asterisk users - Oct 2007 - voicemail.conf numerical extensions only?

Hi,

Is it mandatory that all voicemail entries have a numerical mailbox 
name? Or is it possible (like SIP extension for example) for them to 
have alphanumeric names?

All references I have read use numerical definitions and examples, but 
do not explicitly state this is the ONLY acceptable method.

TIA

Alan

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Alan Lord wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is it mandatory that all voicemail entries have a numerical mailbox 
> name? Or is it possible (like SIP extension for example) for them to 
> have alphanumeric names?
> 
> All references I have read use numerical definitions and examples, but 
> do not explicitly state this is the ONLY acceptable method.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Alan
> 
Answering my own question I know, but playing around today I have found 
that voicemail can indeed be alpha, numeric or alphanumeric.

defined thus in voicemail.conf:

[business]
tolc => 1234,The Open Learning Centre,,,

manage like this - as long as your sip phone does text...

exten => _8tolc,1,Answer()
exten => _8tolc,n,Voicemailmain(${EXTEN:1}@business)


Just FYI for search engines.

Alan
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