[asterisk-users] Changing the messages that are played when a user is unavailable/busy

[Timothy Parez]

Thnx for your quick replies.
I will try all of the above methods :-)

On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 13:02 -0400, Justin Moore wrote:
> On 6/8/07, Eric ManxPower Wieling <eric at fnords.org> wrote:
> > Log into your mailbox.  Press "0", then press the option listed to
> > record your unavail and busy greetings.
> 
> I'm no expert, so someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but
> you should be able to make one or two recordings and then either copy
> or symlink that file in
> /var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/[context]/[user]/busy.[gsm|wav] and
> /var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/[context]/[user]/unavail.[gsm|wav]
> 
> If those files exist, Asterisk will play them instead of the default
> "The person at extension XXX is not available right now, please...."
> 
> The only problem I forsee with this scenario is if the end-user goes
> in to their voicemail and creates a new unavailable or busy message.
> Surely you should be able to block them from over-writing those files
> though my making them read-only.
> 
> Best of luck.