VoiceMail Blasting (VMB)
VoiceMail Blasting VMB
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- Inbound Routes
Configuring IMAP voicemail for FreePBX
A couple of notes first:
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Voicemail Module
The Voicemail Module is a required for the system to work properly. For
that reason, once installed it can not be un-installed. This module
provides the functionality to the Extensions or Users Page to configure
Voicemail. It also provides the Feature Codes used to dial into a users
Voicemail box.
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Setting Up Voicemail
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Setting up Voicemail
Voicemailboxes are typically created when used for the first time.
Assigning Voicemail PasswordsYou must enter a voicemail password when creating an extension enabled with voicemail. Choose a password that is at least 4 digits. Resist the impulse to standardize the default. Most people won't change it, and the system will be insecure.
Instructing New Users
New users should, as matter of policy, be sent an email with both general instructions, their voicemail initial password, and directions to change it.
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How to make voicemail accessible from an outside line
How to make voicemail accessible from an outside line
Here's how to allow your users to call in on your main outside line and access their voicemail boxes.
- Install the Misc Destinations module if you have not
already done so: Go to Tools, Module Admin, Check for updates online.
After the page has reloaded, click on Misc Destinations, Install, and
click the Process button.
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How to make multiple extensions use a common voicemail box
This is NOT officially supported in FreePBX, but you can link two or more voicemail boxes together so that all extensions share the same voicemail box.
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General Settings
Dialling Options
Aterisk Dial Command Options: See below.
Asterisk Outbound Dial Command Options: See below.
Dial command options
The most common options are 'tr', which means 'The person
receiving the call can transfer a call using #' and 'Generate ringtones
when an extension is ringing'. Other useful options are (Note, this
list is very incomplete. The complete list of options is huge and can
be seen by typing 'show application Dial' in the asterisk console):
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For some people, Follow-Me does the trick. If I'm not at my desk, start looking for me always. For others, they may not want this unless the caller really needs to reach them. You can configure complicated IVRs, ringgroups, etc. to chain together but this is not manageable on a large scale. So how do you give everyone the ability to provide options to be located, on demand and that the user can manage. That's where the Voicemail VmX Locater comes in ...
