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

[Mark Michelson]

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