Re: flexfax: Using the computer as fax-server/answering machine

[Jens Rehaag <jens.rehaag@tu-clausthal.de>]

Thomas Wimmer wrote:
> 
> Hello.
> 
> I am currently using HylaFAX v4.0pl1-12 on a Linux machine (SuSE 5.1).
> 
> Now I do want to use the same computer as an answering machine.
> 
> I read something about "adaptive answering support" in which the
> faxgetty hands over the communication line if the incoming call is
> contain data (as opposed to fax).
> 
> Is it possible to do the same for incoming voice calls ?
> 
> and how do I set up a answering machine ? (are there some
> installation-guides available ?)
> 
> I do have a "Voice-Modem" (well, at least thats printed on the package).
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Thomas
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You can do it by replacing faxgetty with vgetty from the
mgetty+sendfax-package. Works fine with me; only problem was my new
modem (USR Sportster Message Plus) was not detected by vgetty, so I had
to add the ID to the source code and recompile. After that, everything
worked fine. For an installation guide, read the documentation coming
with mgetty+sendfax and HylaFAX; it should help.

Jens

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