[asterisk-users] MessageSend, SIP, and call files

[Roger Burton West]

On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 11:50:40AM -0500, Danny Nicholas wrote:
>This is what "core show applications" in 10.1.3 shows
>         SendDTMF: Sends arbitrary DTMF digits
>               SendFAX: Sends a specified TIFF/F file as a FAX.
>             SendImage: Sends an image file.
>              SendText: Send a Text Message.
>               SendURL: Send a URL.
>You are using sendtext - you might want to use sendurl instead.

Those are all about sending data in an existing channel, though -
the trick is that I don't _have_ a channel, which is presumably why
MessageSend exists. Is there a way to set up a channel without ringing
the phone?