[asterisk-users] fromstring in voicemail.conf

[Matthew Jordan]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matthew Jordan" <mjordan at digium.com>
> To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 12:57:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] fromstring in voicemail.conf
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> > From: "Todd Routhier" <fonemasta at gmail.com>
> > To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> > Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 11:32:31 AM
> > Subject: [asterisk-users] fromstring in voicemail.conf
> 
> > I have attempted to set the fromstring option on a per context
> > basis
> > in voicemail.conf but it doesn't seem to work. I would like to
> > somehow either set this based on context, number dialed into or
> > some
> > other way.
> 
> When you say per context basis, are you talking about multiple
> contexts for voicemail users?  Or multiple voicemail settings
> contexts?  app_voicemail only reads global settings from a single
> context - [general].  Hence, global settings are only defined in
> that context.  I'm assuming by "fromstring" you mean the setting
> "email".

Scratch that.  You did mean "fromstring" :-)

That setting is not currently overrideable on a mailbox by mailbox basis.  If you'd like that functionality, a patch would have to be written against Asterisk trunk.

Sorry for the confusion.

> > Would it be possible to set this option in the general section to a
> > channel variable, then set the variable as the call is on the way
> > in?
> 
> What would that buy you?  app_voicemail does not expect to read its
> application specific settings from a channel variable.
> 
> > Any other way?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > OR am I just stuck with one single fromstring for all voice mails
> > forever?
> 
> No.  Each mailbox you define in voicemail.conf (or alternatively,
> users.conf) can override settings that were set in the [global]
> settings context.  This includes email, emailbody, and emailsubject
> (at least in versions 1.8 and greater).
> 
> > Also, does anyone know where I can find a list of options that are
> > definable at the context level in voicemail.conf? I have searched
> > for this quite a bit but no luck so far. I now the obvious ones
> > like
> > time zone etc..
> 
> http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9780596517342/asterisk-Voicemail.html
> 
> > Hmm, I am wondering now if I can set it on email mailbox. Instead
> > of
> > one time in the context. Trying that now.
> 
> > Thanks in advance!