[Asterisk-Users] How to make groups of extensions ???

[Aaron Daniel]

Yeah, I agree with Chuck.  User's on our system are put into various 
contexts depending on who they can call... local, long distance, or 
internal only.

Aaron

On Tue, 21 Mar 2006, Chuck Bunn wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I disagree that contexts are not for outgoing calls, how else do you restrict 
> certain user to local calls only without using contexts?? On the subject of 
> grouping extensions I use pickup groups so that any person can answer any 
> phone in their immediate area by using a '*8' (as long as they belong to that 
> group and they have the same context).
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Andrew Kohlsmith wrote:
>> On Tuesday 21 March 2006 11:28, C F wrote:
>> 
>>> I disagree that it is very easy to miss, in fact even just mentioning
>>> it, makes it very easy to not miss, becuase it's a very understandable
>>> feature.
>>> 
>> 
>> Well when you know what to look for everything is easy to find.  :-)
>>
>> 
>>> How will groups without context help him? it's actualy both that he
>>> needs, however he will be able to get by without groups, but not
>>> without contexts.
>>> 
>> 
>> *nothing* works without contexts, which is why I said the answer doesn't 
>> help.  Contexts are for incoming calls, not outgoing ones.  How do contexts 
>> help him?
>> 
>> -A.
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