Hey all, I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction for setting up a home telephony system using a SuSE8.0 professional based system? i.e, having a modem answer the call, autodetecting if it is fax or not, and then being able to provide a menu system [Push 1 for...] so that it could go to various PCs on a 100MB duplex network, [which could then have voicemail if the person or machine is unavailable. Just a pie in the sky idea. Is there software to do this already on the 8.0 professional dvd? Is that the right topic heading? Sorry if it is considered "off topic" by people, this would seem to me to be the best place to ask =o) No offence to anyone intended. Thanks! Jon -- Twas the night before armageddon and all through the house, Nothing was stirring, not even a mouse....
On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 11:16:26AM +0100, Jon@tigersden.demon.co.uk wrote:
Hey all, I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction for setting up a home telephony system using a SuSE8.0 professional based system? i.e, having a modem answer the call, autodetecting if it is fax or not, and then being able to provide a menu system [Push 1 for...] so that it could go to various PCs on a 100MB duplex network, [which could then have voicemail if the person or machine is unavailable.
Just a pie in the sky idea.
Is there software to do this already on the 8.0 professional dvd?
I have a vague recollection that there is something to do "press 1 for..." type menu systems in one of the getty packages - mgetty maybe? Once you've captured the voicemail, you could then send it to the intended recipient as an attachement to an email, which can be played with an appropriately configured MUA. If you get it going, please tell me, as I've been thinking about doing it myself for a while... -- David Smith Work Email: Dave.Smith@st.com STMicroelectronics Home Email: David.Smith@ds-electronics.co.uk Bristol, England
On Tue, 9 Jul 2002 11:16:26 +0100
"The Purple Tiger"
Hey all, I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction for setting up a home telephony system using a SuSE8.0 professional based system? i.e, having a modem answer the call, autodetecting if it is fax or not, and then being able to provide a menu system [Push 1 for...] so that it could go to various PCs on a 100MB duplex network, [which could then have voicemail if the person or machine is unavailable.
Is there software to do this already on the 8.0 professional dvd?
I just saw something on http://freshmeat.net , try searching it for "voicemail". -- use Perl; #powerful programmable prestidigitation
On Tue, 9 Jul 2002 20:16, The Purple Tiger wrote:
Hey all, I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction for setting up a home telephony system using a SuSE8.0 professional based system? i.e, having a modem answer the call, autodetecting if it is fax or not, and then being able to provide a menu system [Push 1 for...] so that it could go to various PCs on a 100MB duplex network, [which could then have voicemail if the person or machine is unavailable.
Jon
Hi Jon, You need to have a look at mgetty/vgetty it supports voicemail, fax, etc. There have been a number of addon programs for voicemail. I use vgetty as an answering machine but have not tried any of the addon programs. The main web site for info is http://alpha.greenie.net/mgetty/ Mgett/vgetty is on the SuSE disks. The mail list for mgetty is very good and I suggest you have a look at the archives also. Regards, Graham Smith ---------------------------------------------------------
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