[asterisk-users] Asterisk voicemail

[Chris Rowson]

>> > I'm working on a solution using the Asterisk voicemail component and
>> > wondered if anyone knew the answer to this question please?
>> >
>> > I understand that Asterisk saves voicemail to
>> > /var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/<context>/<mailbox>/INBOX/  but I
>> > wondered if * creates the file in memory (or tmp/or wherever) and then
>> > loads the completed file into that directory, or if it writes the file
>> > to the directory directly, appending it till the recording is
>> > finished?
>>
>> Sorry to reply to my own post! I notice a tmp directory at
>> /var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/<context>/<mailbox>/tmp/ I'm wondering
>> if this is where the file is created, and then moved to the INBOX
>> folder perhaps?
>
> That is exactly how it works.  It is created with a random file name that is
> guaranteed by the API to be unique, the messages are recorded there, then when
> complete, the files are moved to the INBOX directory.  This was initially done
> to avoid the problem of mailbox owners checking voicemail while a voicemail
> was being left.  In certain cases, it would cause possible collisions when a
> mailbox owner deleted a message while it was being recorded, which left orphan
> (and incomplete) .txt files in the INBOX directory (since .txt files are
> updated after the message is complete).
>
> --
> Tilghman
>
Thanks Tilghman, that's really helpful :-)

Chris