From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 30 10:59:54 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65BEA16A420 for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2006 10:59:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nikolas.britton@gmail.com) Received: from xproxy.gmail.com (xproxy.gmail.com [66.249.82.192]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C454943D49 for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2006 10:59:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nikolas.britton@gmail.com) Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id s9so677081wxc for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2006 02:59:52 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=INaTlhTDQ5Q973Mbe50y2RtrT4KRHjw/LwOYRQCW5HVcMmS8ZtkMsT8hYP/177hVNUvfOFYYHXhr0MusaERAv64C0m2aaAITuu7mgKJs9Njnw7c2pamVtTo/PgGZIWqcN1bFqRZm+x+M2jZiJnznytbK3Z60hrkh7gimHuOkE/w= Received: by 10.70.128.18 with SMTP id a18mr5327702wxd; Mon, 30 Jan 2006 02:59:51 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.70.63.7 with HTTP; Mon, 30 Jan 2006 02:59:51 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 04:59:51 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton To: Nick Triantos In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Answering machine / voicemail --> email? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 10:59:54 -0000 On 1/29/06, Nick Triantos wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm running a decently fast server with FreeBSD 5.4. I'd like to set up > a way that the box can act as a voicemail server, and turn the messages i= nto > emails. > > I see Asterisk as a possible solution, but it seems awfully heavyweight f= or > what I want. Are there any lighter-weight ways to achieve this? > > If Asterisk is the way to go, what's the cheapest modem card I can buy (f= or > a PCI Express-based Dell SC 420) that can answer the phone, and let the m= achine > receive these calls? It's for use in my home, so it's only 1 analog phon= e > line running into the house right now. > You want the Sipura SPA-3000 ($100) http://www.voipsupply.com/product_info.php?products_id=3D203 With this device and Asterisk you can convert your whole house to VoIP, without needing SIP phones or analog adapters for each device. Phone line coming into the house --> SPA-3000 (FXO port) --> SPA-3000 (Ethernet port) --> Asterisk Server --> SPA-3000 (Ethernet port) --> SPA-3000 (FXS Port) --> Phones. Download (513MB) and watch this video, everything will then make sense: http://downloads.revision3.com/torrents/systm/0005/systm--0005--asterisk--l= arge.xvid.avi.torrent Go here too: http://revision3.com/systm/asterisk/