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From: steve@work.bellingham.wa.us (Steve Work)

Mgetty+sendfax is a collection of programs to send and receive faxes
in a unix environment using a class 2.0 or 2 (they're different)
faxmodem.  vgetty is an extension to mgetty, distributed with it, that
implements incoming voice call handling for certain voice-capable
modems, with new ones added regularly, if specs are available.

More specifically, the program `mgetty' allows you to use a class 2.0
or 2 fax modem for receiving faxes and handling external logins
without interfering with outgoing calls.  `sendfax' is a standalone
program which sends fax files.  `vgetty' is an extended version of
mgetty that can answer the telephone like an answering machine and
record a voice-mail message (if it finds one), or perform `mgetty's
fax or data call handling otherwise.  The mgetty+sendfax distribution
includes vgetty and a good-sized gob of utility programs that help you
manage faxes and voice messages.

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Mark Szidik                    Email: szidikm@mlc.lib.mi.us
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Michigan Library Consortium    http://www.mlc.lib.mi.us

On Fri, 11 Sep 1998, Tony Gettig wrote:

> Hi folks,
> 
> In my quest to make Linux my primary OS at home, there's one important
> hurdle I need to overcome. I have my PC on all the time running a windows
> based voice mail system for my side business. I have three mailboxes, and
> outcalling notification of new messages. It also differentiates between a
> fax call and a voice call, answering appropriately using distinctive ring
> service from Ameritech. FWIW, the modem is a Motorola VoiceSurfer 56K
> (which incidentally has never connected to the Internet at greater than
> 28800!).
> 
> Is there anything comparable in the Linux world? 
> 
> 
> Tony Gettig
> mailto:tgettig@net-link.net
> 
>