On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 05:04:09PM -0400, Dave Fullerton wrote: > Jeremy Wadhams wrote: > > In Asterisk 1.4, is there any way to "force" new users to configure > > their mailbox? I'm thinking a simple IVR that holds a user's hand > > through changing their PIN, recording their name, and setting up one or > > both greetings, the very first time they use the account. > > > > I know I can publish docs that tell them how to use the "0" menu and do > > this by hand... but users are lazy and resent documentation. > > > > Thanks! > > Jeremy Wadhams > > Yahoo Inc > > In the sample voicemail.conf file you should find this section: > > forcename=yes ; Forces a new user to record their name. A new user is > ; determined by the password being the same as > ; the mailbox number. The default is "no". > forcegreetings=yes ; This is the same as forcename, except for recording > ; greetings. The default is "no". > > If these are set to yes and the user's voicemail password is set to > their mailbox number, then the next time they enter the voicemail box it > will ask them to record their name, greetings and change their password. > NOTE!!!! Make sure you tell them NOT to set their new password to their > extension when they reset it. They will end up going through all these > steps the next time they enter their mailbox :) I forgot to tell a > couple users this and I got a call asking why they had to record their > greetings every time they went into their voicemail.
I believe those will break with configuration generated by the asterisk-gui , as it defaults to a constant password. Right? -- Tzafrir Cohen icq#16849755 jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +972-50-7952406 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.xorcom.com iax:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/tzafrir _______________________________________________ Sign up now for AstriCon 2007! September 25-28th. http://www.astricon.net/ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users