[asterisk-users] Only secretary can call the boss, all others only reach the secretary when dial the boss extension

[Jonathan k. Creasy]

Why don't you just give the secretary the boss' REAL extension and give a different extension to the world that just rings the secretary? 

-jonathan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Carvalho
> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 12:13 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: [asterisk-users] Only secretary can call the boss, all others
> only reach the secretary when dial the boss extension
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> How may I configure my extensions.conf so that only the boss's secretary
> can call the boss through his extension, all others when dial his
> extension only makes the boss's secretary phone ring, not his. If she
> wants, she can transfer the incoming call to the boss dialling his
> extension.
> 
> I've tried the following, but it doesn't work:
> 
> exten => _boss_extension/callerid_secretary,1,Dial(SIP/boss_extension)
> exten => _boss_extension,1,Dial(SIP/secretary_extension)
> 
> This doesn't work because when the secretary tries to transfer the call
> to the boss (using her phone's transfer key, not #), one REFER SIP
> message is sent back to the caller's phone providing him the new address
> for whom the next INVITE should be sent. That INVITE is sent, but when
> reaches Asterisk, that INVITE matches this line:
> 
> exten => _boss_extension,1,Dial(SIP/secretary_extension)
> 
> and not this one:
> 
> exten => _boss_extension/callerid_secretary,1,Dial(SIP/boss_extension)
> 
> 
> 
> Any ideas of how may I solve this issue?
> Regards,
> Ricardo.
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