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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>> Maybe you can try with to detect an answered call with BackGroundDetect()<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> exten => s,1,Answer()<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> exten => s,n,BackGroundDetect(silence/10)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> exten => s,n,Voicemail(1234)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I thought about that kind of solution, however...<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>The problem with this is that the caller will hear silence because Asterisk will pick up the phone as soon as it starts ringing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>In addition, if the caller happens to be talking before the call is answered, BackGroundDetect(silence/10) won't work.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dan Journo<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kesher Communications (UK)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.keshercommunications.com/"><span style='color:blue'>Business Phone Systems</span></a> | <a href="http://www.keshercommunications.com/hostedpbx.html"><span style='color:blue'>Hosted PBX</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>