asterisk users - Oct 2005 - Voicemailmain automatic extension detection?

Is there a way I can have "voice mail check" calls coming from my
internal
users automatically get to the right extension, without having the user
enter their extension?

I'm thinking that I could have the local SPA boxes translate, or have
each user live in a context where the extension in question exists
uniquely per user, but both of these seem kludgey.

Thanks in advance for clues!

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On 15:46, Wed 05 Oct 05, Mason Loring Bliss wrote:
> Is there a way I can have "voice mail check" calls coming from my
internal
> users automatically get to the right extension, without having the user
> enter their extension?
> 
> I'm thinking that I could have the local SPA boxes translate, or have
> each user live in a context where the extension in question exists
> uniquely per user, but both of these seem kludgey.
> 
Give the users a voicemailbox with the same number as their
callerid number.

Then add something like this in your extensions.conf (taken
from my own private setup)

exten => 8500,1,VoicemailMain(${CALLERIDNUM})

On another system I implemented it so users call their own
extension number to reach voicemail:

exten => 2001/2001,1,VoicemailMain(2001)

The first method is easier in a larger setup, since it
matches all users/voicemailboxes with only one line in
extensions.conf

Good luck
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Mason Loring Bliss [mason@blisses.org] wrote:
> Is there a way I can have "voice mail check" calls coming from my
internal
> users automatically get to the right extension, without having the user
> enter their extension? 
> 
> I'm thinking that I could have the local SPA boxes translate, or have
> each user live in a context where the extension in question exists
> uniquely per user, but both of these seem kludgey.
> 
> Thanks in advance for clues!
>
Do you mean something like "VoiceMailMain(${CALLERIDNUM})"?

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On Wed, 2005-10-05 at 15:46 -0400, Mason Loring Bliss
wrote:
> 
> Is there a way I can have "voice mail check" calls coming from my
internal
> users automatically get to the right extension, without having the user
> enter their extension?
> 
> I'm thinking that I could have the local SPA boxes translate, or have
> each user live in a context where the extension in question exists
> uniquely per user, but both of these seem kludgey.
> 
> Thanks in advance for clues!
I use this in extensions.conf:

exten => 999,1,Answer(); Voicemail call number
exten => 999,2,Wait(1);
exten => 999,3,VoicemailMain(${CALLERIDNUM}); This requires username of SIPs
to be their VM box #


Users are still asked for password, but an added 's' above (I forget
exactly where) will make that go away too.

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Jesse Keating
GameHouse -- Systems Engineer

Hello Mason.  It's easier than you might think.  Here's what we do to
achieve the same effect.  Note that, depending on how many digits you store
in your voicemail configs, you may need to change the number of stripped
digits, etc.
We use 3-digit dialing for voicemail, and the mailbox number matches the
last 3 digits of the user's telephone number.
-Brian

;Voicemail access
exten => 299,1,Wait,1 ; Just to see if it's working...
exten => 299,2,Answer ; Answer the call
exten => 299,3,SubString(MBOX=${CALLERIDNUM}|-3|3)
exten => 299,4,Voicemailmain(${MBOX})
exten => 299,5,Hangup
On Oct 5,  4:04pm, asterisk-users-request@lists.digium.com wrote:
} Is there a way I can have "voice mail check" calls coming from my
internal
} users automatically get to the right extension, without having the user
} enter their extension?
} 
} I'm thinking that I could have the local SPA boxes translate, or have
} each user live in a context where the extension in question exists
} uniquely per user, but both of these seem kludgey.
} 
} Thanks in advance for clues!
} 
} -- 
} Mason Loring Bliss   mason@blisses.org   http://blisses.org/
}   Anything can be impossible, given sufficient bureaucracy.
} 
} 
>-- End of excerpt from asterisk-users-request@lists.digium.com

On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 09:14:09PM +0100, Kevin Walsh wrote:
> Do you mean something like "VoiceMailMain(${CALLERIDNUM})"?
Yes, that works nicely. Thank you!

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