How to enable voice mail option in asterisk

Enabling voicemail in Asterisk involves several steps:

Prerequisites:

You have a working Asterisk installation.
You have a voicemail.conf file in your Asterisk configuration directory (usually /etc/asterisk/).
You have a voicemail user account set up in your Asterisk database (usually mysql or postgres).

Step 1: Configure voicemail.conf

Edit the voicemail.conf file to enable voicemail. You can do this using a text editor or a configuration management tool like asterisk-cli.

Add the following lines to the [general] section:

[general]
enabled=yes

This enables voicemail globally.

Step 2: Create a voicemail user account

Create a new user account in your Asterisk database using the mysql or postgres command-line tool. For example:

CREATE TABLE voicemail (
  id int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
  username varchar(30) NOT NULL default '',
  password varchar(30) NOT NULL default '',
  email varchar(50) NOT NULL default '',
  PRIMARY KEY (id)
);

INSERT INTO voicemail (username, password, email) VALUES ('vmuser', 'vmuserpass', '[email protected]');

Replace vmuser, vmuserpass, and [email protected] with your desired username, password, and email address.

Step 3: Configure voicemail extensions

Create a new extension in your Asterisk configuration file (extensions.conf) to enable voicemail. For example:

[vm]
exten => 123,1,NoOp(VM Extension)
exten => 123,n,Voicemail(123,vmuser)

This creates a new extension 123 that forwards calls to the voicemail box of user vmuser.

Step 4: Configure voicemail settings

Edit the voicemail.conf file to configure voicemail settings, such as the maximum message length, the number of messages to store, and the email notification settings.

For example:

[general]
maxmsg=100
maxmsglen=300
emailnotify=yes

This sets the maximum number of messages to store to 100, the maximum message length to 300 seconds, and enables email notifications.

Step 5: Restart Asterisk

Restart your Asterisk service to apply the changes:

sudo service asterisk restart

Step 6: Test voicemail

Make a test call to the voicemail extension you created (e.g., 123). You should hear a voicemail greeting, and you can leave a message. You can then check your voicemail box using the Voicemail menu option in your Asterisk console or using a voicemail client like asterisk-cli.

That's it! You should now have voicemail enabled in your Asterisk installation.

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