[asterisk-users] custom voicemail e-mail

[Steve Edwards]

> On Thursday 17 September 2009 02:52:42 Patrick wrote:

>> I want to send an email in html format as well as sending an SMS to the 
>> mailbox owner using clickatell's api
>>
>> Any other ways to do this ?

On Thu, 17 Sep 2009, Tilghman Lesher wrote:

> Use the "externnotify" option in voicemail.conf.  The arguments to this 
> program are the context, extension, new-voicemails, old-voicemails, and 
> (on newer versions) urgent-voicemails.
>
> Take the new-voicemails (a number), subtract 1, load the corresponding 
> .txt file, and you have all the information available to a voicemail 
> message, so you can send whatever emails you need to from here.

voicemail.conf says "If you need to have an external program, i.e. 
/usr/bin/myapp called when a voicemail is left, delivered, or your 
voicemailbox is checked, uncomment this."

Can myapp differentiate between left, delivered, or checked?

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