[Asterisk-Users] Call ID Mini-Popup?

[Peter Svensson]

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004, Thomas Hutton wrote:

> Question: Does anyone know of a lightweight popup method to put an
> incoming call ID string on a client machine?  Something as simple as
> winpopup would work great- for example: I have a call coming in on Zap/4
> but the phone on Zap/4 doesn't have a call ID display.  Could I somehow
> configure Asterisk to call a script that uses a SMB winpopup (or other
> method) out to a specified computer sitting next to the phone?
> 
> Thanks very much for any ideas, or knowledge of something already in
> existence.

The "smbclient" program from Samba provides an option to send winpopup 
messages.

Peter