hack@swbatl.UUCP (2771) (09/14/89)
A few moons ago there was a program by Dave Taylor that was included with Elm (or Msg) that allowed users to pop up a quick message screen to take incoming phone call messages and mail them out via Elm. Does anyone recall what it was called and what versions it was in? -- Greg Hackney uunet!swbatl!hack
syd@DSI.COM (Syd Weinstein) (09/14/89)
hack@swbatl.UUCP (2771) writes:
:A few moons ago there was a program by Dave Taylor that was
:included with Elm (or Msg) that allowed users to pop up
:a quick message screen to take incoming phone call messages
:and mail them out via Elm.
:Does anyone recall what it was called and what versions it was in?
Its still there, its fastmail.
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syd@DSI.COM or {bpa,vu-vlsi}!dsinc!syd FAX: (215) 938-0235rob@PacBell.COM (Rob Bernardo) (09/14/89)
In article <778@swbatl.UUCP> hack@swbatl.UUCP (2771) writes:
+A few moons ago there was a program by Dave Taylor that was
+included with Elm (or Msg) that allowed users to pop up
+a quick message screen to take incoming phone call messages
+and mail them out via Elm.
+
+Does anyone recall what it was called and what versions it was in?
Answer, and it's still part of ELM.
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Residence: (415) 827-4301 R BAR JB, Concord, Californiaindra@hobbes.amd.com (Indra Singhal) (09/15/89)
In article <778@swbatl.UUCP> hack@swbatl.UUCP (2771) writes: |A few moons ago there was a program by Dave Taylor that was |included with Elm (or Msg) that allowed users to pop up |a quick message screen to take incoming phone call messages |and mail them out via Elm. |Does anyone recall what it was called and what versions it was in? The program is still part of the elm distribution and is called 'answer'. Typically, our secretary keeps 'answer' running all the time and as and when phonecalls come in, she goes ahead and types the message to the receipient. iNDRA | indra@amdcad.AMD.COM (408) 749-5445 | {ames decwrl gatech pyramid sun uunet}!amdcad!indra | MS 167; Box 3453; Sunnyvale, CA 94088
taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com (Dave Taylor) (09/16/89)
As others have pointed out, the program you're seeking, Greg, is
called "answer" and is still, I believe, a part of the net Elm
distribution. The man page (old, perhaps) is attached...
-- Dave Taylor
Intuitive Systems
Mountain View, California
taylor@limbo.intuitive.com or taylor%limbo.uucp@decwrl.dec.com
{uunet!} { decwrl, apple } !limbo!taylor
-- Attachment: "answer" man page
ANSWER(1L) ANSWER(1L)
NAME
answer - phone message transcription system
SYNOPSIS
answer
HP-UX COMPATIBILITY
Level: HP-UX/CONTRIBUTED
Origin: Hewlett-Packard
DESCRIPTION
Answer is a part of the Elm mail system and is designed for
secretaries and the like to allow them to answer phones
and|or listen to phone message machines and quickly and
easily transcribe the messages into electronic mail.
The program uses it's own alias set (usually a subset of the
system aliases, with more fields per user (ie unique first
names, unique last names, first-initial lastname, and so
on)). Note this means that you must create and then
install, using newalias, a separate alias table for the
account this program is to be run from.
Interface-wise, the program is a breeze to use - type
'answer' to start it up and then merely type a user name at
the
Message to:
prompt, and then enter the message, ending with a blank
line. Names can be entered as 'Firstname Lastname' and the
system will try to find a mail alias based on the first
letter of the first name plus the last name. For example,
'Dave Taylor' will cause the program to search for an alias
'd_taylor' in the file (note the transliteration into lower
case). The program will loop until killed or quit.
Answer can be easily exited by typing any of 'quit', 'exit'
'done', or 'bye' at the 'Message to:' prompt.
AUTHOR
Dave Taylor, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
SEE ALSO
The Elm Alias System Users Guide , by Dave Taylor
newalias(1L), checkalias(1L), mail(1), mailx(1), from(1L),
printmail(1L)
FILES
$home/.alias_hash individual alias hash table
$home/.alias_data individual alias data table
/tmp/snd.$$ edit buffer for outgoing mail
Hewlett-Packard Company - 1 - Sep 15, 1989