D.54. voicemail.conf

The voicemail.conf file controls the Asterisk voicemail system (called Comedian Mail). It consists of three main sections. The first, called [general], sets the general system-wide settings for the voicemail system. The second, called [zonemessages], allows you to configure different voicemail zones, which are a collection of time and time zone settings. The third and final section is where you create one or more groups of voicemail boxes, each containing the mailbox definitions. For more information on adding voicemail capabilities to your dialplan, see Chapter 6.

D.54.1. General Voicemail Settings

The [general] section of voicemail.conf contains a plethora of options that affect the entire voicemail system: