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We are trying to add voice mail to our hotel rooms. Our current phone instruction cards say ‘to reach voice mail dial ext 456″. Replacing those instructions is not feasible at the moment. We have Feature Code *97 that takes them directly to their voice mail box. Question – What is an easy way to have exten 456 dial *97.

We are using AsteriskNow distro, version11.

Phil Ledon

2 thoughts on - Voice Mail Questions

  • You can create an extension 456, but change the DIAL string to be Local/$97@from-internal

    The extension can be any type really, but normally in this case you would use Custom rather than SIP to avoid creating an actual extension.

  • On 2014-10-02 12:32, Phil Ledon wrote:

    You can make a custom extension (456) that also sends them to their voicemail or to simply redirect them to *97

    exten => 456,1,VoicemailMain(${CALLERID(num)})

    or

    exten => 456,1,Dial(Local/*97)