Hi Matthew, Am Donnerstag, den 20.09.2012, 06:27 -0500 schrieb Matthew Jordan: > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Karsten Wemheuer" <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 2:28:07 AM > > Subject: [asterisk-users] Voicemail not working with vm boxes named with a > > star > > > > Hi list, > > > > in asterisk 1.4 and maybe earlier it was possible to use voicemail > > system with mailboxes starting with some special characters like *. > > The > > line in voicemail.conf was like this: > > *123 => , AB,,,tz=cet|attach=no| > > > > Calling exten => s,n,Voicemail(*123,su) is working in asterisk 1.4. > > > > In Asterisk 1.8 the above scenario is not working any more. The > > Voicemail application reports an error message: > > WARNING: app_voicemail.c: leave_voicemail: No entry in voicemail > > config > > file for '*123' > > > > Is this a known bug, fixed in newer versions (I currently use 1.8.11) > > or > > should I file a bug report? > > Nope, this is not a bug. The change in behavior was deliberate (see > https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-17433). Starting a mailbox > with a '*' conflicted with the auto-attendant feature in app_voicemail, > wherein > a user can be redirected to the 'a' extension by sending the '*' DTMF. There > were a number of weird side effects that occurred due to this, most of which > involved users who had created a mailbox that began with a '*' unable to check > their voicemail. > > Since it would be very easy to mis-configure your system if you had both the > auto-attendant feature enabled and allowed users to have a mailbox/password > that > started with '*', we prevented the latter scenario.
Thank You for Your response. I got Your message after writing my second message. I understand the problem. But if the issue is triggered mixing boxes starting with * and the assistant feature, what about the operator feature? Should boxes starting with '0' also be prevented? Thanks, Karsten -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
