v/mgetty questions.

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Hi,

On Fri, Sep 24, 1999 at 05:53:59PM -0700, xy3@email.com wrote:
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> >You can't, right now.  The trick is (to wait for 1.1.22 or) to call the
> >cnd-program immediately, say by setting "rings 2", and then have the 
> >cnd-program delay for 30 seconds or so, until the right RING count has
> >been reached...  not really pretty, but will work.
> >
> >With 1.1.22 or 1.1.23, you can setup mgetty/vgetty to call cnd-program
> >immediately, and answer later.
> 
> Will 1.1.22 be out any time soon? 

Depends on the amount of e-mails I have to answer :-) (and the amount
of "real work, payed for" that I have to do).  Most likely, not too
soon, maybe in 4-6 weeks or so.

> (and does 'call cnd-program immediately' mean 
> after the 2nd ring?) 

It will be called after each RING, with all the data available, and can
then return "call me again / reject call / accept call".  Look for the
discussion about this in the mgetty list archives.

> I have a feeling that if I put rings 2 w/the delay in cnd-
> program it would still force mgetty to try and answer as soon as the delay was 
> over (if cnd-program exit 0).  If I had manually answered the phone it would 
> interrupt the call.

Indeed.  So what you'd need to do is have the cnd-program read the
RINGs, and count up to 5, or notice a timeout ("someone has picked up,
no more RINGs to follow") and return 0/1 accordingly.  Not pretty, but
will work as a workaround.

> BTW, how do I turn off automatic sending of mail when a new fax has arrived? 

set 

notify ""

in mgetty.config

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