[Asterisk-Users] Very complicated dialplans?

[Robert Goodyear]

>>> Using 'r' flags makes baby Jesus cry.  Stop doing that.
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>> Excuse me?
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> r: Generate a ringing tone for the calling party, passing no audio  
> from
> the called channel(s) until one answers. Use with care and don't  
> insert
> this by default into all your dial statements as you are killing call
> progress information for the user. Really, you almost certainly do not
> want to use this. Asterisk will generate ring tones automatically  
> where
> it is appropriate to do so. "r" makes it go the next step and
> additionally generate ring tones where it is probably not  
> appropriate to
> do so.

Can you educate us all on the appropriate circumstances in which to  
use 'r'?

Thx,
-Rob.