Re: Modem in Debian

On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 04:14:16PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 08:16:57PM +0000, Pantor wrote:
> > there is a modem plugged to PCI slot and no idea what to do with it.
> > Any suggestions, advices, please.
>
> Use it to dialup into the internet like real people :)

Or, like I do, assuming it's a voice modem, configure it as an answering machine. I use mgetty/vgetty. You can even run asterisk and have a voice mail system like businesses do.

In my case, when I get an answering machine message, it gets encoded and sent to my local mailbox. I read it with mutt and hear the message like any multi-media email message. Then I delete it or save it like any email message.

A.

-- 
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org 
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org