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Freeswitch 1.6 Cookbook

Freeswitch 1.6 Cookbook

By : Anthony Minessale II, Giovanni Maruzzelli
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Freeswitch 1.6 Cookbook

Freeswitch 1.6 Cookbook

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By: Anthony Minessale II, Giovanni Maruzzelli

Overview of this book

FreeSWITCH 1.6 Cookbook is written for anyone who wants to learn more about using FreeSWITCH in production. The information is presented in such a way that you can get up and running quickly. The cookbook approach eschews much of the foundational concepts, and instead focuses on discrete examples that illustrate specific features. If you need to implement a particular feature as quickly as possible, then this book is for you.
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Accessing voicemail


Voicemail is a very common feature of PBX systems. This recipe shows how to access the voicemail for a user.

Getting ready

You will need at least one telephone registered on your system, though it is easier to test with two or more phones. Have another user call your registered extension. The destination extension should let the call go to the voicemail. Also, the caller should leave a message and hang up. Once a message is left, the target phone can access the voicemail.

How to do it...

The simplest way to access the voicemail is to simply dial *98 from the phone. The system will ask for the user ID and then the password (by default, the password is the same as the user ID). Let's assume that user 1001 is checking their voicemail messages. Then they would follow these steps:

  1. Dial *98 and wait for the system to answer.

  2. Enter the ID and press # (1001# in our example).

  3. Enter the password and press # (1001# in our example).

  4. New messages are automatically played.

Simply hang up the...

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