[asterisk-users] Stuck Voicemails?

[Eric "ManxPower" Wieling]

Matt wrote:
> This question is about 1.2.x asterisk.  Please no flames, or "you should
> upgrade to 1.4".
> 
> Does anyone know what might be the cause for 'stuck voicemail's in
> 1.2.6asterisk?  By stuck, I mean the phones show a voicemail, and if
> you log in
> you get "you have 1 new voicemail", and if you delete it it says 'deleted',
> however it remains.   Going into the mail directory reveals that there is
> either a msg0001.txt.tmp or a msg0001.txt file, but no associated wav file.
> 
> It happens very randomly, not often, and so far has eluded me being able to
> figure out what causes it.
> 
> Why does this happen?

IIRC there was a bug in early 1.2 releases that caused this problem. 
Upgrading to the latest 1.2.x fixed the issue for me.