mgetty and vgetty

Gert Doering (gert@greenie.muc.de)
Tue, 16 Feb 1999 16:23:51 +0100

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Hi,

On Tue, Feb 16, 1999 at 02:19:32PM +0000, seppanen@bresnanlink.net wrote:
> I'm completely new to the world of mgetty and vgetty.  I'm hoping to set up
> voice mail on my linux machine, and I'm in the process of doing some research
> on it.	Other than having a voice capable modem are there any requirements?
> Specific Makers, models, or brands of modems?  How do mgetty and vgetty
> relate. Is vgetty a subsystem of mgetty, or an expansion of mgetty?  Will a
> generic modem (not a winmodem) work?

vgetty is an extention to mgetty (distributed in the same package).  A
winmodem will never work, others might work, or might not, depending on
the modem vendor and the firmware version.

For voice operations, a ZyXEL 1496 or an ELSA MicroLink modem are pretty
good.

gert
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