[Serusers] Username conventions with Asterisk as voicemail ???

[Daryl Sanders]

Hi Iqbal,

Thanks for the info!

I now have all SER users setup with numeric usernames, and have
asterisk reading from mysql, so updates are easy. I am still a little
concerned about the DIDs and alpha aliases. Maybe you can shed some
light on things...

What was the reason for putting your DIDs in a seperate table? I am
currently using the aliases table to store both alpha (softphones) and
numeric (DID) aliases. I am using SER's numeric SIP usernames for my
asterisk mailboxs/extensions. Is there anything I should be concerned
about with this setup?

One fear I have is that at some point my SIP usernames will be
confused with real world DIDs. For example, if I have a the SIP
username 3331234... If this number is actually a real PSTN phone
number, I can see this causing problems as SER matches the username
before looking up aliases.

- Daryl


On 10/10/05, Iqbal <iqbal at gigo.co.uk> wrote:
> I use numbers for all usernames in ser, and hence voicemail boxes in
> asterisk, makes it easier. All aliases are names, hence both work.
>
> DID in separate table which is mapped to subscriber just like alias is,
> hence I do two lookups, one in aliases and one in DiD_table, I was going
> to drop aliases altogether , and may do in the future, but for those
> using softphones it's easier.
>
> As for updating get asterisk to read from mysql, and then when you add a
> user simply create the voicemail entry in there.
>
> Iqbal
>
> Daryl Sanders wrote:
>
> >I'm looking for pointers, best practices or experiences from SER users
> >who are using Asterisk for voicemail-only in their SER setup,
> >especially when it comes to planning username/extension/mailbox naming
> >schemes.
> >
> >This is for a large-scale deployment (10K+ users) so I want to get it
> >right the first time. Many of my users will have DIDs tied to their
> >account while others will not.
> >
> >Are there any advantages/disadvantages to having alpha-numeric SER
> >usernames and using aliases for DID numbers?
> >
> >I'm not sure if it matters, but we will be using a third party PSTN
> >provider and will need to support DIDs from multiple countries.
> >
> >Also, are there any scripts available to automatically create an
> >Asterisk voicemail box when a new user is added to SER?
> >
> >As always, your input is greatly appreciated!
> >
> >- Daryl
> >
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