turn off modem during the day

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I have my modem in my office set up for dialin via mgetty (Linux
Redhat 4.1, mgetty mgetty-1.0.0). 

The University has a voicemail system which I would like to use while
I am in the office, otherwise I 'd like mgetty and the modem answer
the phone when I leave. 

Can I do this simply without playing with the mgetty entry in inittab
and rebooting (or init q). What if I just simply turn the modem off
while I am in the office? Would mgetty get confused after a while, or
it will just report to the log file that the modem is off, and it will
get back to business as soon as the modem is turned on?

Thanks,

Mate

Mate Wierdl 
mw@moni.msci.memphis.edu 
University of Memphis
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