> > Is there any linux app(s) that will do fax serving for M$
> Windows products
> > (95,98,nt?)?
>
> I use mgetty+fax. I have not tried it, but believe that the print
> spooler can be directed using /etc/printcap to queue outgoing
> faxes. I think
> this would serve outgoing fax capability.
>
I have thought about trying this, but the question that keeps popping into
my mind is, how, then, would you tell it what number to fax to after you
print from Windows? It would be very easy to set up a network printer using
either samba or mars as a postscript printer, and use ghostscript to
convert it to G3, then use sendfax to send it... but where would you send
it to? You have no way of including the destination in your print job.
> > Also looking for linux app(s) that will do the Voicemail menu
> selection type
> > stuff and put the voice messages as attachments in e-mail boxes.
>
> I keep hearing rumors regarding kits for sale that hook
> between the phone
> jack, a sound card input and output, and a serial or parallel
> input. These kits
> supposedly provide answering machine and voicemail capability.
> Thus far I have
> been unable to find a current user or actual url. I have been
> unable to allocate
> the time to build one myself. I suspect that many would
> appreciate your posting
> results to this list.
Voice modems include this capability already. All it takes is software. My
understanding is that ps_getty or mgetty are supposed to be able to handle
the voice reception, it would be very little effort to write an application
or script to take advantage of that and have a multi-mailbox answering
machine.
