[Asterisk-Users] Why use 'Answer'?

[Shoval Tomer]

There's a wiki tip that suggests you always put answer and even wait
before playback, cause asterisk can pickup a milisec after you've
finished dialing, unlike legacy PBXs that always ring at least once.
Take a look at
http://voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+tips+answer-before-playback


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rich Adamson [mailto:radamson at routers.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 3:12 PM
> To: Asterisk-a-users-list
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Why use 'Answer'?
> 
> 
> Why is it that newcomers always feel like inserting 'Answer' is a
> necessary step in their extension.conf entries?
> 
> >[voiptalk.org]
> >;forwards any calls starting with an "8" thru voiptalk.org
> >exten => _8.,1,Answer
> >exten => _8.,3,SetCIDNum(55555555)
> >exten => _8.,4,SetCIDName(My Name And Surname)
> >exten => _8.,5,Dial(SIP/${EXTEN:1}@voiptalk.org,,g)
> >exten => _8.,6,HangUp
> 
> I fully understand that incoming pstn calls have to be answered (in
> most cases) before executing a Playback(invalid) type statement. But
> there must be some examples, documentation, or somthing that is
> suggesting to newcomers that all sequences have to start with an
Answer.
> 
> 
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