> I'd like to re-deploy an old IPCop box (PCI internal real-hardware > modem) as a fax-server and answerphone.
> Anyone got any pointers on how to set this up? Easy for that fax part - hylafax is the choice, somewhat American but sendfax isn't very sophisticated. There's nothing else. The voice bit is going to be a pain. Vgetty (part of sendfax, works with hylafax) will handle incoming voice calls. Problem 1: make your modem distinguish between incoming voice, fax, and data calls. Problem 2: Get your modem to record voice, and play back recorded voice. If you manage that, you can use some sendfax/vgetty related package and with what looked like not too much trouble set up a complete voice mail run-around along the lines of "press 1 to talk to my dog, press 2 to record a message, press 3 for bla bla, and if you're fed up with this crapola, press 9 now for further options or hang up". (The trick would be recording the voice prompts while keeping a straight face resp voice.) I thought about doing it, but it looked like way too much trouble for a joke. Of course, if you had ISDN, you would just crank up yast and then click on "fax machine" and then "answer phone"... pity things here went from stoneage to 19th C, bypassing the industrial revolution. Let us know your solution... Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
