On Tue, 2008-09-30 at 17:29 -0500, Lyle Giese wrote: > I have never been convinced that VM via email is a convenence. You > have to use the loudspeakers on the PC or headphones, which is not as > convenient as a handset.
Depends on your working environment I guess. > Not to mention the privacy issues/problems using loudspeakers for VM. In my office, that's not usually a problem. > Do you want your kids/wife overhearing your customer that is upset > with you? Heh. Fortunately I don't get those kinds of calls. > I find that the email notification is more than enough to know who > called and many times why without listening to the actual message and > deciding how urgent it is to listen to the message or deal with it. The beauty of IMAP VMail storage is that you get the best of both worlds. You get the convenience of your VMs accessible by IMAP if you want or Asterisk can still access them (in the IMAP store) and do most of the normal VMail functions on them itself. b.
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