On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 14:14, Zach Mesel wrote: > Hi there. > > My wife and I run a small business out of our home. We have 2 phone > lines, and don't currently need any additional extensions. What I and > am in great need of is a voicemail system with the following > functionality: > > - When we don't pick up one of our regular phones, the system > should play a greeting for callers, then allow them to either: > - leave a message without selecting an mailbox number (or by > pressing #) > - select an extension (really just a mailbox, since I don't think > we'd use any extension phones), whereupon: > - the user may press 1 to locate the mailbox owner, whereupon > the system then dials out to a cell phone using the 3-way > calling feature of the telco line. > - the user may press 2 or stay on the line to leave a message > > I have read the * doc and faqs, and I think I can accomplish all of this > functionality using 2 Wildcard X100P cards w/ * on my P4 2.4GHz box with > RedHat 8.0. > > Of my desired functionality, is there anything that * won't be able to > deliver? Is there anything which will be extremely complex to setup, > given that I am (or would like to think I am) a competent Linux SysAdmin > and fair-to-midland programmer?
Although you could do this, you would probably be better served by having asterisk sit between you and the phone lines. When the new 4 port card comes out, it should fill your needs well. You can have your 2 lines coming in, and 2 extensions. This way asterisk will answer the line regardless, then try and ring an internal line. Trying to get asterisk to work basically in answering machine mode is possible, and I believe there is more than one person here doing it. I do not believe asterisk is currently able to initiate a 3way call to the outside on the same telephone line. Being as it is a pbx, it is designed to offer 3 way calling internally. -- Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
