[Asterisk-Users] voicemail notification

[Lyle Giese]

the externotify command calls an external script with command line
parameters each time a voice mail is left for anyone.  It's then up to your
program to decide if this mail message needs further processing.  For
instance call up qpage to send a text message via snpp.  Doesn't have to be
an email, just depends on if your pager/cellphone provider has a snpp
gateway either analog dialup or via the Internet.

I use qpage to send messages to my cell phone using a modem to bypass it's
Internet connection to tell me that the Internet connection is down at my
office.  It would be hard to use the Internet to make the notification when
the connection is gone...

It's certainly possible to use your cell phone's email address(if it has
one), but we are certainly spoiled by that.  Not everyone has that
capability and it was not that long ago that email to a cell phone was the
rare exception.

Lyle

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich Adamson" <radamson at routers.com>
To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion"
<asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 3:37 AM
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] voicemail notification


> Been using this for about a year. A notification (email) is sent for
> each new incoming voicemail left in the mailbox. It is not trigger
> if you simply check the status of your mailbox. The message that is
> transmitted is configured in voicemail.conf, like:
>  emailbody=\nVM for x ${VM_MAILBOX} from ${VM_CALLERID} dur: ${VM_DUR} \n
>
> > WHat type of address does the pager email field want ? How do I have an
> > address to my cell phone ?
>
> Standard old SMTP strings such as 3125551212 at vtext.com
> You'll need to check with your cell phone service provider to get
> the exact string they use.
>
> > Does this mean text messaging ??
>
> Yes. It assumes you are paying for the text messaging service, you have
> a properly config cell phone to do something with the messages, and
> the asterisk system's sendmail has been properly setup to handle
> sending email messages.
>
>
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