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.. no, the caller never logs in, just the computer knows the who the
caller is and can execute a program for the local user to give information
on that caller...  For example: 

Say you are a receptionist and you receive over one hundred phone calls
per day, each requiring you to bring up information on the caller (a
business client).. Won't it be easier to have that client's file come up
automatically? 

Some medical journals claim that it costs some where from $3 to $8 dollars
to pull a chart every time someone calls.. (employees, time, etc.)  this
is just a step further into the computer/modern age, where the computers
save businesses more money by handling simple, repetitive tasks.

My personal need, however, is to simply inform me who is calling via a
message from samba, while I'm using my win95 computer.. Nothing much, but
it'll be a very nice and convenient tool for me.  I'm sure many other
people will find this feature helpful and a very powerful tool.

-Paul

On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Canary, Robert W. wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I don't know where you would try to go with this, but if you are using PPP 
> you can put the "welcome" option in the callers ppp.rc file which is in 
> hhis home directoy.   The option "welcome" will run whatever script you 
> include as a parameter.
> 
> --
> robert
> 
> ----------
> From: 	Paul Miller[SMTP:paul@3dillusion.com]
> Sent: 	Thursday, April 30, 1998 6:22 PM
> To: 	mgetty
> Subject: 	todo list
> 
> 
> <please reply directly to me>
> 
> Can I suggestion something for the todo list?
> 
> I'd like to see mgetty optionally call a program when it sees the caller
> ID information.  How might this be useful?  Well, if your modem is
> connected to a voice line, mgetty could call a program that could use the
> caller ID information for something usefull -- pull up someone's personal
> information, medical chart, or maybe just alert you that someone important
> is calling...
> 
> This option would need to include basic parameters such as uid/gid of
> course...
> 
> Maybe in a later release, mgetty could determine what program to execute
> for different ID's (similar to the dialin.config).. but for now, it would
> be helpful to just add the executing part -- the 3rd party program can
> handle different IDs for now...
> 
> What do you think?  Sound reasonable?
> 
> -Paul
> 
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