[Asterisk-Users] 1 extension entry for multiple purposes?

[Scott Laird]

On Sep 20, 2004, at 2:14 PM, Wiley E. Siler wrote:

> Here you go...  No extension required....
>
>> From extensions.conf....
>
> ;----------------------------------------------
> ; VOICEMAIL ENTRY INTO SYSTEM
> ;----------------------------------------------
> exten => 8,1,Answer
> exten => 8,2,Wait(1)
> exten => 8,3,VoicemailMain(${CALLERIDNUM})
> exten => 8,4,Hangup
>
> Still want the old way of enter your number then PIN...
>
> exten => 81,1,VoicemailMain2()
> exten => 81,2,Hangup


If you can trust caller ID, and you aren't worried about people walking 
into other people's offices and listening to each other's voicemail, 
you can even get rid of the password prompt:

   exten => 8,3,VoicemailMain(s${CALLERIDNUM})


Scott