[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk with External Voicemail

[cveazey at blackhillsfiber.com]

If anyone could help me with this, I'd appreciate it! 

I've got an Asterisk deployment where I'd like to use an existing external 
Octel voicemail system.  I've been trying to define an extension that if 
the call isn't answered in a few rings, to dial our external voicemail 
number.  That voicemail system works by seeing the CALLED number and 
routing the call to the user's answering message.  The problem is that 
Asterisk sends the CALLING digits on the outbound call and the CALLING 
party gets the "welcome to Octel" message instead of the user's voicemail 
box.

Is there any way to a variable like ${EXTEN} or ${RDNIS} to "replace" the 
caller ID information with the destination mail box number? 

Am I thinking through this the wrong way?

Thanks!

Chris Veazey
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