asterisk users - Feb 2005 - Using Asterisk to monitor in/out calls (single line)

Hello group,

Please don't shoot the new guy. I have a linux workstation with a
phone-in and a phone-out jack and a single phone line. I would like to
use Asterisk (if possible) to monitor/log in and out calls, including
logging the phone number -- pretty basic.

I would also like to play with possible call filtering (sending unwanted
calls to voice mail).

Are these things that I can do with Asterisk or am I under-using it?

If so, do I need to build any of the ISDN or Telephony support driovers
into my kernel to support Asterisk? I ask because I build my own kernels
and I usually leave that stuff out.

Thanks.

Job