asterisk users - May 2004 - mailbox numbers

hopefully a quick and not too daft a question but just wanted to check to
see if the extension numbers as defined in extensions.conf and the sections
of sip.conf  needed to have a numbering plan that was exclusive of the
numbers that are allocated to the mailbox numbers that are established for
voicemail.

ie can we have an extension number xxxx and a mailbox number of the same
number ???

this would seem to afford the simplest mapping of an extension to an
identically numbered mailbox.

or as i perhaps suspect the mailbox numbers are in fact "extensions"
and as
such need to have a numbering scheme that is exclusive from the extension
numbers

the wiki example seem to suggest we can have an identical numbering scheme
for the two ???

GT

ie can

-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com
Sent: 10 May 2004 13:58
To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] mailbox numbers


hopefully a quick and not too daft a question but just wanted to check
to
see if the extension numbers as defined in extensions.conf and the
sections
of sip.conf  needed to have a numbering plan that was exclusive of the
numbers that are allocated to the mailbox numbers that are established
for
voicemail.

ie can we have an extension number xxxx and a mailbox number of the same
number ???

<snip>

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Voicemail mailbox numbers and extensions can have matching numbers or be
totally different. Mailboxes are not extensions, they are accessed via
the Voicemail app.

It is probably best to set extension and mailbox numbers the same as it 
makes life easier for the end-user and the admin. It also makes it
possible 
to dial voicemail from your extension and be just prompted for the
password, 
rather than the mailbox number and password.

-nathan