[Asterisk-Users] asterisk.conf question

[Steve Totaro]

> > Adrian A wrote:
> >
> >> Does anyone know what exactly the option
> >> transmit_silence_during_record in asterisk.conf does? Is this
useful
> >> for voicemail recording?
> >
> > Could the option be named any more explicitly? It does _exactly_
what
> > it says it does.
> 
> Some providers terminate the connection if nothing is transmitted for
x
> seconds.
> If asterisk sends nothing while the caller speaks his message, the
> provider
> might terminate the call.
> So asterisk can transmit silence (which is not "nothing") during
record.
> 
> Similarly you might have to say "yes dear" regularly to avoid having
the
> connection terminated while talking to your SO. :-)
> 
> Leif

Thanks for the useful answer to this Leif.  Yes, it does _exactly_ what
it says it does but the usage of the option remained elusive to me.