[Asterisk-Users] Dedicated * voicemail server

[Steven Critchfield]

On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 08:27, Richard Alexander wrote:
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> > From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> > admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Low, Adam
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 7:58 AM
> > To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Dedicated * voicemail server
> > 
> > Hey All,
> > 
> > I've started to try and distribute the functionality of my single *
> server
> > amongst a few varying servers. The issue I have is that when splitting
> out
> > the voicemail portion onto a dedicated server I am no longer able to
> > inform the voicemail application (when call originated from a
> different
> > box) if the call hitting the voicemail server was sent there because
> it
> > was unanswered or if the phone was busy. I'm not sure if there is
> > something within IAX that can pass this information on from one *
> server
> > to another or if there is another solution ?
> > 
> > Rgds,
> > Adam
> > 
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> You could add an initial digit based on whether it was a busy or no
> answer forward, use the extra digit to determine the message played on
> the VM server and just strip it back off to get the mailbox number.

Wouldn't it be easier to make a busy context and a unavailable context?
Then the extension could be passed right on into voicemail without
modifying it. You can route calls with iax to specific contexts right?
-- 
Steven Critchfield  <critch at basesys.com>