Would it make any sense to store the voice mail formatted as a email msg in a Maildir directory structure. Then you could also retreive them with an email client.
Jim James H. Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "James H. Cloos Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 11:30 AM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Voicemail storage in DB > >>>>> "James" == James H Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > James> You could use NFS with the Maildir alogrithm or > James> something similar to avoid the need for locking. > > Here is an(other) idea if anyone is looking for a project: > > When using a db for the meta data, there is no need for the filenames > to have the message number in them. As such, one can use a mix of the > ${UNIQUEID}, (the hostname or ip if a networked fs), and any other call > details of interest as the filename. Or, for even nearer certainty of > collision-proof-ness you can use the base64 of the sha hash of some > entropy and the call's ${UNIQUEID} for the filename. > > The message order can be kept in the db table with the rest of the > meta data. > > -JimC > >  (don't you love neologisms) >  be sure to use a filesystem-friendly version of base64 > > -- > James H. Cloos, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://jhcloos.com> > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users