System information

Option Value/Example Notes
listen-control-stop-
key
13456789 You can use this setting to customize the interrupt playback key.
backupdeleted 0 This setting will allow you to specify how many deleted messages are
automatically stored by the system. This is similar to a recycle bin.
Setting this to 0 disables this feature. Up to 9999 messages can be
stored, after which the oldest message will be erased each time another
message is deleted.
a
Yes, we found this a bit confusing too.
b
Typically the spool folder is /var/spool/asterisk/, and it can be defined in /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf.
The [zonemessages] Section
The next section of the voicemail.conf file is the [zonemessages] section. The purpose
of this section is to allow time zone–specific handling of messages, so you can play back
to the user messages with the correct timestamps. You can set the name of the zone to
whatever you need. Following the zone name, you can define which time zone you
want the name to refer to, as well as some options that define how timestamps are
played back. You can look at the /usr/src/asterisk-complete/asterisk/1.8/configs/voice-
mail.conf.sample file for syntax details. Asterisk includes the examples shown in
Table 8-3.
Table 8-3. [zonemessages] section options for voicemail.conf
Zone name Value/Example Notes
eastern America/New_York|'vm-received' Q 'digits/at' IMp This value would be suit-
able for the eastern time
zone (EST/EDT).
central America/Chicago|'vm-received' Q 'digits/at' IMp This value would be suit-
able for the central time
zone (CST/CDT).
central24 America/Chicago|'vm-received' q 'digits/at' H N 'hours' This value would also be
suitable for CST/CDT, but
would play back the time
in 24-hour format.
military Zulu|'vm-received' q 'digits/at' H N 'hours'
'phonetic/z_p'
This value would be suit-
able for Universal Time
Coordinated (Zulu time,
formerly GMT).
european Europe/Copenhagen|'vm-received' a d b 'digits/at' HM This value would be suit-
able for Central Euro-
pean time (CEST).
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