriving as > phone call, "whistling" the replies. Seriously, does this > media type require a modem somewhere on the receiver's side ? > > Frank > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf