Alfred Campbell wrote:
>> Hi,
>> XX-5974 gives the ability to convert a multi-user chat into an audio
>> conference by issuing a special IM command.  This is accomplished by
>> inviting all multi-user chat participants that have an associated  SIP
>> account on the system to the initiator's audio conference via sipXecs
>> 3rd party call control facilities.  The problem with that approach is
>> that any multi-user chat participant that does not have an associated
>> SIP account on the system (as would be the case for external
>> participants , e.g. customers or partners) would be left out of the
>> resulting audio conference.  To remedy that problem, it would be nice
>> if
>> there was an ability in sipXconfig to optionally configure
> instructions
>> on how to reach a given audio conference externally.  Each audio
>> conference would have such a configuration field which could be blank
>> by
>> default.  That way, when a multi-user chat gets promoted to an audio
>> conference, the configured instructions for how to join that
> conference
>> would be provided over IM to every external participant so that they
>> could manually join  if they wished to.
>>
>> The configuration field could be as simple as free-formed text and it
>> would be up to the administrator or the conference owner to provide a
>> string that makes sense for the given audio conference, e.g. "You can
>> reach my audio conference by dialing 613-763-1277 and enter conference
>> ID 4277".  Alternatively, if sipXconfig offered a configuration field
>> to
>> define the system's external number then such a string could be
>> automatically generated.
>>
>> Comments?
> 
> Very nice.. I like the idea of having a blank field that users can type
> what they want it to say. This lets people personalize the response to
> add other useful information. 
> 

BTW: we already have an setting that represents external conference number.
It's used when setting up DimDim sessions.
D.

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