The service allows you finding out who has called you, when the telephone line was busy, switched off or was outside the zone of coverage. By doing so, it ensures that an important call will not be missed.
Asterisk voicemail implementation provides integrators with option to replace proprietary existing voicemail systems with Asterisk voicemail at a merely symbolic cost. The service can be applied as a basic stand-alone utility or can operate a front end of an Unified Messaging system, holding messages by IMAP or ODBC. Creating the Asterisk voicemail server is simple and just a fraction of dial plan scripting is being needed.