asterisk users - Dec 2006 - Playing a sound file on handset pickup

I've added the ability for a user to record a custom message associated 
with a special IVR menu for occasions when business will be closed for 
some non-standard amount of time (Maybe 4 days at Christmas...)   They 
just dial 800, record the message then hang up and dial 801 to enable 
it.  Presumably, when they return after the holiday, they should dial 
802 to disable it and return to the normally scheduled menus.  But they 
will most likely forget so I'd like to set up some type of reminder 
functionality; perhaps playing a message back to them stating that the 
custom message is still enabled before giving them dialtone or something 
to the same effect.  Is this possible and can anyone offer 
recommendations?
 
Thanks.

John French wrote:
> I've added the ability for a user to record a custom message associated
> with a special IVR menu for occasions when business will be closed for 
> some non-standard amount of time (Maybe 4 days at Christmas...)   They 
> just dial 800, record the message then hang up and dial 801 to enable 
> it.  Presumably, when they return after the holiday, they should dial 
> 802 to disable it and return to the normally scheduled menus.  But they 
> will most likely forget so I'd like to set up some type of reminder 
> functionality; perhaps playing a message back to them stating that the 
> custom message is still enabled before giving them dialtone or something 
> to the same effect.  Is this possible and can anyone offer 
> recommendations?
>  
> Thanks.
>
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Why not just add that functionality to the s extension? If no extension 
is given, they will end up there, won't they? So if that "I'm not
here"
message is set up, and the client picks up the phone, we assume that 
he/she is back and thus delete the notification without notice.

- Fabian Foerster