distinctive ring

The Lost Wizard (astlew@l-w.net)
Tue, 15 Dec 1998 14:58:19 -0700


On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, Gert Doering wrote:

> Right now, mgetty can't handle distinctive RING natively.
> 
> On the other hand, with 1.1.18 and 1.1.19, you *can* do this through the
> external "cnd-program" interface - mgetty can call an external program to
> decide whether to accept an incoming call, based on the dist-ring number,
> the Caller ID, and some other things.
> 
> This program can basically do whatever it wants, and in your case, it
> could base its decision purely on the dist ring number, ignoring
> everything else.

Thanks for the reply. I'll try just that.

William Astle

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