Marc Zucchelli on 21 Oct 2003 10:08:02 -0400 |
I definitly want to write something myself in code, just for the learning experience. Although I think the service you mentioned would probably be more practical as far as cost in concerned, so I'll probably look into that, thanks for the info! > It depends upon your reasoning, if learning and > experience is your first > priority, then go for it. As said in another email > there are some > components and preconfigured devices for such a > thing. I actually have > two devices (cards) specifically made for advanced > voicemail box setups, > if anybody wants to research or experiment with > those, let me know. > > If you just want a voice-to-computer answering > machine, there are services > out there, locally even! That will do this for you.. > I personally use > innoport.com which is a local company that gives you > a 215 (although I > suppose they can give you a box on an 800 number, > too) number... on my > main number, I have busy/don't answer forwarding.. > which I point at that > number.. or people can just call that number > directly, it can accept > voicemail and/or fax. Voicemail it makes into > .wav's, fax'es as .pdf's... > if anybody wants to call it and get an example back, > just let me know. > > Also, if anybody wants to sign up for the service, > let me know.. I can get > a referral credit but have to send you an email or > referral number. > Either way, I would recommend this service whether I > get a referral credit > or not. This is cheaper than if you were to get a > separate line to do > this, or even cheaper than verizon voicemail, and > it's the only service I > know of at least locally to provide the voicemails & > faxes electronically > which rocks. It's great for dsl, dialup, if you're > at work, or across the > country on vacation, or just need a non-home > voicemail or fax number to > give out. > > -- > msimons@slackware.com INFORMATION*MEDIA*PHOTOGRAPHY > www.michaelsimons.com > Creative Arts Resource Project : PTMaterials > Exchange : www.pleasetake.org > A 501(c)3 Non-profit Organization Arts and > Environmental Resource Network > Shopping Online? Use http://www.igive.com/carp/ make > donations at no cost! > Do you like what I do? Consider donating resources > to CARP; Ask me how! > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- > http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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