asterisk users - Mar 2004 - ANNOUNCE: Voice Mail Box Exists AGI script

Version 0.02 of my Voice Mail Box Exists (vmbe) AGI script is now
available at http://www.fnords.org/~eric/asterisk/downloads/

It's a VERY simple AGI script, but might be useful to some people and
could be a nice sample script for AGI newbies.

The vmbe AGI script will test to see if the specified voice mailbox
exists.  If it does not exist it will jump to {EXTEN}+vmbe+false, if it
does exist it will jump to {EXTEN}+vmbe+true.  I feel this is better
than jumping to some priority like +101, and is easier to read once you
understand it.
 
Here are some examples of usage in extensions.conf:
 
# Jump to ${EXTEN}+vmbe+true if the mailbox exists
# Jump to ${EXTEN}+vmbe+false if the mailbox does NOT exist
exten => 2111,1,AGI(/path/to/vmbe,2111@default)
 
# Mailbox 2111 in voicemail context [default] exists
# Ring extension for 30 seconds, then go to voicemail.
exten => 2111+vmbe+true,1,Dial(Zap/1,30)
exten => 2111+vmbe+true,2,VoiceMail(u2196)
exten => 2111+vmbe+true,102,VoiceMail(b2196)
 
# Mailbox 2111 in voicemail context [default] does NOT exist
# Ring forever
exten => 2111+vmbe+false,1,Dial(Zap/1)


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          Eric Wieling * BTEL Consulting * 504-899-1387 x2111
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