[asterisk-users] Voicemail mailbox number passed in connection?

[Time Bandit]

> Does anyone know how to configure a SIP phone to pass the mailbox number to
> the voicemail service when dialing?  I would like to press the message
> waiting lamp and be prompted for my password instead of "mailbox number".
> Can this be passed in the set-up call or based on caller-id?

based on callerID with something like this :

exten => *97,1,Answer
exten => *97,n,Wait(1)
exten => *97,n,VoicemailMain(${CALLERIDNUM}@default)
exten => *97,n,Hangup()

then just configure your phone to point to *97 (or whatever you choose
as this extension)

hth