[asterisk-users] Difference between WaitExten and TIMEOUT (response)

[Michiel van Baak]

On 05:27, Fri 03 Aug 07, bilal ghayyad wrote:
> Hi List;
> 
> What is the difference between WaitExten function and
> TIMEOUT (response)? As I see that both are used to
> determine the allowed time to enter the digits, any
> one can advise?

WaitExten is waiting for you to type an extension.
TIMEOUT is to set the default timeout for promtps in IVR and
stuff but is not actually waiting for you to provide an
extension
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