Same problem here at KC2ENI.

I find lots of dead.letter files littered in the /root directory after
someone leaves me a VM.

Could it be that the MTA was accidently left out?

On Thu, 2006-05-25 at 11:19 +0100, David Caldwell wrote:
> I too have followed a very similar path as Dave Listz and cannot
> figure out how to get Asterisk to send emails after a voicemail has
> been left. Do I need to install an MTA? Someone must have this working
> somewhere!
> 
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>         Today's Topics:
>         
>         1. Build System changes (Kristian Kielhofner)
>         2. How does AstLinux-0.4.0 send email? (Dave Liszt)
>         3. TFTP not working in Astlinux 0.4.0 (Peter Roelandts)
>         4. uClibc and g729 (Kristian Kielhofner)
>         5. Re: uClibc and g729 (Lachlan Dunlop)
>         6. Re: uClibc and g729 (Enzo Michelangeli)
>         7. MOH distorted when Parking extensions (Michael Knill)
>         
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>         
>         Message: 1
>         Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 16:05:10 -0400
>         From: Kristian Kielhofner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>         Subject: [Astlinux-users] Build System changes
>         To: Discussion of AstLinux - Asterisk on Compact Flash
>         <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>         Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>         Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>         
>         Hello everyone,
>         
>         I finally got around to fixing the build system a little.
>         
>         I really didn't like how hard it was to build the different
>         "versions" 
>         of AstLinux - Soekris, WRAP, etc. So, here is what I did...
>         
>         I gutted support for some of the obscure board types and
>         renamed that 
>         config section. It is now called "AstLinux Target Device". As
>         of right 
>         now, there are only a few options. Make sure to only pick one
>         of them, 
>         otherwise I can't guarantee what might happen...
>         
>         I moved the kernel config files out of package/linux and into
>         various 
>         subdirectories of target/device/*/. Basically, when you pick a
>         target 
>         device (wrap, net4801, or geni586) it will automatically use
>         the proper 
>         kernel config and even use correct grub and init config files
>         (for 
>         different consoles, console speeds, etc). It will also use the
>         correct 
>         uClibc config file so you won't get asked what type of CPU you
>         want for 
>         uClibc anymore!
>         
>         This also made it possible to remove the various scattered
>         AstLinux 
>         config files in the root directory. There is only one now.
>         Build 
>         AstLinux like this:
>         
>         cp astlinux.config .config
>         make oldconfig
>         make menuconfig (AstLinux Target Device - select one)
>         make
>         
>         
>         P.S. - mISDN and Sangoma support will be back soon. Thanks for
>         your 
>         patience!
>         
>         --
>         Kristian Kielhofner
>         
>         
>         ------------------------------
>         
>         Message: 2
>         Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 14:33:00 -0600
>         From: "Dave Liszt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>         Subject: [Astlinux-users] How does AstLinux-0.4.0 send email?
>         To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>         Message-ID:
>         <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>         Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>         
>         Hi folks,
>         
>         This has got to be something incredibly stupid
>         and obvious that I'm (not) doing, but I Just..
>         Can't.. See It.
>         
>         I'm using AstLinux-0.4.0-sc1100.img on a net4801.
>         Most things are working great, but I can't figure out
>         how to get Asterisk to email voicemail messages.
>         
>         I started out by:
>         - Configuring voicemail users with email addresses and
>         such in /etc/asterisk/voicemail.conf
>         - Configuring SMTP_SERVER, SMTP_DOMAIN, and
>         SMTP_HOSTNAME in /etc/rc.conf
>         but that wasn't enough.
>         
>         I began trying to find the MTA that was to be
>         used, to try testing that directly -- but I can't
>         find it. How does AstLinux get email off the
>         box?
>         
>         I've mounted AstLinux-0.4.0-sc1100.img
>         on a loop device and used 'find / ..' and
>         'grep -r ..' all over the place, but I can find
>         no 'ssmtp' program, no 'sendmail' program,
>         and no sign of anything reading the
>         /tmp/etc/msmtprc file that /etc/init.d/misc writes.
>         
>         On the other hand, I've done
>         $ telnet MYMAILSERVER 25
>         from the net4801 and successfully sent
>         an email doing the HELO and so forth
>         by hand, so I'm fairly confident this isn't
>         a network/firewall issue.
>         
>         People must be getting email off of
>         boxes running the 0.4.0 image, right?
>         How does it work?
>         
>         Looking for any suggestions! I'm going nuts!
>         
>         Thanks so much,
>         
>         - Dave
>         
>         
>         
>         ------------------------------
>         
>         Message: 3
>         Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 23:46:01 +0200
>         From: "Peter Roelandts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>         Subject: [Astlinux-users] TFTP not working in Astlinux 0.4.0
>         To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>         Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>         Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>         
>         Hello friends, today al try to use tftp on a soekris with
>         astlinux 0.4.0
>         copy a few phone.cfg files to mnt/kd/tftpboot and reset the
>         phone, but the phone did not receive any data from the box.
>         
>         Look with ethereal and is phone is sending constant tftp
>         requests but did not receive answer from the box
>         Did the same with astlinux 0.3.x and than it runs like a
>         train.
>         
>         regards,
>         
>         Peter R.
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>         Message: 4
>         Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 18:47:11 -0400
>         From: Kristian Kielhofner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>         Subject: [Astlinux-users] uClibc and g729
>         To: Discussion of AstLinux - Asterisk on Compact Flash
>         <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Asterisk Users Mailing List
>         -
>         Non-Commercial Discussion <[email protected]>
>         Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>         Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>         
>         Hello Everyone,
>         
>         Here is the deal with AstLinux 0.4 and codec_g729a.so:
>         
>         Previous versions of AstLinux (like most Linux systems) were
>         created 
>         with the most common Linux C library - glibc (GNU libc). glibc
>         offers 
>         the most application compatibility in Linux systems.
>         
>         However, glibc is not well suited for small, embedded systems
>         like 
>         AstLinux. It tends to have rather large dynamic libraries. It
>         also 
>         uses quite a bit more memory when running.
>         
>         Starting with AstLinux 0.4, the decision was made to start
>         using 
>         uclibc. uclibc is an alternative C library for small, embedded
>         Linux 
>         systems. It uses significantly less disk space and memory than
>         the 
>         traditional glibc.
>         
>         codec_g729a.so is a binary for Asterisk provided by Digium
>         that 
>         provides support for the g729 codec within Asterisk. g729a is
>         a 
>         patented codec that requires royalties to the patent holders
>         to use. 
>         Digium has done all of this work for the benefit of the
>         Asterisk 
>         community. Unfortunately, they are not able to provide the
>         source code 
>         for this codec (for obvious reasons).
>         
>         Because of all of these issues, Digium is the only practical
>         entity 
>         that can create a legal, working, G729 codec binary that will
>         work in 
>         current releases of AstLinux.
>         
>         I recently asked if it would be possible for Digium to compile
>         a 
>         codec_g729 module against uClibc. Kevin Fleming responded and
>         said that 
>         if they would sell 200 licenses, it would be worth it.
>         
>         How does that break down? $2000 (200*10). Here is what I am
>         looking for:
>         
>         1) If you use AstLinux (or other uClibc based systems) and
>         have 
>         purchased g729 licenses, read on.
>         
>         2) If you use AstLinux (or other uClibc based systems) and are
>         planning 
>         on purchasing g729 licenses, read on.
>         
>         I have setup a petition online. If either of these two points
>         applies 
>         to you, please sign it and provide the number of g729 licenses
>         you have 
>         or are looking to purchase:
>         
>         
>         
>         http://www.petitiononline.com/ug729a/
>         
>         
>         
>         P.S. - Anyone else who uses and loves uClibc (on gentoo, for
>         instance) 
>         will also benefit from this.
>         
>         Thanks!
>         
>         --
>         Kristian Kielhofner
>         
>         
>         ------------------------------
>         
>         Message: 5
>         Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 18:16:59 -0500
>         From: "Lachlan Dunlop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>         Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] uClibc and g729
>         To: "Discussion of AstLinux - Asterisk on Compact Flash"
>         <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>         Message-ID:
>         <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>         Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>         
>         Hi Kristian,
>         
>         On the petition web page you have the word partition instead
>         of petition.
>         Once updated I will submit my vote!
>         
>         Thanks for all the good work, looking forward to wanpipe!
>         
>         lach
>         
>         
>         On 5/24/06, Kristian Kielhofner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>         >
>         > Hello Everyone,
>         >
>         > Here is the deal with AstLinux 0.4 and codec_g729a.so:
>         >
>         > Previous versions of AstLinux (like most Linux systems) were
>         > created
>         > with the most common Linux C library - glibc (GNU libc).
>         glibc offers
>         > the most application compatibility in Linux systems.
>         >
>         > However, glibc is not well suited for small, embedded
>         systems like
>         > AstLinux. It tends to have rather large dynamic libraries.
>         It also
>         > uses quite a bit more memory when running.
>         >
>         > Starting with AstLinux 0.4, the decision was made to start
>         using
>         > uclibc. uclibc is an alternative C library for small,
>         embedded Linux
>         > systems. It uses significantly less disk space and memory
>         than the
>         > traditional glibc.
>         >
>         > codec_g729a.so is a binary for Asterisk provided by Digium
>         that
>         > provides support for the g729 codec within Asterisk. g729a
>         is a
>         > patented codec that requires royalties to the patent holders
>         to use.
>         > Digium has done all of this work for the benefit of the
>         Asterisk
>         > community. Unfortunately, they are not able to provide the
>         source code
>         > for this codec (for obvious reasons).
>         >
>         > Because of all of these issues, Digium is the only practical
>         > entity
>         > that can create a legal, working, G729 codec binary that
>         will work in
>         > current releases of AstLinux.
>         >
>         > I recently asked if it would be possible for Digium to
>         compile a
>         > codec_g729 module against uClibc. Kevin Fleming responded
>         and said that
>         > if they would sell 200 licenses, it would be worth it.
>         >
>         > How does that break down? $2000 (200*10). Here is what I am
>         > looking for:
>         >
>         > 1) If you use AstLinux (or other uClibc based systems) and
>         have
>         > purchased g729 licenses, read on.
>         >
>         > 2) If you use AstLinux (or other uClibc based systems) and
>         are planning
>         > on purchasing g729 licenses, read on.
>         >
>         > I have setup a petition online. If either of these two
>         points
>         > applies
>         > to you, please sign it and provide the number of g729
>         licenses you have
>         > or are looking to purchase:
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         > http://www.petitiononline.com/ug729a/
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         > P.S. - Anyone else who uses and loves uClibc (on gentoo, for
>         instance)
>         > will also benefit from this.
>         >
>         > Thanks!
>         >
>         > --
>         > Kristian Kielhofner
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>         Message: 6
>         Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 16:40:44 +0800
>         From: "Enzo Michelangeli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>         Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] uClibc and g729
>         To: "Discussion of AstLinux - Asterisk on Compact Flash"
>         <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>         
>         ----- Original Message ----- 
>         From: "Kristian Kielhofner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>         To: "Discussion of AstLinux - Asterisk on Compact Flash"
>         <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Asterisk Users Mailing List
>         -
>         Non-Commercial Discussion" <[email protected]>
>         Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 6:47 AM
>         Subject: [Astlinux-users] uClibc and g729
>         
>         [...]
>         > g729a is a
>         > patented codec that requires royalties to the patent holders
>         to use.
>         > Digium has done all of this work for the benefit of the
>         Asterisk
>         > community. Unfortunately, they are not able to provide the
>         source code
>         > for this codec (for obvious reasons).
>         
>         I don't understand why Digium has to stick to this silly
>         copy-protected
>         thing, when there is another well-known implementation of
>         G.729 licensed for
>         noncommercial use (and available for binary download, which
>         may or may not
>         infringe on the licensing terms, from a site in Latvia). At
>         the end of the
>         day, if someone want to cheat using G.729 in a commercial
>         environment
>         without paying royalties on the algorithm, will use that other
>         implementation ignoring Digium's: so what's the point? The
>         only end result
>         is unnecessary grief for legitimate users...
>         
>         Cheers --
>         
>         Enzo
>         
>         P.S. And I'm not even sure if asking for royalties on a
>         software patent has 
>         any legal standing outside the US: hasn't the European
>         Parliament, last 
>         year, rejected a bill that sought to introduce software
>         patents? 
>         http://uk.news.yahoo.com/060524/152/gchum.html says that also
>         the EU 
>         Commission (i.e., the Cabinet) has now adopted the same
>         position.
>         
>         
>         
>         ------------------------------
>         
>         Message: 7
>         Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 23:02:35 +1000
>         From: Michael Knill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>         Subject: [Astlinux-users] MOH distorted when Parking
>         extensions
>         To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>         Message-ID:
>         <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>         
>         Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>         
>         As I am using a Wrap board that does not have a USB port, I am
>         suspecting 
>         I need Zaprtc. I have uncommented out rtc in rc.modules but I
>         cannot see 
>         it in 'lsmod'. How do I load this module as I am hoping this
>         is my 
>         problem.
>         
>         Sorry this is the 3rd email but I really want to get this
>         fixed.
>         
>         Mike
>         __________________
>         
>         I am thinking it could be a ztdummy problem. How can I tell if
>         it has 
>         loaded ok?
>         I am running 0.4.0
>         
>         __________________
>         I realise this is not an AstLinux problem but when I park a
>         caller, I get 
>         loud and distorted MOH.
>         I read somewhere its a one way RTP sync issue but I dont know
>         how to fix 
>         the problem.
>         
>         Does anyone know what to do?
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