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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>VoiceMail()</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css" type="text/css" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.69.1" /><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="Asterisk™: The Future of Telephony" /><link rel="up" href="asterisk-APP-B.html" title="Appendix B. Application Reference" /><link rel="prev" href="asterisk-APP-B-236.html" title="VMAuthenticate()" /><link rel="next" href="asterisk-APP-B-240.html" title="VoiceMailMain()" /></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">VoiceMail()</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="asterisk-APP-B-236.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Appendix B. Application Reference</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="asterisk-APP-B-240.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="refentry" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="asterisk-APP-B-238"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>VoiceMail() — Leaves a voicemail message in the specified
mailbox</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><a id="I_programlisting_tt2504"></a><pre class="programlisting">VoiceMail(<em class="replaceable"><code>mailbox</code></em>[@<em class="replaceable"><code>context</code></em>][&<em class="replaceable"><code>mailbox</code></em>[@<em class="replaceable"><code>context</code></em>]][...]|<em class="replaceable"><code>options</code></em>)</pre></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="id4201480"></a><h2></h2><p><a id="I_indexterm_tt2505" class="indexterm"></a>Leaves voicemail for a given
<em class="replaceable"><code>mailbox</code></em> (must be configured in <code class="filename">voicemail.conf</code>). If more than one mailbox is
specified, the greetings will be taken from the first mailbox <span class="keep-together">specified</span>.</p><p>Options:</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">s</span></dt><dd><p>Skip the playback of instructions.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">u</span></dt><dd><p>Play the user’s unavailable greeting.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">b</span></dt><dd><p>Play the user’s busy greeting.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">g(<em class="replaceable"><code>num</code></em>)</span></dt><dd><p>Amplify the recording by <em class="replaceable"><code>num</code></em>
decibels (dB).</p></dd><dt><span class="term">j</span></dt><dd><p>If the requested mailbox does not exist, and there exists a
priority <code class="literal">n</code>+101 (where <code class="literal">n</code> is the current priority), that
priority will be taken next.</p></dd></dl></div><p>If the caller presses <code class="literal">0</code> (zero)
during the prompt, the call jumps to the <code class="literal">o</code> (lowercase letter <span class="emphasis"><em>o</em></span>)
extension in the current context, if <code class="literal">operator=yes</code> was specified in <code class="filename">voicemail.conf</code>.</p><p>If the caller presses <code class="literal">*</code> during
the prompt, the call jumps to extension <code class="literal">a</code> in the current context. This is often used
to send the caller to a personal assistant.</p><p>Upon completion, this application sets a channel variable named
<code class="literal">VMSTATUS</code>. It will contain one of the
following values:</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">
<code class="literal">SUCCESS</code>
</span></dt><dd><p>The call was successfully sent to voicemail.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
<code class="literal">USEREXIT</code>
</span></dt><dd><p>The caller exited from the voicemail system.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
<code class="literal">FAILED</code>
</span></dt><dd><p>The system was not able to send the call to
voicemail.</p></dd></dl></div><a id="I_programlisting_tt2506"></a><pre class="programlisting">; send caller to unavailable voicemail for mailbox 123
<span class="strong"><strong>exten => 123,1,VoiceMail(123@default,u)</strong></span>
</pre></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="asterisk-APP-B-239"></a><h2>See Also</h2><p><a href="asterisk-APP-B-240.html" title="VoiceMailMain()"><span class="refentrytitle">VoiceMailMain()</span></a>, <a href="asterisk-APP-D-SECT-41.html" title="voicemail.conf"><code class="filename">voicemail.conf</code></a></p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="asterisk-APP-B-236.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="asterisk-APP-B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="asterisk-APP-B-240.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">VMAuthenticate() </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> VoiceMailMain()</td></tr></table></div><div xmlns="" id="svn-footer"><hr /><p>You are reading <em>Asterisk: The Future of Telephony</em> (2nd Edition for Asterisk 1.4), by Jim van Meggelen, Jared Smith, and Leif Madsen.<br />
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