answering machine

[Craig White]

On Fri, 2007-02-02 at 21:59 -0700, Jon M. Hanson wrote:
> This might be overkill for what you want but Asterisk
> (http://www.asterisk.org) has voicemail features built-in (it's also
> an entire telephone switching system).
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> On Feb 2, 2007, at 9:56 PM, Jim wrote:
> 
> > I'd like to use my linux box as an answering machine.  What would be
> > a 
> > good modem to use and what software is available to make this work?
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asterisk is a bit overkill

http://www.vocpsystem.com/index.php

is probably more in line with his expectations

Craig