[asterisk-users] Voicemail feature: enable or disable the ability to leave a message

[D Tucny]

Perhaps it's only basic in certain parts of the world... I know I've never
experienced a voicemail system with such a feature...

I'm not saying having the option would be bad... but... I'd prefer voicemail
to get some more common, more requested of me, features first and that's
personally where I'd spend my effort... But... feel free to either put a
patch together yourself or offer a bounty...

d

2009/8/1 Emrah <eka at ekanet.net>

> Dom,
>
> Quoting myself from your original message:
> > I know everything is possible to be done via the Dialplan. I could just
> > have a Playback to achieve this or pretty easily code my own voicemail
> > app via AGI too.
>
> I am not asking how to do this. I know everything is possible with
> Asterisk.
> In my opinion, the feature I am talking about is a very basic feature of
> Voicemail systems and I think it should be natively implemented in
> Asterisk.
>
> Thanks for your hint though. :)
> Emrah
>
> Don Kelly wrote:
> > How 'bout setting up an extension that simply plays an announcement and
> > hangs up. Then transfer calls from extensions that don't want messages to
> > this extension.
> >
> > You could have a few extensions with a few different recordings to suit
> > different situations.
> >
> > --Don
> >
> > Don Kelly
> >
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> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Emrah
> > Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 11:37 AM
> > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Voicemail feature: enable or disable the
> > ability to leave a message
> >
> > Mark,
> >
> > I think you did not understand my message.
> > I am accustomed to have the option to allow or disallow the recording of
> > a message in my voicemail, even my mobile carrier provides it. E.g.: I
> > can record a message that says "Please call back later, I am currently
> > on the phone." without any beep tone or the possibility to leave a
> message.
> > I know everything is possible to be done via the Dialplan. I could just
> > have a Playback to achieve this or pretty easily code my own voicemail
> > app via AGI too.
> > I don't catch what you are trying to tell about reading the input in the
> > Dialplan...
> > My scenario is pretty simple, there should be an option in the voicemail
> > to allow the user to choose whether he accepts messages or not.
> >
> > Cheers!
> > Emrah
> > Mark Michelson wrote:
> >
> >> Emrah wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I think there is an essential option of the Voicemail application that
> >>> is missing.
> >>> I would like to suggest the implementation of a function to give the
> >>> user the ability to either allow or disallow the recording of messages.
> >>> If the ability to record a message is disabled, options u, s, and b
> must
> >>> not be considered in order to avoid the playback of messages such as
> >>> "Please leave your message after the tone..."
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> the usecase is simple. A person could record a greeting that says
> please
> >>> callback later instead of asking to leave a message. usefull also to
> >>> record afterhour messages.
> >>>
> >>> What do you think?
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Emrah
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> There is no reason to place this logic in the Voicemail application
> >>
> > itself. If
> >
> >> you wish to give users the option of leaving a voicemail, it can easily
> be
> >>
> > done
> >
> >> in the dialplan by playing prompts and reading the input of the user.
> >>
> > Then,
> >
> >> based on the input, you can choose whether to run the Voicemail
> >>
> > application.
> >
> >> Mark Michelson
> >>
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