On Sun, 06 Dec 2020 13:15:50 -0600 "Martin McCormick" <marti...@suddenlink.net> wrote:
> I found our old dial-up modem in a box of odds and ends 2 > years ago and wondered if it could read callerID tones sent after > the first ring. It can so I started on a perl program that > initializes the modem for callerID and then compares the strings > received with a pair of files, one of which is called scum and > contains callerID name packets of folks we don't want to talk to. > The other is called good and looks for names of friends or anyone > else we like hearing from. It is actually scanned first and > causes the program to abort. You wouldn't care to make this software available, would you? Consider adding an option to send a fax tone instead. :-) -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/