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From: indra@hobbes.amd.com (Indra Singhal)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: phone message screen
Message-ID: <27263@amdcad.AMD.COM>
Date: 15 Sep 89 00:25:03 GMT
References: <778@swbatl.UUCP>
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Reply-To: indra@hobbes.AMD.COM (Indra Singhal)
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Sunnyvale CA
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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.

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