A distinctive ring question

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Hi!

Chris wrote:
> I am planning on getting distinctive ring in a few weeks so my roomie can
> have his own number.  The voice.conf file for vgetty has a section that
> deals with distinctive ring, but isn't clear on what sort of options may
> be set on that basis.

Any option.

> Unlike the example (ring1 = voice, ring2 = data:fax), I am planning to use
> both numbers for voice calls, and would like to have vgetty play a
> different outgoing message for each line.

No problem.

> Since I don't have the ability to test it myself, does anyone else know if
> it's allowable to put options from the "program vgetty" block in the
> distinctive ring section?  An example might be:

Yes, that is allowed. Vgetty will parse the config file several
times. First it reads the generic section, then the port section and
when the ring comes in, the apropriate ring section. So if you put
some option into that section, you simply override the previous
setting, which is exactly what you want in this case.

> ringtype ring1
> rings 4
> answer_mode voice:fax:data
> backup_message outgoing1.rmd
> 
> ringtype ring2
> rings 2
> answer_mode voice:fax:data
> backup_message outgoing2.rmd

No problem, should work. Maybe the rings setting will not be used,
but the answer_mode and backup_message surely will be used.

> I would like to have some idea whether or not this type of ring-based
> message selection is practical before I get the second phone number....
> 
> Has anyone tried this arrangement before?  Does it work?

I'm sorry, but I don't have distinctive ring, so I can only answer
that theoretically and that answer is yes. It is supposed to work
just the way you want it.

Bye,
Marc
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