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From: maney@heathers.stdio.com (Fredrich P. Maney)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Numeric pager software
Date: 31 Jul 1996 22:31:25 GMT
Organization: Open World
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tedm@agora.rdrop.com wrote:
: In <4tatq8$q1o@bamboo.verinet.com>, mike@bamboo.verinet.com (Mike Loseke) writes:
: >Does anyone know how to get Hylafax to talk to a normal numeric pager,
: >or point me to an "npager" like util that will work on FreeBSD?

: What about simply writing a script that sends ATDTXXXXXX,,,,,,YYYYY
: to the pager number?  you might have to lengthen the time each comma
: uses, and make the modem blind dial, but that would at least get a
: telephone number or other identifying number to the pager.

: I'd be interested in a alpha implementation also.

Check into the sendpage program that available at:
ftp.net.ohio-state.edu : /pub/pagers/sendpage5a.tar.gz

It will handle alphanumeric pages via modem to a paging company.

fpsm
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