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[Jeroen]

Hi! Thanks for your suggestions.

How easy is it to use the A and B number of the incoming calls in 
certain scripts (e.g. are functions present to read them and use them 
for further operation)
I have not worked with AGI scripts before and probably need to have a 
look at this. Is the AGI capable of doing the issues as you described 
them below?

Cheers, Jeroen

PS: Andrew, handling password is not required, an A number analysis is 
sufficient (environment is 'secured')

>>Scenario:
>>All incoming calls are voicemail calls however the dialled number 
>>(called party) does not necessarily have a voicemailbox configured in 
>>the Asterisk system.
>>    
>>
>
>You could:
>
>- configure a set of temporary mailboxes in voicemail.conf
>
>- direct a caller without mailbox to such a temporary box and record his 
>name somehow (either in the Asterisk Db, or using an AGI script)
>
>- after (or at the beginning of the next) call run a clean-up script that 
>1. renames the voicemail directory and 2. re-creates the temporary 
>mailbox using plain simple shell commands through System(), and 3. 
>modifies voicemail.conf and 4. reloads asterisk (for voicemail.conf I 
>*think* you don't need a restart).
>
>I am not sure why you wouldn't want to use a database for voicemail.conf, 
>but I think it can be done rather easily without.
>
>Cheers, Philipp
>  
>