asterisk users - Jun 2012 - Get voicemail box password from dialplan?

I would like to be able to use the dialing extension's voicemail box
password to authenticate or as a PIN code in the dialplan. Is there a best
method for doing this? I could use AGI scripting but I was hoping there was a
built-in dialplan means for
doing this. I have used VMAuthenticate but I would like more flexibility than
what this offers.

Also, related to this question; is there a "best" or recommended
method to determine the dialing extensions voice mail box? I have been using
variations of ${CUT(CHANNEL,-,1)} which does work but I just have to be aware of
how I name my devices.

Thank you for your help.

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On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Chet W. Stevens
<cwstevens at interact.ccsd.net> wrote:
> Also, related to this question; is there a "best" or recommended
method to
> determine the dialing extensions voice mail box? I have been using
> variations of ${CUT(CHANNEL,-,1)} which does work but I just have to be
> aware of how I name my devices.
I use the following method to get the mailbox for a peer under 1.4:

exten => *98,n,Set(peer=${SIPCHANINFO(peername)}) ; Get the peer
exten => *98,n,Set(mailbox=${SIPPEER(${peer},mailbox)}); Get the mailbox

I dont know about it being the best or recommended method but I've yet
to have it break on me.

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On 06/11/2012 10:34 AM, Chet W. Stevens wrote:
> I would like to be able to use the dialing extension's voicemail box
> password to authenticate or as a PIN code in the dialplan. Is there a
> best method for doing this? I could use AGI scripting but I was hoping
> there was a built-in dialplan means for doing this. I have used
> VMAuthenticate but I would like more flexibility than what this offers
What do you need that VMAuthenticate does not offer?

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VMAuthenticate works but I didn't find it to have the type of control that I
was looking for such as using custom prompts separate from the voice mail
prompts, controling how many times the user is prompted, etc. I was able to come
up with the exact
solution I was looking for combined with John Kiniston's suggestion for
determining the dialing extension's mailbox:

exten => 1234,1,Answer()
same => n,Set(peer=${SIPCHANINFO(peername)})
same => n,Set(mailbox=${SIPPEER(${peer},mailbox)})
same => n,GotoIf(${MAILBOX_EXISTS(${mailbox})}?vmpass:hangup)
same =>
n(vmpass),Set(vmpass=${CUT(AST_CONFIG(voicemail.conf,default,${mailbox}),\,,1)})
same => n,NoOp(${vmpass})
same => n(hangup),Hangup()

Thank you everyone for your help!

Chet Stevens

asterisk-users at lists.digium.com writes:
>On 06/11/2012 10:34 AM, Chet W. Stevens wrote:
>> I would like to be able to use the dialing extension's voicemail
box
>> password to authenticate or as a PIN code in the dialplan. Is there a
>> best method for doing this? I could use AGI scripting but I was hoping
>> there was a built-in dialplan means for doing this. I have used
>> VMAuthenticate but I would like more flexibility than what this offers
>
>What do you need that VMAuthenticate does not offer?
>
>-- 
>Kevin P. Fleming
>Digium, Inc. | Director of Software Technologies
>Jabber: kfleming at digium.com | SIP: kpfleming at digium.com | Skype:
kpfleming
>445 Jan Davis Drive NW - Huntsville, AL 35806 - USA
>Check us out at www.digium.com & www.asterisk.org
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