asterisk users - Dec 2004 - So what if I can't dial out ... or in ... Asterisk just blows my mind!

I subscribed to this list for about two months before I began posting, so
I've
got a buttload of email to sift through ... I'm doing this BEFORE I flood
the
list with my inane questions ...

But here goes:

I read a reply from one guy to another about recording.  The message included 
this context from extensions.conf:

[recordings]
exten => 500,1,Festival('Please record your message')
exten => 500,2,Record(mymessage:gsm)
exten => 500,3,Festival('You said')
exten => 500,4,Playback(mymessage)
exten => 500,5,Festival('Press 1 to continue or 2 to change your
message')
exten => 500,6,ResponseTimeout(3)

So I figgered out how to make selected conferences automatically record the 
"minutes," and I was SO PSYCHED!!!!

But then I thought, what if I answer the phone and it's my ex-wife claiming 
that she's gonna sue me for malfeasance because of my new boyfriend, and I 
wanna make a recording of that call?  How could I discreetly begin a 
recording of that call?

Thanks,

lane
P.S.  I don't gotta ex-wife, I'm just saying "what if?"

On Wed, 2004-12-29 at 19:00 -0600, Lane wrote:
> I subscribed to this list for about two months before I began posting, so
I've
> got a buttload of email to sift through ... I'm doing this BEFORE I
flood the
> list with my inane questions ...
> 
> But here goes:
> 
> I read a reply from one guy to another about recording.  The message
included
> this context from extensions.conf:
> 
> [recordings]
> exten => 500,1,Festival('Please record your message')
> exten => 500,2,Record(mymessage:gsm)
> exten => 500,3,Festival('You said')
> exten => 500,4,Playback(mymessage)
> exten => 500,5,Festival('Press 1 to continue or 2 to change your
message')
> exten => 500,6,ResponseTimeout(3)
> 
> So I figgered out how to make selected conferences automatically record the
> "minutes," and I was SO PSYCHED!!!!
> 
> But then I thought, what if I answer the phone and it's my ex-wife
claiming
> that she's gonna sue me for malfeasance because of my new boyfriend,
and I
> wanna make a recording of that call?  How could I discreetly begin a 
> recording of that call?
You make a judgment call. Drives are cheap and if the recording laws are
in your favor in your area, record everything and delete those that you
haven't sequestered away after 1 to 2 weeks. 

Other option is to fake a call waiting and switch out to initiate
recording before joining back. 
-- 
Steven Critchfield <critch@basesys.com>

> From: Lane
> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 6:00 PM
>
> I subscribed to this list for about two months before I began posting, so
> I've
> got a buttload of email to sift through ... I'm doing this BEFORE I
flood
> the
> list with my inane questions ...
> 
> But here goes:
> 
> I read a reply from one guy to another about recording.  The message
> included
> this context from extensions.conf:
> 
> [recordings]
> exten => 500,1,Festival('Please record your message')
> exten => 500,2,Record(mymessage:gsm)
> exten => 500,3,Festival('You said')
> exten => 500,4,Playback(mymessage)
> exten => 500,5,Festival('Press 1 to continue or 2 to change your
message')
> exten => 500,6,ResponseTimeout(3)
> 
> So I figgered out how to make selected conferences automatically record
> the
> "minutes," and I was SO PSYCHED!!!!
> 
> But then I thought, what if I answer the phone and it's my ex-wife
> claiming
> that she's gonna sue me for malfeasance because of my new boyfriend,
and I
> wanna make a recording of that call?  How could I discreetly begin a
> recording of that call?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> lane
> P.S.  I don't gotta ex-wife, I'm just saying "what if?"

Check out twisted's patch on the bug tracker
http://bugs.digium.com/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=0002955 which allows you to
press a configurable dtmf key while on a call to begin recording.

If ya wannta see it in CVS test it out and post a note :)