On Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 03:17:51PM -0500, Kent West wrote: [...] > > > I might have left out detail that might prove to be important. This > > > printer queue will be shared over the network so that a 911 call > > > notification server can print to it, generating both the printout and an > > > email and a beeper message (via email). The 911 call notification server > > > is running on a WindowsNT (gag, aack) box. Currently, the 911 software > > > can't print and email, so I wanted to bring Linux into the picture to > > > demonstrate to the big-whigs that Linux solves problems. Only thing is, > > > I've been trying for two years off-and-on to solve this problem with > > > no results. [...]
What if, instead of sending the message to a print queue and generating an email, you generated an email and then printed it? You could do this by having the 911 software email to an account on your *nix box which has a ~/.forward containing something like: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], "|lpr" Any mail to this account would be forwarded and printed. Of course, this might include spam... Cheers, your pal dave. -- Dave Thayer Denver, Colorado USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
