asterisk users - Mar 2007 - Accessing Voicemail by dialing own number

Is is possible to check voicemail by dialing one's own number?

When the outgoing voicemail message begins, I'd like to be able to
press some key and have it prompt to enter the password for that box.

Is this possible, and what option do I need to enable to make this function?

As soon as the vm answers, press *.  That's the default I believe to enter
VM on that line
D. 

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Is is possible to check voicemail by dialing one's own number?

When the outgoing voicemail message begins, I'd like to be able to press
some key and have it prompt to enter the password for that box.

Is this possible, and what option do I need to enable to make this function?
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Yes, you can setup * key to do that, its a standard feature see the
docs of the voicemail application for details on how to do it.

Chris Carey wrote:
> Is is possible to check voicemail by dialing one's own number?
You could check if ${EXTEN} matches ${CALLERID(num)} and
if so send them to VoicemailMain()

Regards,
  Philipp

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I searched google for "asterisk voicemail documentation" and could not
find anything.

After more searching, I found someone who had done it.

If you create an "a" extension in the current context, it will be
called when someone presses the asterisk during the outgoing message.

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On 3/8/07, Andrew Joakimsen <joakimsen@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Yes, you can setup * key to do that, its a standard feature see the
> docs of the voicemail application for details on how to do it.
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