You'll probably want to use SMDI. What type of PBX is it?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Graham Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: January 31, 2006 12:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [on-asterisk] Asterisk as answering machine with existing PBX > > == Automatic recognition of call origin and pass thru to a > voicemail box == > > This query has more to do with an issues of "stealth" > introduction of */PBX to "complement" an existing system than > with a asterisk issue per se ... > > Someone asked me if they could set their phone to forward > calls to an Asterisk server plugged into an extension on the > existing PBX. Forwarded messages would get recorded/saved on > * and then e-mailed to them instead of being saved on the > current PBX (which either doesn't have this feature or > doesn't have it turned on). > > Can I get Asterisk to automatically recognize incoming calls > by their extension number on the foreign PBX and to associate > the calls with one of its own voice mailboxes? Is this easily done? > > Since the forwarded calls would come from another extension > on the current PBX, I guess what I want is LookupCIDName() to > associate the forwarded call with the extension number that > **received** it from the outside; and then to store the > message in the Asterisk vmailbox that I would create for each > of the foreign PBX extensions. I am having trouble working > things out. Perhaps because: > > - when forwarding the existing PBX strips CID info; > - the CID info comes from the external call and not the > foreign PBX extension > - some other random switch needs to be flipped on the existing PBX > > Are other folks doing this? Am I on the right track? :) > > Thanks for any ideas. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.23/243 - Release > Date: 27/01/2006 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.0/249 - Release Date: 02/02/2006
