asterisk users - Jul 2003 - Can't access outside voicemail services through asterisk

I want to be able to check my Bell voicemail 
(*98) using a phone attached to my asterisk box.

In extensions.conf I have defined 
exten=>*98,1,Dial,Zap/g1/BYEXTENSION

However, when I dial *98, I just get a fast busy 
signal.

Is the * digit reserved for internal purposes?

Any help is appreciated.

On Mon, 2003-07-07 at 13:31, Derek Beaumont wrote:
> I want to be able to check my Bell voicemail 
> (*98) using a phone attached to my asterisk box.
> 
> In extensions.conf I have defined 
> exten=>*98,1,Dial,Zap/g1/BYEXTENSION
> 
> However, when I dial *98, I just get a fast busy 
> signal.
> 
> Is the * digit reserved for internal purposes?
Not really, but likely you do not have a extension to deal with that
option. Try...
exten => *98,1,Dial(Zap/${TRUNK}/${EXTEN}
-- 
Steven Critchfield  <critch@basesys.com>