[Asterisk-Users] Enhanced voicemail Externnotify

[creslin at hoochie.digium.com]

On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 05:11:40PM -0400, Kevin  wrote:
> Has anyone implemented the externnotify feature that is mentioned on the
> wiki with the enhanced voicemail?

I have (I wrote it :-) ).

> Externnotify
> 
> Want to run an external program whenever a caller leaves a voice mail
> message for a user? This is where the externnotify command comes in
> handy. Externnotify takes a string value which is the command line you
> want to execute when the caller finishes leaving a message.
> 
> Does anyone know the proper usage of the feature and can it be defined
> for individual mailboxes ?

Externotify is not implemented for individual mailboxes.  It is a one
use general variable that is set in the general voicemail configuration.

The way it works is basically any time that somebody leaves a voicmail
on the system (regardless of mailbox number) the command specified for
externnotify is run with the arguements (in this order): context,
extension, and number of voicemails in that mailbox.  These arguements
are passed to the program that you set in the externnotify variable.

Matthew Fredrickson