[asterisk-users] Alternate names in Directory (dial-by-name)

[Jared Smith]

On Fri, 2008-05-16 at 14:42 -0600, Steve Johnson wrote:
> What creative methods are used to support dial-by-name functionality
> for people who go by more than one name?
> 
> e.g.:   Rebecca/Becky, Margaret/Peggy, William/Bill, Liz/Elizabeth, etc.

I've always done the following (and thought it was documented somewhere,
but was recently informed that it's probably not the right way to do
it):

In voicemail.conf, when you define your mailboxes, do something like:

1234 => 9999,Rebecca Jones,rjones at example.com
1234 => d,Becky Jones
1234 => d,Becka Jones
1234 => d,BB Jones

Again, it's probably not the *correct* way to do it, but it seems to
work for me.  I'm sure someone smarter than me can come up with a more
correct way.


-- 
Jared Smith
Training Manager
Digium, Inc.