# .talkdrc Config file for ktalkd when used without X/KDE. # If your E-Mail inbox is not (where logid is the # name you use to log in), uncomment the next line and place the # E-Mail address of your inbox there. #Mail: # Set to 1 to activate answering machine. # Will work only if your administrator has enabled it. Answmach: 1 # Change this to customize the message displayed by the answering machine # when you receive a request while you're away. You may have up to 9 lines. Msg1: Hello. You're connected with the talk program answering machine. Msg2: I'm away from the computer at the moment. Msg3: Please leave a message and quit normally at the end of it. Msg4: - - Msg5: There's no way to delete across lines. Even if your talk program Msg6: allows you to cursor-around. Please use only normal keys and Msg7: backspace. Otherwise your note may be unreadable. # Subject of the mail you'll receive. '%s' will be replaced by the name of # the caller, qualified with their hostname.dom, presuming that they have # valid DNS. Subj: %s tried to "talk" you. # First line of the mail you'll receive. '%s' will be replaced by the # complete address of the caller. Head: Message left in the answering machine, by %s: # Do you wish to receive an empty mail if the caller didn't leave any message ? # (If "1", you'll only know who called you) EmptyMail: 1 # Set this to 'off' if all you want is a beep to notify you of talk # requests, to 'on' if you want to play an audio file instead. Sound: on # Define this to the full path of the sound file you wish to # have played when you receive talk requests. It may be of # any format, as long as the player defined below is capable # of playing it. SoundFile: /usr/lib/talkd/talk.wav # Set this to the command you will be using to play audio # files. This can be any .wav, .au, .snd or whatever player, # just so long as it will play the format that your chosen # audio file is in. SoundPlayer: /usr/local/bin/wavplay SoundPlayerOpt: -q # ==> SoundPlayer + SoundPlayerOpt = /usr/local/bin/wavplay -q ########### Edit below to set up a forward ########### # Enable forward by uncommenting and editing this line #Forward: user@host # Choose forward method : # None is perfect, they all have pros (+) and cons (-). # # FWA : Forward announcement only. Direct connection. Not recommended. # (+) You know who is the caller, but # (-) Caller will have to respond to an announcement from you. Annoying. # (-) Don't use if you have an answering machine on your 'away' location # (The answering machine can't popup an announcement, it would be confusing!) # # FWR : Forward all requests, changing info when necessary. Direct connection. # (+) Caller won't know that you're away, but # (-) You won't really know who's the caller - only his username, # (so you might see "talk from Wintalk@my_host") # # FWT : Forward all requests and take the talk. No direct connection. # (+) Same as above, but works also if you and caller can't be in direct # contact one with the other (e.g. firewall). # (+) You'll be told who's really talking to you when you accept the talk # (-) But as in FWR, you won't know his machine name in the announcement # #ForwardMethod: FWR