[Asterisk-Users] Voicemail and MS Exchange Synchronization

[Tim Litwiller]

I'm not a programmer - but it sounds to me like you are all making it to 
hard by transfer the voice files around etc. unless you really have to 
have the messages stored in the mail server for some reason.

here is what I would picture
a outlook plugin that creates the illusion of several folders
a. call log
b. voicemail
c. voice recyclebin

a. the plugin would have to be configured with the phone extension of 
the user then it would use the asterisk management interface to watch 
all calls to that extension. those go in the call log folder - clicking 
one rings your phone and calls the party back or if you have a phone 
with intercom feature it picks up your extension and then calls the 
party back. You pickup the hand set if the calls goes thru or talk on 
the speaker phone.

b. if it sees voicemail for that extension it put an entry in the 
voicemail box and the inbox - then when you click a voicemail to listen 
the outlook plugin sneds a * management message to the * server and your 
phone rings - you pick it up and it starts playing your voicemail - or 
if you have phones with intercom feature it just start playing it on the 
speakerphone.

c. if you delete a voicemail it moves it to the voice recyclebin in 
outlook and to a different folder on asterisk

the plugin should also have a feature to download and play on the 
computer just in case you are on a laptop or such and don't have your 
voip phone with you and still need to check messages.