I'm searching for a pc-based answering machine for my phone... Did anyone ever get to use one? By the way, Skype is one-way only here still, so that's not an option. People wouldn't be able to call me. However... There was that program that said you could get a free voicemail number, but according to the reviews it was a virus, so... But if such a program really exists, combined with Skype it would be a nice alternative. But for now, just an answering machine will do Integrated faxing functions could be nice too Best would be an open-source project of this kind of thing... A tutorial on how to create such a program would be neat too I also notice a lot of programs that have features related to the Caller ID... but I guess these features require the Caller ID service from the phone service provider, right? Cause of course, they never say that in the program description