On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 12:04:50PM -0500, Justin Zygmont wrote: > On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, Jay Daniels wrote: > > > Would like to setup an answering machine with a voice modem on my > > linux box. I have found many howto's online but they all seem to be > > for older versions of redhat or suse. > > > > I would like an answering machine with a web interface if possible or > > save recorded messages in the users inbox using voice mailboxes. > > > > Has anyone setup an answering machine in Redhat 9.0 or Fedora? Also, > > is there anyway to tell between a voice call and a fax with Linux > > using mgetty? I would like to be able to let my linux box handle all > > calls! > > just get the most recent mgetty+voice package (1.1.30) and as long as your > modem is a voice modem, then look at the files in /etc/mgetty+sendfax, and > the settings in voice.conf, you will see a setting like > answer_mode:data:fax:voice. You'll probably need the string for your > modem though. Once it works, then you can get a front end program to play > messages, etc. I'd recommend tkvoice at http://tkvoice.netfirms.com > Playing messages over the web will probably mean creating a password > protected directory from apache, and setting a script to run as > message_program that will convert the raw modem voice file as mp3 and copy > it over. If vgetty is running on a seperate server, then I just nfs the > working directories from the client so tkvoice will think they were local. > It took some fiddling around, but is nice once you get it. I've got > voice, modem, and fax all on the same phone line. ---end quoted text--- Thanks Justin, I have a couple of application I want to setup first like phpgroupware and squirrelmail then I'll get started with the answer-machine/fax stuff. Yes, it would be nice to have voice messaging, fax, email, everything on the Linux server so I can access my info via X application, commandline or from the web. Speaking of Cordless phones... I have always been aware of the security problems with cordless device, especially cordless phones and cell phones. If everything works out, I plan to get rid of all of our cordless phones! You have sleuths spying on neighbors with scanners and they don't even realize that is just as illegal as hacking into a corporate network. Talk about hackers/phreaks, we got little ol' ladies that don't do anything all day but listen to their scanners and call their friends qossiping about what they hear while monitoring cellphone and cordless phone conversations. The Sting... These people spying with their scanners are easy to setup. Call a friend and confess to a murder or some criminal act. When the police arrive, explain that it was a fake story and they need to arrest whoever called in the complaint because they are in fact, busted;) jay -- Sometimes I feel like a rat in a cage... -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
