Voicemail

Voicemail should now be set up for all users. I tested it out by calling myself in XLite and leaving a message; it recorded as well as I could expect from my crappy computer microphone and the built-in options seem to work fine.

Some features we have now:

-Internally searchable directory

• Dial "8" to search by first name (everyone has a first name as entered)
• Dial "9" to search by last name (Only John, Sarah, Jane, Katie M currently have last names)

-Individual mailboxes that can hold up to 100 messages (this is the default and can be changed upwards or downwards)

-Access to your mailbox by dialing extension "700" and then your Asterisk extension number. It doesn't have to be this way, I just thought it'd be easiest for now.

-Each mailbox is passcode protected- currently the default is 9999 (can be changed).

-Currently when your extension is dialed, Asterisk will ring for 30 seconds before transferring to voicemail.

-I haven't been able to try this out, but in theory if you are on the other line and you receive a call, Asterisk will ring for 30 seconds before automatically sending the caller an "I'm busy" dialogue before forwarding them to voicemail.

-In theory, Asterisk can be set up to send you e-mail alerts when you have a new voicemail. I entered my gmail address to test it out, but didn't get any e-mails. This is either because notification isn't instant (in which case I have no idea where I'd adjust the time period after which * checks for new voicemail) or something isn't configured right. I'll keep looking into it.

Technical details to follow after I run to the grocery store.