Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!husc6!necntc!ames!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!esosun!seismo!uunet!psivax!rabbit From: rabbit@psivax.UUCP (Joe Kwan) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: neighbor with two phone lines Message-ID: <1943@psivax.UUCP> Date: 8 Dec 87 20:06:37 GMT References: <351@minya.UUCP> <1874@psivax.UUCP> <289@nusdhub.UUCP> Reply-To: rabbit@psivax.UUCP (Joe Kwan) Organization: Pacesetter Systems Inc., Sylmar, CA Lines: 24 In article <289@nusdhub.UUCP> rwhite@nusdhub.UUCP (Robert C. White Jr.) writes: >In article <1874@psivax.UUCP>, rabbit@psivax.UUCP (Joe Kwan) writes: >> Some others have suggested duplicate Systems entries. But you can >> also create duplicate Devices entries. Just call them by the same name >> and uucico will try one device, and if that doesn't work, it will try >> the next device. This is all from memory. I haven't really done this. > >This will not work!!! for two reasons. Yes, you're right. I believe the original question was about calling to two different phone numbers. You do need two separate entries in the Systems file to specify different phone numbers. But, you can still have two or more device entries for uucico to try if one is busy. The device selected will dial the phone number from the Systems entry. Joe -- Joe Kwan Systems Analyst Pacesetter Systems, Inc. A Siemens Company uucp: {csun, scgvaxd, hoptoad, sdcrdcf, uunet}!psivax!rabbit