[asterisk-users] Externnotify on pollmailboxes=yes

[Tilghman Lesher]

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On Thursday 08 July 2010 13:23:18 Eric Hiller wrote:
> Tilghman Lesher wrote:
> > On Tuesday 06 July 2010 22:51:03 Eric Hiller wrote:
> > > Tilghman Lesher wrote:
> > > > On Monday 05 July 2010 19:17:00 Eric Hiller wrote:
> > > > > Not sure if this is a bug yet, so I wanted to ask around to see if
> > > > > anyone else was having this issue. I have pollmailboxes=yes set in
> > > > > voicemail.conf but externnotify is not called. I know it isn't the
> > > > > externnotify script because if the changes are done in asterisk
> > > > > then it is called properly, if the changes are done via our
> > > > > webserver then it is not. Also, we use odbc voicemail storage.
> > > > > Thanks for any help,
> > > >
> > > > The externnotify script is only run when voicemail is left through
> > > > the Voicemail application.  I'm not sure if you're leaving voicemail
> > > > messages through an external app or if you're expecting the script to
> > > > be run when the count changes, but it's only run in that single case.
> > >
> > > Not if a voicemail is left by another system, but if a voicemail is
> > > deleted by an external system (ie. web interface). But externnotify is
> > > only run upon voicemail() or voicemailmain()? What is the purpose of
> > > pollmailboxes=yes then?
> >
> > The purpose of pollmailboxes is to update the Message Waiting indicator
> > on various models of phones which support receiving that information
> > through its communication protocol (SIP, IAX, or other) when Voicemail
> > cannot rely on its own internal state to determine when a mailbox has
> > messages.
> >
> > This isn't really all that odd:  the option behaves exactly as documented
> > in the sample file:
> >
> > ; 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.
> > ;externnotify=/usr/bin/myapp
>
> Yes, I understand this part, but then what is the purpose of pollmailboxes
> if not to trigger mwi?

That is precisely what I said it was for.

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