Re: flexfax: How and can I change the 'LocalIdentifier'

[Hong Kong Observatory <d1swdev@asiaonline.net>]

On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Nico Garcia wrote:

>
> On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Hong Kong Observatory wrote:
>
> >    The 'LocalIdentifier' is set in the 'config.tty?' file and is
> > usually set to the local FAX number. I want to ask whether it is
> > possible to this ID for each different FAX job ?
> >
> >    My problem is my FAX clients require to restrict their incoming
> > FAX from only specified `Caller-ID' but I want to despatch my FAX
> > from anyone of my six modems in my HylaFAX system.
>
> ??? Why not just set the LocalIdentifier to be the same for all your modems?
>

The problem is I got several clients who require different 'Caller-ID' !

> Note that this is different from the "Caller-ID", which is a telephone
> company transmission of the phone number of the caller. Only certain
> phone systems and modems can receive this information correctly. Those
> involve the CIDName and CIDNumber.
>

I understand this.

> 			Nico Garcia
> 			Senior Engineer, CIRL
> 			Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary
> 			raoul@cirl.meei.harvard.edu
>

Thank you so much for your response !

K.S.Wat SSA(D)12
Computer Division,
Hong Kong Observatory.