[Asterisk-Users] Digital Assitant Help

[Roger Gulbranson]

On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 09:57 -0500, Johnathan Falk wrote:
> I am the network administrator for a small school in Michigan.  We are
> currently using an older proprietary pbx system and are trying very
> hard to get away from this one vender lock in. I have set up an
> asterisk server using the version 1.2 of asterisk.  Our current system
> uses mailboxes and extensions for teachers to dial a *#### (ex. *6913)
> enter a password and then record the homework that they have assigned
> for the week.  Then when a parent calls from the outside they are
> redirected through a prompt system to the correct class and they are
> redirected to mailbox 6913 without the ability to record a message
> there.  Even if a teacher wanted to they can’t edit this from the
> outside for security reasons.  Also in this system is an automated
> school closing system along the same lines where the superintendent
> dials a number, puts in a password, and chooses an option for school
> closing reasons “1. Fog delay for 2 hours, 2. Snow closing” and this
> message is automatically taken off the system and the default message
> is restored at 12:00am.  I am very new to asterisk and any help would
> be appreciated.  

Don't use voicemail.

Use Record() to record the messages for later Playback().

Authenticate() may be the right solution for your 'password'.

HTH.

--roger