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Yes, I understand this part, but then what is the purpose of pollmailboxes if not to trigger mwi?<br><br>> From: tlesher@digium.com<br>> To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com<br>> Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 01:23:34 -0500<br>> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Externnotify on pollmailboxes=yes<br>> <br>> On Tuesday 06 July 2010 22:51:03 Eric Hiller wrote:<br>> > Tilghman Lesher wrote:<br>> > > On Monday 05 July 2010 19:17:00 Eric Hiller wrote:<br>> > > > Not sure if this is a bug yet, so I wanted to ask around to see if<br>> > > > anyone else was having this issue. I have pollmailboxes=yes set in<br>> > > > voicemail.conf but externnotify is not called. I know it isn't the<br>> > > > externnotify script because if the changes are done in asterisk then it<br>> > > > is called properly, if the changes are done via our webserver then it<br>> > > > is not. Also, we use odbc voicemail storage. Thanks for any help,<br>> > ><br>> > > The externnotify script is only run when voicemail is left through the<br>> > > Voicemail application. I'm not sure if you're leaving voicemail messages<br>> > > through an external app or if you're expecting the script to be run when<br>> > > the count changes, but it's only run in that single case.<br>> ><br>> > Not if a voicemail is left by another system, but if a voicemail is deleted<br>> > by an external system (ie. web interface). But externnotify is only run<br>> > upon voicemail() or voicemailmain()? What is the purpose of<br>> > pollmailboxes=yes then?<br>> <br>> The purpose of pollmailboxes is to update the Message Waiting indicator on<br>> various models of phones which support receiving that information through<br>> its communication protocol (SIP, IAX, or other) when Voicemail cannot rely on<br>> its own internal state to determine when a mailbox has messages.<br>> <br>> This isn't really all that odd: the option behaves exactly as documented in<br>> the sample file:<br>> <br>> ; If you need to have an external program, i.e. /usr/bin/myapp<br>> ; called when a voicemail is left, delivered, or your voicemailbox<br>> ; is checked, uncomment this.<br>> ;externnotify=/usr/bin/myapp<br>> <br>> -- <br>> Tilghman Lesher<br>> Digium, Inc. | Senior Software Developer<br>> twitter: Corydon76 | IRC: Corydon76-dig (Freenode)<br>> Check us out at: www.digium.com & www.asterisk.org<br>> <br>> -- <br>> _____________________________________________________________________<br>> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com --<br>> New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs:<br>> http://www.asterisk.org/hello<br>> <br>> asterisk-users mailing list<br>> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:<br>> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users<br> <br /><hr />Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. <a href='http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1' target='_new'>Learn more.</a></body>
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