>I had to force X1 in order to be able to dial even if I have a beep locally which is indicating I have a voice mail. I didn't test for that in the first place. Other than that, the put it all together went pretty well. I'll release the code as a freeware today.

Yes, I have seen that one before. It is hard to get a modem to detect dial tone if you have a stutter tone or similar indicating voice mail on the line. Most will see that as "No dialtone". Blind dialing is the easiest way to go.