[SR-Users] Message Waiting

Charles Chance charles.chance at sipcentric.com
Tue Mar 12 21:04:50 CET 2013


Sipsak is generally what we use, although any similar tool should do it.
Just watch the port numbers!

Cheers,

Charles



On 12 March 2013 19:58, Daniel W. Graham <dan at cmsinter.net> wrote:

> I read that right after I posted my next question, sorry for jumping the
> gun without doing some research. Do you mind me asking what method you use
> for generating the notifications, asterisk call file / sipsak / etc ?****
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> *From:* sr-users-bounces at lists.sip-router.org [mailto:
> sr-users-bounces at lists.sip-router.org] *On Behalf Of *Charles Chance
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 12, 2013 3:54 PM
> *To:* Kamailio (SER) - Users Mailing List
> *Subject:* Re: [SR-Users] Message Waiting****
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> The script you specify (e.g. externnotify=myscript.sh) runs every time a
> new message is left for a user or when a user exits the VoiceMailMain()
> application (for instance, if they have dialled in to clean up their
> mailbox).****
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> The voicemail application passes certain things as parameters to your
> script such as number of new/old messages etc - for more info and example
> script take a look here:
> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+config+voicemail.conf****
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> Cheers,****
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> Charles****
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> On 12 March 2013 19:45, Daniel W. Graham <dan at cmsinter.net> wrote:****
>
> Can you describe how your implementation works without having to scan
> directory/database for changes?****
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>  ****
>
> -Dan****
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>  ****
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> *From:* sr-users-bounces at lists.sip-router.org [mailto:
> sr-users-bounces at lists.sip-router.org] *On Behalf Of *Charles Chance
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 12, 2013 3:42 PM
> *To:* Kamailio (SER) - Users Mailing List
> *Subject:* Re: [SR-Users] Message Waiting****
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>  ****
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> The script method works fine for us - but we use the externnotify option
> in voicemail.conf instead of scanning for changes at directory/database
> level.****
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>  ****
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> Regards,****
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>  ****
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> Charles****
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> On 12 March 2013 19:32, Daniel W. Graham <dan at cmsinter.net> wrote:****
>
> While I have seen other posts I have not found anything that describes my
> scenario.****
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> Kamailio sets in front of a group of asterisk servers which are used in a
> round robin dispatch group. All asterisk servers share a common database in
> which voicemail boxes are defined and messages are stored.****
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>  ****
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> I’m looking for a way to make message waiting work in this example. I have
> tried creating a view with basic peer information for asterisk to use for
> message notification, however asterisk does not ‘see’ these peers until a
> call is made to the specific user and the peer info is retrieved from the
> database, which can delay notifications severely rendering them useless. I
> also want to avoid sending a copy of the registrations to asterisk servers,
> as the purpose of the distributed system is to eliminate the large number
> of sip registrations asterisk needs to manage.****
>
>  ****
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> I have also seen a couple of script methods that look at the voicemail
> directory structure for file changes and trigger an application like sipsak
> to generate the notifications and let kamailio relay them. From what I see,
> the consensus is not to go this route. In my case the script would need to
> look at the database level, and maybe some sort of database trigger could
> be used.****
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> What are others doing / what do others recommend as the best way to handle
> message waiting with a situation where kamailio sets in front of a
> voicemail server? ****
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>  ****
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> Any input is appreciated.****
>
> Dan-****
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>  ****
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