asterisk users - Jul 2016 - Removing mailbox and password prompt for voicemail

If I remove the password, how can anyone access the mailbox if the
'mailbox' prompt is not played?

Nabeel

On 30 Jul 2016 3:19 p.m., "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy at
vex.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Jul 2016 06:43:47 +0100
> Nabeel <nabeelshikder at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am using Asterisk voicemail on a CentOS 7 server. I would like to
> > be able to remove the 'mailbox' prompt and 'password'
prompt when a
>
> I assume that you mean when they access it from their own phone.
>
> > user tries to access their voicemail. I can remove the
'password'
> > prompt by not setting a password for the user, but the
'mailbox'
>
> Bad, bad idea.  If you remove the password then anyone can get to the
> mailbox.
>
> > prompt is always heard. Please let me know how Asterisk can be
> > configured to remove these prompts.
>
> Define this local extension:
>
> exten => *98,1,Verbose(0,${CHANNEL(peername)} calling voicemail)
>     same => n,VoicemailMain(${CHANNEL(peername)}@VoiceMail,s)
>     same => n,Hangup
>
>
> --
> D'Arcy J.M. Cain
> System Administrator, Vex.Net
> http://www.Vex.Net/ IM:darcy at Vex.Net
> VoIP: sip:darcy at Vex.Net
>
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On Sat, 30 Jul 2016 15:52:36 +0100
Nabeel <nabeelshikder at gmail.com> wrote:
> If I remove the password, how can anyone access the mailbox if the
> 'mailbox' prompt is not played?
Not playing the prompt changes nothing.  If someone presses '*' while
listening to your answer message then they are in your mailbox.  You
better have a password that they need to enter to continue.

-- 
D'Arcy J.M. Cain
System Administrator, Vex.Net
http://www.Vex.Net/ IM:darcy at Vex.Net
VoIP: sip:darcy at Vex.Net

I tried your extension definition as suggested:

exten => *98,1,Verbose(0,${CHANNEL(peername)} calling voicemail)
same => n,VoicemailMain(${CHANNEL(peername)}@VoiceMail,s)
same => n,Hangup

But there was no change in the prompts asked, ie. the voice first asked for
'mailbox', and then 'password' as before. The prompts are not
removed.

Please clarify what you mean by the following:

"If someone presses '*' while listening to your answer message then
they
are in your mailbox."

Do you mean while someone is listening to another user's 'unavailable
message' or 'busy message', if they press '*' at that time
they will enter
the other person's mailbox?

Nabeel
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On 30 July 2016 at 19:32, D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy at vex.net>
wrote:
>
>
> Not playing the prompt changes nothing.  If someone presses '*'
while
> listening to your answer message then they are in your mailbox.  You
> better have a password that they need to enter to continue.


I have now tested the 'Unavailable' message by pressing "*"
while listening
to the recorded message. I can confirm that this does NOT directly enter to
the called number's mailbox. It actually enter's the registered
device's/caller's own mailbox. Therefore, this does not necessitate
setting
a password.

The problem is that the 'mailbox' prompt allows a way for accessing any
other mailbox, which is not necessary in my case. If anyone knows a way to
remove this 'mailbox' prompt, please let me know.

Nabeel
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