System information

Option Value/Example Notes
userscontext default If you use the users.conf file (we don’t), you can define here the
context where entries are registered.
externnotify /path/to/script If you wish to run an external app whenever a message is left, you
can define it here.
smdienable no If you are using Asterisk as a voicemail server on a PBX that supports
SMDI, you can enable it here.
smdiport /dev/ttyS0 Here is where you would define the SMDI port that messages be-
tween Asterisk and the external PBX would pass across.
externpass /path/to/script Any time the password on a mailbox is changed, the script you define
here will be notified of the context, mailbox, and new pass
word. The script will then be responsible for updating voice-
mail.conf (the Asterisk voicemail app will not update the password
if this parameter is defined).
externpassnotify /path/to/script Any time the password on a mailbox is changed, the script you define
here will be notified of the context, mailbox, and new pass
word. Asterisk will handle updating the password in voice-
mail.conf. If you have defined externpass, this option will be
ignored.
externpasscheck /usr/local/bin/voice-
mailpwcheck.py
See the sidebar following this table for a description of this option.
directoryintro dir-intro The Directory() dialplan application uses the voicemail.conf file
to search by name from an auto attendant. There is a default prompt
that plays, called dir-intro. If you want, you can specify a dif-
ferent file to play instead.
charset ISO-8859-1 If you need a character set other than ISO-8859-1 (a.k.a Latin 1) to
be supported, you can specify it here.
adsifdn 0000000F Use this option to configure the Feature Descriptor Number.
d
adsisec 9BDBF7AC Use this option to configure the security lock code.
adsiver 1 This specifies the ADSI voicemail application version number.
pbxskip yes If you do not want emails from your voicemail to have the string
[PBX] added to the subject, you can set this to yes.
fromstring The Asterisk PBX You can use this setting to configure the From: name that will
appear in emails from your PBX.
usedirectory yes This option allows users composing messages from their mailboxes
to take advantage of the Directory.
odbcstorage <item from
res_odbc.conf>
If you want to store voice messages in a database, you can do that
using the Asterisk res_odbc connector. Here, you would set the
name of the item in the res_odbc file. For details, see Chapter 22.
odbctable <table name> This setting specifies the table name in the database that the odbc
storage setting refers to. For details, see Chapter 22.
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