asterisk users - Nov 2003 - new voicemail notification by calling #?

Hi guys,

This is a two part question about the Voicemail application:

Firstly, is there a way built in to the current app which would allow me 
to have Asterisk call a phone number everytime a certain mailbox 
receives a new voicemail?  I know about the email and pager 
notifications that are already built in to voicemail.conf, and I've used 
those but also have a need to do what I describe above.  I suppose I 
could write some AGI, etc. to initiate the call manually (I've got some 
learning to do there, yet), but I just wanted to make sure that this 
kind of thing isn't already done in the app.

Also, I've noticed that when using Voicemail2, recorded wav files that 
are then mailed to users seem to have a noticably lower volume (only on 
calls that have come in from the outside) than they did under Voicemail, 
the original app.  Has anyone else noticed this?  Is there a place to 
configure the volume of the recording (which seems normal when I listen 
to it directly through asterisk (on a handset)) other than fiddling w/ 
the gain on my FXO card?

Thanks,

John Lawler

Hi,

I am currently working on an application that communicates with Asterisk
via the Manager interface.  Two of the features that I have been working
on involve transfering a call and initiating a 3-way call.

I have been able to get the blind transfer working in most situations
with the manager command "Redirect", however I cannot get any sort of
3-way call happening at all.   I have tried all sorts of things but seem
to keep hitting dead ends.

I do have both of these functions working well from the phone itself
(using the '#' to transfer and the link key to do 3-way), however we
need to get them working in our application.

Can someone please provide some direction?

Thanks,
Derek