Anyway, i figured out how to accomplish this using &quot;externnotify&quot;...<div>In app_voicemail.c, in the function &quot;vm_execmain&quot; i commented out &quot;run_externnotify(vmu-&gt;context, vmu-&gt;mailbox, NULL);&quot;  <div>
Now &quot;externnotify&quot; is called by asterisk only when there is a new message and not when someone checks their voicemail...</div></div><div><br></div>