[Asterisk-Dev] voicemail / directory user information API

[Adam Goryachev]

Top Posting is bad, but it sucks when you need to reply to a HTML formatted
email, and put in all the pretty >'s... So, please don't send in HTML :)

Anyway, my 0.02c worth would be to leave password (and other fields)
encryption up to the individual module, this leaves it generic. However,
regardless of where you store the details, I'd suggest encrypting passwords
is a good idea. Just because they have root access and can read the existing
voicemail/erase details, it doesn't actually reveal the password itself.
This is the whole idea behind obfuscating passwords.

Also, it sounds good to be able to search by first name, last name, or
perhaps any other field in the database. So better is to pass the search
field name rather than just f or l. ie, search by staff id, or by email
address, etc...

Regards,
Adam

Greetings,
Jtodd and I have been discussing some significant changes to the way
voicemail2 and app_directory interface with user data by implementing a
loadable voice mail user api in both voicemail2 and directory applications.
I wanted to open this discussion up a bit to the whole dev list for input
before the pen hits the paper.
If you are interested in this, please check out the feature request and
attached notes found at the following url.
http://bugs.digium.com/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=0000153

I believe this list is a better forum for continued idea discussion
regarding the changes rather that the bugnotes so if you have comments,
please reply to this thread.
Thanks,
Scrubb/Ben