[asterisk-users] Voicemail feature: enable or disable the ability to leave a message

[Don Kelly]

How 'bout setting up an extension that simply plays an announcement and
hangs up. Then transfer calls from extensions that don't want messages to
this extension.

You could have a few extensions with a few different recordings to suit
different situations.

--Don

Don Kelly

PCF Corp
People Come First
651 842-1000
888 Don Kell(y)
651 842-1001 fax


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Emrah
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 11:37 AM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Voicemail feature: enable or disable the
ability to leave a message

Mark,

I think you did not understand my message.
I am accustomed to have the option to allow or disallow the recording of
a message in my voicemail, even my mobile carrier provides it. E.g.: I
can record a message that says "Please call back later, I am currently
on the phone." without any beep tone or the possibility to leave a message.
I know everything is possible to be done via the Dialplan. I could just
have a Playback to achieve this or pretty easily code my own voicemail
app via AGI too.
I don't catch what you are trying to tell about reading the input in the
Dialplan...
My scenario is pretty simple, there should be an option in the voicemail
to allow the user to choose whether he accepts messages or not.

Cheers!
Emrah
Mark Michelson wrote:
> Emrah wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I think there is an essential option of the Voicemail application that
>> is missing.
>> I would like to suggest the implementation of a function to give the
>> user the ability to either allow or disallow the recording of messages.
>> If the ability to record a message is disabled, options u, s, and b must
>> not be considered in order to avoid the playback of messages such as
>> "Please leave your message after the tone..."
>>
>>
>> the usecase is simple. A person could record a greeting that says please
>> callback later instead of asking to leave a message. usefull also to
>> record afterhour messages.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Emrah
>>
>>     
>
> There is no reason to place this logic in the Voicemail application
itself. If 
> you wish to give users the option of leaving a voicemail, it can easily be
done 
> in the dialplan by playing prompts and reading the input of the user.
Then, 
> based on the input, you can choose whether to run the Voicemail
application.
>
> Mark Michelson
>
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