On Sat, 1 Aug 1998, Joe Julian wrote:
> > > 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.
Although I don't believe any standard has been set for it, if it were to
be used for your own network, you could store the phone # in the subject
and have mgetty+fax filter it out ...
>
> > > Also looking for linux app(s) that will do the Voicemail menu
> > selection type
> >
> > 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
> 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.
I haven't used it myself; but the mgetty+voice package is supposed to be
capable of doing this..
Russ Mennie
Philicom Enterprises
