I'm trying to create an answering machine for linux, How can I have perl do something when the modem is getting a ring??
I need to start tinkering with the modem to figure it out. The modem is on /dev/ttyS4 Whatever that means, I never got that??? Ok, so the basics please, how do I play a message when the ring comes in? I'm not using mgetty right now because I want to customize the system, and I can't write c. But I figure I should use something like mgetty to do the hard stuff and just write customizations around it, but I need a little direction please .. .. My objective is to have it pickup on the first ring and play a recording asking for a 4 digit pin number, then if they put in the right one, it'll ring 4 more times and then go to the answering machine. So what do you think? Do-able? I hate telemarketers, and they are driving me nuts!!!!! So guys, for the sake of hating telemarketers help! Tony
