asterisk-users-request@lists.digium.com is believed to have said:>I don't mean to be rude to everyone who responded to this question, but >I think that everyone is answering the wrong question. The point is that >the message waiting indicator doesn't light up, at all, ever. All that >happens when messages are waiting is that the display blinks and the >phone gives a stutter dialtone. That's it. There is no light under the >button - there should be, but there isn't. The "blinking" phone >designers should have put those stupid blinking red leds - that only >flash on boot up - under the message button and flashed the display >during boot up. But they didn't and we're stuck with it. Such is life. > >Stephen R. BeschI noticed this strange factoid as soon as I got MWI to work. Does anybody know what then is the use for the message button? Thanks, Aldo
The message button can be programmed to dial an extension that checks voicemail exten => 160,1,Voicemailmain(${CALLERIDNUM}) On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 18:57:41 +0100, Aldo Bergamini <aab.lists@nb-a.com> wrote:> asterisk-users-request@lists.digium.com is believed to have said: > > >I don't mean to be rude to everyone who responded to this question, but > >I think that everyone is answering the wrong question. The point is that > >the message waiting indicator doesn't light up, at all, ever. All that > >happens when messages are waiting is that the display blinks and the > >phone gives a stutter dialtone. That's it. There is no light under the > >button - there should be, but there isn't. The "blinking" phone > >designers should have put those stupid blinking red leds - that only > >flash on boot up - under the message button and flashed the display > >during boot up. But they didn't and we're stuck with it. Such is life. > > > >Stephen R. Besch > > I noticed this strange factoid as soon as I got MWI to work. > > Does anybody know what then is the use for the message button? > > Thanks, > Aldo > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >