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Subject: Re: Re: bin/1019
To: muir@idiom.com (David Muir Sharnoff)
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In reply to David Muir Sharnoff who wrote:
> 
> * It certainly seems that having things like mgetty/ppp getty/foo getty
> * and bar getty is a non-optimal solution to the problem.
> 
> I agree in theory, but there is one snag: detecting faxes is
> uaually an interactive process that varies based on the type
> of modem.
> 
> I'm more familiar with mgetty than faxgetty and mgetty works by
> turning off auto-answer and then manually answering when it receives
> a "RING".

Why can't the "intelligent" getty check for "RING" as it can check for
a PPP header ??
As far as I can see Jordan has a very valid point here, if we make
getty search a list of known input we can make it do wahtever is
nessesary, also for receiving a fax.

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