asterisk users - Nov 2003 - Transfer directly to voicemail?

Does anyone have a setup (or am I missing a simple thing here) to
transfer a caller directly to someone voicemail?  Example: I receive a
call, the caller wants to speak with x, who I know is not in the office.
Other than transferring them to x's extension, which rings to timeout
and then picks up voicemail, can I transfer right into voicemail?

I am using all SIP phones in my setup (7960s).
Thanks,
Daryl

You can do something like:

exten => _8XXXX,1,Voicemail(${EXTEN:1})

This assumes 4 digit extesnions (XXXX) and takes you to the voicemail box of
XXXX whenever anyone dials 8XXXX. After you have this in your dialplan, you
can transfer to it as easily as you can call it.

Sean

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <daryl@introspect.net>
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Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 10:29 AM
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Transfer directly to voicemail?


Does anyone have a setup (or am I missing a simple thing here) to
transfer a caller directly to someone voicemail?  Example: I receive a
call, the caller wants to speak with x, who I know is not in the office.
Other than transferring them to x's extension, which rings to timeout
and then picks up voicemail, can I transfer right into voicemail?

I am using all SIP phones in my setup (7960s).
Thanks,
Daryl
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What I have done is created a separate set of extensions for just this
scenario.

I don't have my * box on the network right now (long story, and not very
interesting), but the configs were pretty easy.  I have extension X be
my phone, and X+1 be a direct voicemail extension.  All odd extensions
are people, all even extensions are queues or vm extensions.

Look at your statement for transferring to VM if it times out on your
extension.  Copy that statement ('cause I like to have my unavailable
message used) as first on the VM extension.
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> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 9:29 AM
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> 
> Does anyone have a setup (or am I missing a simple thing here) to
> transfer a caller directly to someone voicemail?  Example: I receive a
> call, the caller wants to speak with x, who I know is not in the
office.
> Other than transferring them to x's extension, which rings to timeout
> and then picks up voicemail, can I transfer right into voicemail?
> 
> I am using all SIP phones in my setup (7960s).
> Thanks,
> Daryl
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daryl@introspect.net wrote:
>Does anyone have a setup (or am I missing a simple thing here) to
>transfer a caller directly to someone voicemail?  Example: I receive a
>call, the caller wants to speak with x, who I know is not in the office.
>Other than transferring them to x's extension, which rings to timeout
>and then picks up voicemail, can I transfer right into voicemail?
>
>I am using all SIP phones in my setup (7960s).
>Thanks,
>Daryl
>  
>
You could setup something like..

If your extensions are setup..
exten => 123,1,Dial...
exten => 123,102,Voicemail...
exten => 123,2,Voicemail...

Then a line like..

exten => _*.,1,goto(${exten:1},2) ; In other words goto priority 2 of 
the dialed exten

Would allow you to dial *123 and go directly to the voicemail box.. (if 
you use this check the syntax cos I typed it off the top of my head also 
make sure it fits into your dial plan.)..

Later..

Does anyone have a setup ware a user can pickup voice messages from a group
type voice box and from his own one in one go to the voice mail?

or to notify the user that hi have a message in his (sales) group mail box

Many Thanks

Alex
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