Excellent answer. Thank you very much. Paul
Paul Mahler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Signate, LLC PO Box 60430 Palo Alto, CA 94306 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Andreas Frackowiak > Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 1:32 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] What's in ${EXTEN} ? Why does > voicemail prompt for an extension? > > > Why does voicemail prompt me for an extension instead of > just asking > > my password? > > Because there is no Voicemailbox "99" in that context in your > configuration. > > > > [voice-mail] > > exten => 99,1,VoicemailMain([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > exten => 99,2,Hangup > > In your example, $EXTEN will always be 99, because that is > the extension. > > If you would like to have the "99" as a prefix for the > following voicemailbox number you could do something like: > > exten => _99.,1,VoicemailMain(${EXTEN:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) > exten => _99.,2,Hangup > > And then "99123" would go directly to Mailbox "123" (if it exists). > > regards > Andreas > > > _______________________________________________ > 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