Voicemail as MP3 attachments

General Help
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Does FreePBX support MP3 as a format for voicemail attachments by default?

If not, can someone tell me whether these instructions will still work in 2.11?

Step 1. Log into your server as root and... (remove w-g-e-t hyphens!)

cd /usr/sbin
w-g-e-t http://pbxinaflash.com/sendmailmp3.tar.gz
tar zxvf sendmailmp3.tar.gz
rm sendmailmp3.tar.gz

Step 2. In FreePBX, choose Settings -> Voicemail Admin -> Settings, make the following changes, then click Submit and Reload FreePBX.

format -> wav|wav49
mailcmd -> /usr/sbin/sendmailmp3

Step 3. Leave yourself a voicemail and be sure it is delivered in MP3 format.
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No
Yes

3

Those instructions are for pbxinaflash. Are you running pbxinaflash? Or FreePBX? Or FreePBX Distro?

FreePBX Distro uses postfix for mail so the instructions might not work.

4

This is how we do it: http://mike.eire.ca/2012/02/08/asterisk-mp3-voicemail/

5

Thanks Mike. I’d seen that script, and the one it’s based on, so I’m not sure why I didn’t latch on to it.

I’ve knocked together a step by step walk through for us newbies to use.
http://www.g2support.com/how-to-enable-mp3-voicemails-in-freepbx/