[Asterisk-Users] Re: Grandstream Flashing (different issue)

[Steve Totaro]

May be risky if your email is screwy but it solves your problem

Add:  "delete=yes" in your voicemail.conf.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen R. Besch" <sbesch at acsu.buffalo.edu>
To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion"
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Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 11:55 AM
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Grandstream Flashing (different issue)


> Todd Routhier - Lightwave Technologies, LLC. wrote:
> > OK, this is a different flashing issue than the one that's being talked
> > about.
> >
> > I have a few of these phones (GrandStream 101) and when a voicemail is
> > received the light on the LED starts blinking and the dial tine
stutters,
> > this is cool. BUT..... How the **** do I get it to stop, I have had mine
> > covered with paper for the last 2 days because the blinking LED panel is
> > driving me nuts. I have received the messages in my email and looked at
them
> > on the web.
> >
> > I am thinking that I have to check them by calling into the Asterisk
system
> > and mark them as read or something in order for this to quite.
> >
> > Two problems, I don't know how to check them by phone just yet and I
will
> > likely never check them by phone.
> >
> You absolutely must get the message file deleted from the mail store. It
> doesn't matter how you delete the message either. You can use the *
> phone interface or simply delete the files associated with the message.
> As soon as the files are gone from the INBOX, * sends a SIP command to
> the phone to turn off the MWI. As long as there are any active messages
> in the INBOX, the light stays on.
>
> If you would like to be a guinea pig for my VB program that allows you
> to manage your mail folders and messages from a Windows GUI, I'll send
> you a copy. The only caveat is that I haven't yet found a way to get
> perfect synchronization with file access to the mail store. The user
> needs to be careful not to modify the INBOX while * is taking a new
> message. For me this is usually not a problem, since I would never be
> not answering the phone when I am listening to/moving/deleting messages
> - as a result, * would never be writing a new message when I was using
> the VB program.
>
> The program requires the VB6 runtime (available from MS for free) and
> that you have SAMBA running on the * server.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Stephen R. Besch
>
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