[asterisk-users] Force a new user to configure Comedian mail?

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 05:04:09PM -0400, Dave Fullerton wrote:
> Jeremy Wadhams wrote:
> > In Asterisk 1.4, is there any way to "force" new users to configure
> > their mailbox?  I'm thinking a simple IVR that holds a user's hand
> > through changing their PIN, recording their name, and setting up one or
> > both greetings, the very first time they use the account.
> >  
> > I know I can publish docs that tell them how to use the "0" menu and do
> > this by hand... but users are lazy and resent documentation.
> >  
> > Thanks!
> > Jeremy Wadhams
> > Yahoo Inc
> 
> In the sample voicemail.conf file you should find this section:
> 
> forcename=yes ; Forces a new user to record their name.  A new user is
>                ;     determined by the password being the same as
>                ;     the mailbox number.  The default is "no".
> forcegreetings=yes ; This is the same as forcename, except for recording
>                     ;     greetings.  The default is "no".
> 
> If these are set to yes and the user's voicemail password is set to 
> their mailbox number, then the next time they enter the voicemail box it 
> will ask them to record their name, greetings and change their password. 
> NOTE!!!! Make sure you tell them NOT to set their new password to their 
> extension when they reset it. They will end up going through all these 
> steps the next time they enter their mailbox :) I forgot to tell a 
> couple users this and I got a call asking why they had to record their 
> greetings every time they went into their voicemail.

I believe those will break with configuration generated by the
asterisk-gui , as it defaults to a constant password. Right?

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