asterisk users - Nov 2007 - common/shared voicemail box

Hello All,

I am using ODBC storage for voicemail on my asterisk box. I want to have 
a common voicemail box for different extensions.
I know how to do that, but the question troubling me is how and where do 
I store the the extension name for which a particular voicemail was left.
e.g. extensions 1000, 1001, 1002 all using the same voicemailbox 55555.
Now, when someone calls 1000, and leaves a voicemail, I want to store 
the fact that this voicemail was meant for extension 1000.
Similarly for 1001 and so on.

Any ideas anyone?

TiA
- Benjamin Jacob.








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The only possible way I can think of achieving this would be to mangle
the incoming caller ID to include the extension that the call came
from.  Given that Asterisk's voicemail boxes are separate to extensions,
I can't see another solution.

Benjamin Jacob wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I am using ODBC storage for voicemail on my asterisk box. I want to have 
> a common voicemail box for different extensions.
> I know how to do that, but the question troubling me is how and where do 
> I store the the extension name for which a particular voicemail was left.
> e.g. extensions 1000, 1001, 1002 all using the same voicemailbox 55555.
> Now, when someone calls 1000, and leaves a voicemail, I want to store 
> the fact that this voicemail was meant for extension 1000.
> Similarly for 1001 and so on.
>
> Any ideas anyone?
>
> TiA
> - Benjamin Jacob.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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