[Asterisk-Users] mailbox= wrong context. was: Newbie - MWI

[Sean Cheesman]

my biggest concern about defaulting the context to anything at all
besides [default] is that you then have to remember to configure the
voicemail.conf with the corresponding contexts.  as it stands, you have
the ability to do just that, but you don't have to.  if you have several
hundred extensions broken out by dozens of contexts, it might not make
sense to force the voicemail.conf to follow the same method.  just my
two cents!

Sean

-----Original Message-----
From: Olle E. Johansson [mailto:oej at edvina.net] 
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 12:20 PM
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] mailbox= wrong context. was: Newbie - MWI


Jared Smith wrote:
> Comments below:
> 
> On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 07:10, Andrew Thompson wrote:
> 
>>Hmm... I was trying to seperate the mailbox= definition from the 
>>context specifically named "default". IMHO, the implied(i.e. default) 
>>context for a mailbox should be the context that's indicated for the 
>>device.
>>
>>Take the below grossly simplified sip definition:
>>
>>[sipphone1]
>>type=friend
>>host=dynamic
>>context=not_the_default
>>username=sipphone1
>>
>>The context for this device is "not_the_default". Now, If I assign a 
>>voicemail MWI to it, like this:
>>
>>mailbox=1234
>>
>>* currently looks for this extension in the "default" context. I 
>>believe this is incorrect. The "default" context should have been 
>>overridden by "not_the_default" that's already been defined for that 
>>device.
> 
> 
> I think you're confusing the "extensions.conf" context with the 
> "voicemail" context.  On the mailbox= line, you need to specify a 
> voicemail context.  From what I understand, voicemail contexts are 
> completely seperate from extensions.conf contexts.

Technically, yes. But from a user perspective, I feel defaulting to the
same context name, even if they are different things, is more logical
than defaulting to "default" if not specified.

What is considered logical, is of course very personal :-)

/O

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