1.1.21 : Caller ID without answeing?

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Hi,

On Sun, Jul 25, 1999 at 10:32:13PM -0500, Jason White wrote:
> Prior to 1.2.21, if you wanted to grab the caller-id information you
> always had to wait for the second ring before 'cnd-program' was invoked
> since:
> 
>   1) the caller-id information comes between the first and second ring
>   2) mgetty had no way to call cnd-program immediately after collecting
>      the caller-id information.

1.1.21 :-) - and it still doesn't work for *all* modems, only for those
reporting "NMBR...", or "RING...".  But for most, it should work fine
now.

> Gert: thanks for implementing this feature.  Mgetty just keeps getting
>       better and better!

:-)

gert
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