[Asterisk-Users] Why use 'Answer'?

[Peter Svensson]

On Wed, 22 Dec 2004, Rich Adamson wrote:

> That's an answer to the wrong question. See example below. 
> Rephrased: Why do folks think they have to use Answer in the sequence
> when Playback (etc) is _not_ used?

And even if you do play back some audio you may not want to answer anyway. 
In most modern phone systems the reverse path is set up early so you can 
play a personalized busy message, a personalized ringing signal etc. It's 
a neat trick. Note that playback will answer the line unless given a 
special option.

On the other hand, if you want to get *any* audio from the caller you need 
to answer the line. Some applications (such as dial) will answer an 
unanswered line before going on.

Peter