small linux based answering machine

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 11:47:19AM -0500, Christopher Browne wrote:
> And sadly, that sounds like that's not likely to result in something
> that's fairly characterized as "small," notably in that it's not the
> simplest thing in the world to configure.
> 
> I dropped "call answer" on my phone line in favor of a $15 answering
> machine several years ago, and haven't been disappointed at having
> been paid for it ~20x over in terms of savings.  It ain't open source,
> but I haven't found I cared :-).
> 
> FYI, here's another link to a possibility...  It borrows drivers from
> Asterisk, but eshews the framework in favor of a 173 line C program.
> http://linuxgazette.net/120/smith.html

While the price charged by phone companies here for voice mail is totally
insane, it does have the advantage of being able to take messages while
you are on the phone.

But that's the only good thing it has.

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