Re: [hylafax-users] Conclusion: Damn! Hylafax, Multitech, and distinctive ring

[Aidan Van Dyk <aidan@highrise.ca>]

* Lee Howard <faxguy@howardsilvan.com> [030520 20:51]:

> >But if I don't, then what?  Faxgetty already has a lock on the 
> >modem(see notes further down). True, it would be good enough if all I 
> >wanted was for a human to answer the phone(and I have tried this - it 
> >works, the modem won't answer if I answer before the 9 rings) , but 
> >I'd like to have voicemail.
> 
> I've not yet heard of anyone configuring vgetty (the one from 
> mgetty-sendfax) and faxgetty to play as you're wanting them to... but 
> honestly I've not tried.  I suspect that data works with mgetty, 
> however, since others have done that, but I just don't know of a 
> "vgetty" program that works the way that faxgetty expects it to.  I 
> don't think that the vgetty from mgetty-sendfax is the right kind of 
> "vgetty".  I know the documentation indicates that this can be done, 
> and I suspect it can... but with particular vgetty program available 10 
> years ago which is probably long since dead and unavailable.  Any getty 
> that you use in conjunction with faxgetty will need to "accept the 
> baton (er, handle)" from faxgetty rather than answering the call itself.

Back in the days, probably almost 10 years ago, I had HylaFAX's faxgetty
working using a vgetty to make my old rockwell an answering machine, but
letting me issue faxanswer when I knew it was a fax.

That was many computers ago, so I know from experience that it works,
but for the life of me, I can't find what vgetty program I used.

Sorry I can't give the solution...

a.

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