This isn't specifically Debian-related, but if I can get this done it'll be a major score on campus for Linux in general and Debian specifically.
Can I print from a Win95 box to a Debian queue and route that output to an email message as well as to a printer? For those who are interested, here's the background: Whenever a campus phone is used to dial 911, a signal goes to the city's 911 dispatch office. A signal also goes to a local Win95 box on campus running specialized 911 software. This software logs the incident, prints a hardcopy, and is supposed to send an alpha page to our campus security cops. Problem is that the 911 software and our paging company can't seem to communicate with each other. The 911 software people blame the paging company, and the paging company blame the 911 software. (I think the 911 software is to blame; there's no way to customize the data going across the modem to account for different handshaking methods, etc). Although Win95/NT printers can be redirected to a text file, there's no way to pre-assign a name to that text file. So everytime a 911 call comes in, someone has to go to the Win95 box and tell it to save the file as "911.txt" or something similar. Of course, this defeats the entire idea of automation. I figure Linux is powerful enough to do what I asked above. I've just about gotten samba figured out enough to allow the Win95 box to print to it; what I need to know is how to route that printed info to a mail message. We can then email the message to our campus security beepers (this mechanism is already in place). Thanks! ================================================ Kent West, Technology Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] Abilene Christian Univ., Abilene, TX 915-674-2557 FAX: 915.674.6724 Amateur Radio: KC5ENO Debian Linux: Ride the wave with the penguins!
