From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 29 08:53:06 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 667AF16A420 for ; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 08:53:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C103443D48 for ; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 08:53:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1F38Iy-0000rB-HD for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 09:53:04 +0100 Received: from adsl-71-131-185-171.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net ([71.131.185.171]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 09:53:04 +0100 Received: from nick-gmane by adsl-71-131-185-171.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 09:53:04 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Nick Triantos Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 08:52:43 +0000 (UTC) Lines: 18 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-71-131-185-171.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net X-Newsreader: JetBrains Omea Reader 918.2 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0605-0, 01/29/2006), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Sender: news Subject: 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: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 08:53:06 -0000 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 into emails. I see Asterisk as a possible solution, but it seems awfully heavyweight for 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 (for a PCI Express-based Dell SC 420) that can answer the phone, and let the machine receive these calls? It's for use in my home, so it's only 1 analog phone line running into the house right now. thanks, -Nick