[asterisk-users] Alternate names in Directory (dial-by-name)

2008-05-16 Thread Steve Johnson
Hi everyone, What creative methods are used to support dial-by-name functionality for people who go by more than one name? e.g.: Rebecca/Becky, Margaret/Peggy, William/Bill, Liz/Elizabeth, etc. We'd like to use the f first name option of the Directory function, as the particular phone system

Re: [asterisk-users] Alternate names in Directory (dial-by-name)

2008-05-16 Thread Jared Smith
On Fri, 2008-05-16 at 14:42 -0600, Steve Johnson wrote: What creative methods are used to support dial-by-name functionality for people who go by more than one name? e.g.: Rebecca/Becky, Margaret/Peggy, William/Bill, Liz/Elizabeth, etc. I've always done the following (and thought it was