Extension import - default has voicemail - can that be set somewhere?

[Voipy]

Hi

When importing or creating extensions, the default is for them to have voicemail. Almost none of our customers want that (and I can relate, I don't want voicemail enabled on anything myself). So for us it would make a lot more sense to enable it where required, instead of disabling it where not. Case in point was a customer we are setting up with 600 extensions, we need to now disable it on all of those.

 

[kenn10]

I had brought this exact issue earlier about a voice mailbox being created for every extension. I believe @pbxgeek was considering how to address that. There are many instances where there should never be a voice mailbox created for an extension.

 

[Voipy]

Ok cool - if I missed your post, apologies for duplicating. I would think that extending the import options is the easiest to deal with this. Currently it's a bit limited - see my post on call group as another option of the import. Then it would just be a matter of setting "voicemail = false" or something to that effect. But there may be other considerations that I am not privy to of course.

 

[kenn10]

Ok cool - if I missed your post, apologies for duplicating. I would think that extending the import options is the easiest to deal with this. Currently it's a bit limited - see my post on call group as another option of the import. Then it would just be a matter of setting "voicemail = false" or something to that effect. But there may be other considerations that I am not privy to of course.

My request was that when an extension is created that a mailbox not be created unless you opted for it during extension creation. The bulk creation is an even bigger issue.

You might want to post it as a feature request for FS PBX here: https://github.com/nemerald-voip/fspbx/issues

 

[pbxgeek]

I think there are ways to improve this process. I'm going to think of something

 

[pbxgeek]

We released an update to utilize the enabled_default setting. If this setting is disabled, a voicemail box will not be created when an extension is made or imported. This behavior can be overridden at the tenant level.

 

[Voipy]

Nice one - thanks!