[asterisk-users] Asterisk on Mac OS X

[Rick Dwyer]

Hello list.
I posted this over on the Biz section but some of the members thought  
I might find more people running Asterisk on the Mac over here.

Here's my question:


I have looked at PHLink and PhoneValet and neither seem to be able to
do what I need, so I am looking at Asterisk.

What I want to do is allow callers to call a our phone line and
unsubscribe their phone number from our call center list.  So,
basically, when they call in, they would be greeted with a message
something like: "please enter your 10 digit phone number followed by
the pound sign".  They would then have the number read back to them to
confirm it or reenter it.  Once confirmed, it would write the phone
number to a text file for importing into MySQL or FileMaker.

Is what I am trying to accomplish within the realm of what Asterisk
can do on the Mac platform... or any platform... and if so, how
difficult of an install is it?  I have read varying accounts from it
being a breeze to being frustrating.

I have already been told I can do this via both caller id and via  
number entry by touch tone, my question is, are there currently any  
users who are doing the above on a Mac or should I only consider Linux?

Also is there a GUI frontend to Asterisk for the Mac version?

TIA
--Rick