Email notification by VoIP. Was: Re: Om2008.8: execute script on incoming call

Joseph Reeves iknowjoseph at gmail.com
Thu Aug 28 16:29:32 CEST 2008


We have a Asterisk/FreePBX combination at work. My account is setup to
email me any voicemails I receive as wav files. I can't help but think
that an IMAP client on the phone would be an easier solution to the
one you've proposed.

Joseph



2008/8/28 Ole Kliemann <ole-om-community-2008 at mail.plastictree.net>:
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 04:20:38PM -0700, Michael Shiloh wrote:
>>
>>
>> Ole Kliemann wrote:
>> > Hi everyone!
>> >
>> > I'd like to have a file where I put in
>> >
>> >     phonenumber     /path/to/shellscript
>> >
>> > Everytime an incoming call matches one of the numbers in this file,
>> > the device just hangs up and executes the corresponding script.
>> >
>>
>> Cool application. This plus Arduino could be the bases of some nice
>> remote control.
>
> What I was planning to do:
>
> I have VoIP for telephony at home and asterisk running on my server. A
> script on the server checks my email. If it finds new mail it calls the
> FR. The FR does not accept the connection, instead it connects to the
> internet and gets the email. It does not cost anything as no phone
> connection is established. And I have immediate notification on new
> mail.
>
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