[asterisk-users] Expanding my answering-machine system

[Steve Matzura]

You all know the story--give the customer/client what they ask for, and 
if they like it, they'll be back for more. Such is just so with my 
one-trick-pony answering-machine project. Now the other two musicians in 
my virtual band want the following capabilities:


1. The ability to dial the main number from outside our three-party 
network and hit a button, like 1, 2 or 3, while the outgoing message is 
playing which will ring one of the parties now in the system. 
Alternatively, press a button and have everybody's phone ring and 
someone will eventually pick up in their studio.


2. Check voicemail remotely when not on the local network with a phone 
connected to the system. This is emminently doable and well described on 
how to do it in my book, but I have a question about how to invoke the 
VoicemailMain() function while the outgoing message is playing. Is it as 
easy as creating an extension whose number is "#" and send that to 
VoicemailMain()?


As always, thanks in advance for a kick in the right direction.