asterisk users - Oct 2005 - Transfer directly to voicemail (blind transfer)?

Hi,

Have looked around for info about this:

<http://www.google.com/search?q=Transfer+directly+to+voicemail+site:lists.digium.com>

http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Asterisk+cmd+VoiceMail

If we are using 5 digit extensions (10102: 10 for the company,
102 for the extension), where can we put something
so that "102*" goes straight to voicemail without
waiting while the extension rings?

Here is what we have in extensions_additional.conf:

exten => 100,1,Goto(ext-local,10100,1)
exten => 101,1,Goto(ext-local,10101,1)
exten => 102,1,Goto(ext-local,10102,1)
exten => 103,1,Goto(ext-local,10103,1)

Would something like this in extensions.conf work?

   exten => _XXX*,1,Voicemail(u${EXTEN:1})

Where would be the best place to put it?

Thanks for any suggestions you can provide!

Doug wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Have looked around for info about this:
> 
>
<http://www.google.com/search?q=Transfer+directly+to+voicemail+site:lists.digium.com>
> 
> 
> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Asterisk+cmd+VoiceMail
> 
> If we are using 5 digit extensions (10102: 10 for the company,
> 102 for the extension), where can we put something
> so that "102*" goes straight to voicemail without
> waiting while the extension rings?
> 
> Here is what we have in extensions_additional.conf:
> 
> exten => 100,1,Goto(ext-local,10100,1)
> exten => 101,1,Goto(ext-local,10101,1)
> exten => 102,1,Goto(ext-local,10102,1)
> exten => 103,1,Goto(ext-local,10103,1)
> 
> Would something like this in extensions.conf work?
> 
>   exten => _XXX*,1,Voicemail(u${EXTEN:1})
> 
I don't believe this is the correct syntax. It should be:
exten => _XXX*,1,Voicemail(u${EXTEN:0:3})

http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+variables

Another method would be to prefix with a digit instead of suffix with an 
"*". For us, all of our extensions are three digits and begin with a 5
or a 6 (5xx or 6xx). To transfer to voice mail we stick an eight in 
front of the extension (85xx or 86xx). It works well for us.

Don Pobanz

At 09:11 10/5/2005, Don Pobanz, wrote:
 >Doug wrote:
 >> Hi,
 >>
 >> Have looked around for info about this:
 >>
 >>
 ><http://www.google.com/search?q=Transfer+directly+to+voicemail+site:lists.di>gium.com>

 >>
 >>
 >> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Asterisk+cmd+VoiceMail
 >>
 >> If we are using 5 digit extensions (10102: 10 for the company,
 >> 102 for the extension), where can we put something
 >> so that "102*" goes straight to voicemail without
 >> waiting while the extension rings?
 >>
 >> Here is what we have in extensions_additional.conf:
 >>
 >> exten => 100,1,Goto(ext-local,10100,1)
 >> exten => 101,1,Goto(ext-local,10101,1)
 >> exten => 102,1,Goto(ext-local,10102,1)
 >> exten => 103,1,Goto(ext-local,10103,1)
 >>
 >> Would something like this in extensions.conf work?
 >>
 >>   exten => _XXX*,1,Voicemail(u${EXTEN:1})
 >>
 >
 >I don't believe this is the correct syntax. It should be:
 >exten => _XXX*,1,Voicemail(u${EXTEN:0:3})
 >
 >http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+variables
 >
 >Another method would be to prefix with a digit instead of suffix with an
 >"*". For us, all of our extensions are three digits and begin
with a 5
 >or a 6 (5xx or 6xx). To transfer to voice mail we stick an eight in
 >front of the extension (85xx or 86xx). It works well for us.
 >
 >Don Pobanz

So, in your case the line would something like this?

exten => _8XXX,1,Voicemail(u${EXTEN:3})

Doug wrote:
>  >Another method would be to prefix with a digit instead of suffix with
an
>  >"*". For us, all of our extensions are three digits and
begin with a 5
>  >or a 6 (5xx or 6xx). To transfer to voice mail we stick an eight in
>  >front of the extension (85xx or 86xx). It works well for us.
>  >
>  >Don Pobanz
> 
> So, in your case the line would something like this?
> 
> exten => _8XXX,1,Voicemail(u${EXTEN:3})
> 
   the 3 needs to be changed to a 1 (strip off the leading 1 character)

I have these two lines in my extensions.conf since all extensions begin 
with a 5 or a 6 and I do some other things with numbers that begin with 
82xx or 83xx.

   exten => _85xx,1,Voicemail(u${EXTEN:1})
   exten => _86xx,1,Voicemail(u${EXTEN:1})

Don Pobanz