[asterisk-users] Is it possible to dial an automated message when Asterisk receives an email?

[Steve Edwards]

Un-top-posting...

> On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 3:39 PM, John Kiniston <john at meatkite.com> wrote:

>       You could use a procmail recipe to create a call file and then move it
>       to the /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing directory.
>       Below is a untested example .procmailrc:
>
>       :0:
>       * ^To.trigger at example.com
>       | /usr/local/bin/callout.sh
>
>       where callout.sh would look like this perhaps:
>
>       !/bin/bash
>       sleep 5
>       CALL="callout.call";
>       echo channel: LOCAL/NUMBER at pstn-local > /tmp/$CALL;
>       echo context: ivr-call-out >> /tmp/$CALL;
>       echo exten: s >> /tmp/$CALL;
>       echo priority: 1 >> /tmp/$CALL;
>
>       echo mv /tmp/$CALL /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing
>       done
>
>       Again all untested writing by the seat of my pants type stuff.

On Sat, 2 Apr 2011, Rafael Bermúdez wrote:

> John,

> Thanks for your reply. I will test this script.

A couple of comments of the top of my head:

) If you construct the call file name using the PID you can accomodate 
more than a single event at the same (or really close) time.

) The 'mv' command has an extraneous 'echo'

) Pay attention to permissions. Sudo can help if needed. Personally, I 
prefer a restrictive sudo to the blunt hammer of wide open permissions :)

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