asterisk users - Nov 2003 - SIP, Sipura SPA-2000, and Voicemail2

I figured out what was going on with the lack of/stuck on  stuttered dial 
tone. Apparently, there are two voicemail directories being referenced: 
/var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/default, and 
/var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/local. The sip phones were using
/var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/local to dump VM messages into, yet the MWI  
looks at /var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/default.

Does anyone know why two different directories are being used?
The context of the sip phones is not default, it is house-local, and I'm 
curious as to why the 'local' directory is used, and how it is derived
from
the SIP phone context.

I can correct the problem by making a symlink from local to default, but
this does not appear to be the best way to solve this problem.

Thanks,

Steve.

> I figured out what was going on with the lack of/stuck on  stuttered dial 
> tone. Apparently, there are two voicemail directories being referenced: 
> /var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/default, and 
> /var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/local. The sip phones were using
> /var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/local to dump VM messages into, yet the MWI  
> looks at /var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/default.
> 
> Does anyone know why two different directories are being used?
> The context of the sip phones is not default, it is house-local, and
I'm
> curious as to why the 'local' directory is used, and how it is
derived from
> the SIP phone context.
> 
> I can correct the problem by making a symlink from local to default, but
> this does not appear to be the best way to solve this problem.
Pure guess is something to do with voicemail vs voicemail2. I just swapped
from voicemail to voicemail2 a couple of days ago, and the 'local'
directory
on my machine is datestamped from exactly when I did the conversion. (The
only voicemail box within the 'local' directory is for an extension that
I
was using for testing during the conversion.  All other extensions reside
in the 'default' directory, and voicemail2 is working fine with
7960's and
a Snom 200.)

Solution: The context used in voicemail.conf has to match the default context 
in sip.conf.


Sip.conf:


[general]
port=5060
bindaddr=192.168.17.2
tos=lowdelay
disallow=all
allow=ulaw
context=default ; Note: this must match voicemail.conf

;

; SIP Entry for sipura line 1
; This phone is allowed to dial extensions and local phone numbers
;
[101]
type=friend
host=dynamic
context=house-toll
reinvite=no
canreinvite=no
qualify=300
secret=xxxxx
callerid="Sipura Line 1" <101>
username=101
mailbox=101
nat=0

; Sample for sipura line 2
; This phone is allowed to dial extensions and local phone numbers
;
[102]
type=friend
host=dynamic
context=house-toll
reinvite=no
canreinvite=no
qualify=300
secret=yyyyy
callerid="Sipura Line 2" <102>
username=102


Voicemail.conf:


[general]

format=wav
maxmessage=180

[default] ; Note: this was [local]

;
; format: password, name, email address for attached voicemail msgs
;

101 => xxxx,Steve Rodgers,srodgers@xxx.com
102 => yyyy,Karen Rodgers,krodgers@xxx.com

voicemail vs voicemail2; messages of both are kept in different directories.

Steve Rodgers wrote:
>
>I figured out what was going on with the lack of/stuck on  stuttered dial 
>tone. Apparently, there are two voicemail directories being referenced: 
>/var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/default, and 
>/var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/local. The sip phones were using
>/var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/local to dump VM messages into, yet the MWI  
>looks at /var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/default.
>
>Does anyone know why two different directories are being used?
>The context of the sip phones is not default, it is house-local, and I'm
>curious as to why the 'local' directory is used, and how it is
derived from
>the SIP phone context.
>
>I can correct the problem by making a symlink from local to default, but
>this does not appear to be the best way to solve this problem.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Steve.
>
>
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On Saturday 08 November 2003 19:32, Steve Rodgers wrote:
> I figured out what was going on with the lack of/stuck on  stuttered
> dial tone. Apparently, there are two voicemail directories being
> referenced: /var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/default, and
> /var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/local. The sip phones were using
> /var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/local to dump VM messages into, yet the
> MWI looks at /var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/default.
>
> Does anyone know why two different directories are being used?
> The context of the sip phones is not default, it is house-local, and
> I'm curious as to why the 'local' directory is used, and how it
is
> derived from the SIP phone context.
>
> I can correct the problem by making a symlink from local to default,
> but this does not appear to be the best way to solve this problem.
You need to specify your mailboxes in sip.conf as 123@house-local
to use a context other than default.

-Tilghman