Currently this can be set to the users preference by simply going to Settings > Voicemail Admin
I can see a valid desire to default these but would really like to hear any pros, cons. Any feedback on what a reasonable limit would be 1m, 3m, 5m as suggested?
Please keep commentary here as to not pollute the ticket.
Setting up email is part of installing a new system. I think whomever is building the system should put in the values he see fit for his installation. I vote leaving it like it is without defaults.
They are useful for most folks but everyone has their own requirements, perhaps maxsecs could be reasonably limited to perhaps 15 minutes to forestall “Toll-Free revenue pumping”, but to cover badly setup Dahdi FXO/FXS’s then perhaps a more useful setting would be a global timeout(absolute) , as all such “expensive” calls would not necessarily end up in voicemail.
I feel like 10 minutes would be a reasonable default for maxsecs. No reason to have a default for minsecs. I would rather have a complaint about a call cut off (who is really going to listen to a 10 minute message anyway) than see a bill or have a trunk open for hours.
I personally have set ours to 5 minutes after I ended up recording a multi-hour town-hall (political add) that someone called up and connected us into.
@brk I have taken the “what sane person would _________” attitude in the past and discovered there may be a significant base of not-sane users who do just that. It is less of a concern if it’s that one guy he may adapt. You will find that someone posted a cool howto on a blog somewhere and hundreds of doctors are dictating to a voicemail box ( I can actually see this being a thing ). Now you are affecting many users and things get more complex.
@jfinstrom I hear you. I have many years of experience in software development. Appreciate that your posting here for input and am good with whatever direction is decided.
I would note in the dictation case the issue would be noted pretty quickly… where as a line held open for hours may not even be noticed. Then again, if the open line isn’t noticed, is it really a bad thing?