[Asterisk-Users] How to retrieve voicemail from an IP phone?

[Min Qiu]

While on the subject, how the password works?

I failed to access the voicemail by using the demo config.
Password 4242 does not seem to work.  I'm using softphone
Idefisk v1.24.

Thanks,

Min

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rich Adamson [mailto:radamson at routers.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 10:04 AM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] How to retrieve voicemail from 
> an IP phone?
> 
> 
> 
> >     Does the user need to dial his extension just to retrieve the 
> > voicemails or he will dial other number to access those voicemails?
> 
> If a user dials 3998, they will be prompted to enter their mailbox
> number (extension) and password. If they dial 3999, they will not be
> prompted as the callerid parameter passes the extension number to the
> voicemail app.
> 
> > In the config does it mean that when a user dial 3998 he 
> will be able to 
> > retrieve those voicemails? So it means that every users must have a 
> > mailbox number for which they will retrive their 
> voicemails? I'm really 
> > a newbie. =)
> 
> Every valid extension in your extensions.conf file that 
> expects to have
> voicemail must have a voicemail box entered in 
> voicemail.conf. So, if you
> define extension 299 in extensions.conf, then define 299 in 
> voicemail.conf.
> 
> If that user picks up their phone and dials 3999, he will be placed
> directly into his voicemail box without any prompts.
> 
> 
> > Thanks fo the help,
> > --ryan
> > 
> > Rich Adamson wrote:
> > 
> > >>       How can I retrieve those voicemails using my ip 
> phone? and how 
> > >>will i confiugre it on asterisk?
> > >>
> > >>Please help I'm very new in asterisk.
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >
> > >Add something like this in your extensions.conf file:
> > >
> > >; Voicemail access (prompts for exten and password)
> > >exten => 3998,1,Wait,1
> > >exten => 3998,2,VoicemailMain
> > >exten => 3998,3,Hangup
> > >
> > >; Voicemail access (does not prompt for anything)
> > >exten => 3999,1,Wait,1
> > >exten => 3999,2,VoicemailMain(s${CALLERIDNUM})
> > >exten => 3999,3,Hangup
> > >
> > >
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