There are times when you need to use phantom users to fill in for features that are not there. For example, you have a conference bridge, which can't have a did assigned to them. You create a phantom user, with the DID as an alias, and forward to the conference number.
TO elaborate on Tony's comments, if you want a did number to be able to call directly to your voicemail box from outside the system, you call a phantom number, that is forwarded to your voicemail (8+ext), or maybe you want a direct number to dial into your vmail system. You can create a phantom that forwards to 101. I think the most popular is for a receptionist desk during the day - you have a phantom that can forward to multiple receptionists based on time of day, ring no answer, busy, etc. Makes it very flexible. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Lawrence Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 11:56 AM To: Mossman, Paul (Paul) Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [sipX-dev] Phantom Users for Dial Plans? (XX-7822) On Wed, 2010-05-05 at 14:26 -0400, Mossman, Paul (Paul) wrote: > Hi all, > > XX-7822 [1] mentions "phantom user" usage, and that these requirements should be accommodated in the re-organized Dial Plan. > > What requirements are phantom users used to accomplish? You should ask on the Users list ... Basically, there is more power in user forwarding than in other dial plans - it's the only way that you can configure schedules hunting and aliases all in one thing (I'm probably forgetting some things). _______________________________________________ sipx-dev mailing list [email protected] List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-dev Unsubscribe: http://list.sipfoundry.org/mailman/listinfo/sipx-dev sipXecs IP PBX -- http://www.sipfoundry.org/ _______________________________________________ sipx-dev mailing list [email protected] List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-dev Unsubscribe: http://list.sipfoundry.org/mailman/listinfo/sipx-dev sipXecs IP PBX -- http://www.sipfoundry.org/
