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...the * key and be prompted for their password to check vmail. For some reason though the background command isn't working as I'd expect it to: [macro-vmessage] exten => s,1,Answer exten => s,2,Background(/var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/sixthree/${ARG1}/unavail) exten => 1,*,Macro(checkmessage,${ARG1}) exten => 2,*,Hangup exten => s,3,VoiceMail2(s${ARG1}) exten => s,4,Hangup [macro-checkmessage] exten => s,1,VoiceMailMain2(${ARG1}) exten => s,2,Hangup If I do nothing during the greeting all behaves as I would expect (user is given the unavailble greeting, then a beep to...

...was just captured. In order to get the behavior I'm looking for (user calls into voicemail, presses * to be prompted for a password and check messages, press # to skip the greeting and leave a message) I had to have 3 macros: (1)vm - leave voicemail (2)vm-nogreet - simply provide a beep (3)checkmessage Ideally this would be one larger macro, where the starting point could be specified as well as passing the arguments along. [macro-vm] exten => s,1,Answer exten => s,2,Background(${VMAILPATH}/${ARG2}/${ARG1}/unavail) exten => s,3,VoiceMail2(s${ARG1}) exten => s,4,Hangup [macro-vm-no...