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What personal attack?!?! You called my idea "next to worthless", apparently because you have some really strange ideas about security. If you think I'm supposed to just accept that and not respond, then please cancel my account and ban me forever because I can guarantee that we will have...

I can accept valid criticism. It was Ward's comment that got me in a really pissy mood. Prior to that it was a simple disagreement over whether it could be done in a reasonable time using MySQL, and I would have been happy to have been proven wrong. Now I'm kind of like I don't give a flying...

Unless this is something that interests you, please don't do it just to prove to me that it can be done. I say that because it appears Ward doesn't care for my idea, and you liked his post, so if you agree with him that there's some sort of security issue here then my guess is you will never...

I have been thinking about how I want to respond to this. I've already acknowledged that Superfecta is sort of a special case, given what it does, although I have to admit that I wish it were a bit faster. But then, that's mostly beyond your control, given that the major delays are the lookups...

It was just a question as to what is available for the Raspberry Pi. It is nice to know that the apps don't consume resources but I wonder if they add any unnecessary bloat to the dialplan? I don't want to debate what is or isn't essential because obviously everyone will have a different...

The thing I have observed is that when you are watching the CLI as a call comes in, most of the time the lines scroll by so fast you can't read them. The exception is when there is an AGI call or some large database lookup involving MySQL. In some cases it's unavoidable because of what is...

I have an idea for a module. Before I propose it, please note that this is simply a suggestion if someone would like a project that might actually be useful. Personally, I would only be using this on a home system, and I don't actually need this module because I can do the same thing using...

If you say that both parties are essentially the same then why do we even have elections? I guess history will decide which of us is the bigger fool. I see both parties as corrupt but I still perceive significant differences in their philosophies and worldviews. And I doubt that Libertarians...

What would you consider an essential feature from Incredible that's not available in basic PBX in a Flash? Yes, there are a lot of extras there but if you don't need any of them, why add them to a system that already has low resources? On the systems I have set up, I have found that all the...

Just curious, what versions of PiaF can be installed on a Pi? If you just want basic PiaF and NOT the Incredible PBX add-ons, is there an easy way to get that? Also, has anyone thought about putting PiaF on a BeagleBone Black? These folks put their Asterisk/FreePBX build on it for the...

Thanks for the great music! Just to be crystal clear, all the music with download links on both of those pages can be freely used for music on hold?

Ward, as conscious as you are of security issues, I'm surprised you would advise not upgrading, since Asterisk upgrades often contain security patches, as matt91 points out. By not upgrading, aren't you upping the odds that your system will be broken, and in a way that will be far less easy to...

My "diatribe" as you put it was an attempt to explain why you will never see the "libertarian movement" you so desire be anything more than a fringe movement. The Libertarian party pretty much kills any chance of that by taking an extreme position on deregulating corporations. Yes...

Unfortunately the problem with most Libertarians today is that they not only think that individuals should have a great degree of freedom, but also businesses. What they apparently fail to understand is that an unregulated business, especially a large one, can damage and infringe on the...

I'd personally first try rebooting the system. From past experience, I have found that when you get weird, unexpected errors from "out of the blue", a reboot often fixes things. More than likely it's because some process up and died, but you can spend hours trying to figure out what caused the...

One problem you have is that the voicemail system is an integral part of Asterisk, not PiaF or FreePBX. BUT, that said, there may be a backdoor way to do it. Normally, when Asterisk plays a greeting message, it then plays a message that says "Please leave your message after the tone. When...

Rather than using a custom extension, I would think you could make a Misc. Destination with the number you want to call, and go to that instead. That should use the same trunk selection as if you had just called the number from whatever extension you are using. Or if you want to use a specific...

There are small businesses where no one in the business or family is the slightest bit technically inclined. The type of people where, when their computer stops working, they haul it down to the service counter at Best Buy. Obviously, such a business is not a candidate for DIY VoIP. Then there...

ViaTalk has a feature under Call Forward settings, "Forward On Network Outage -- Calls are forwarded if your phone service is down for whatever reason." AxVoice offers "Failover - If there is a power outage or the ISP is down, your calls will be forwarded to the number you specify." Voipo has...

Google Voice always sends "fake" ringback tone to callers. It does this even before the call is connected through. Similarly, when you make an outbound call using Google Voice, you are getting a "fake" ringback tone generated by Asterisk, or whatever handles your outgoing calls to Google...