http://retinal.dehy.de/docs/ 2026-05-09T23:27:55+02:00 http://retinal.dehy.de/docs/ http://retinal.dehy.de/docs/lib/tpl/minimal/images/favicon.ico text/html 2018-02-21T12:19:25+02:00 http://retinal.dehy.de/docs/doku.php?id=technotes:freepbx:configuration_examples&rev=1519211965&do=diff Be careful with some of the examples, or guidelines, which you see in the FreePBX configuration screens. For example, if you add a new SIP extension, fields like "User Extension" and "Display Name" are empty, so you can fill them in with whatever you want. text/html 2022-11-02T23:01:41+02:00 http://retinal.dehy.de/docs/doku.php?id=technotes:freepbx:mail_queue&rev=1667426501&do=diff If you go through the obvious steps for setting up a FreePBX server and just leave it for a day or so, you may well come back to the dashboard to find the System Overview section telling you that there's a Mail Queue, and that "NNN messages are queued on this machine, and have not been delivered" (in my case, after 24 hours, the number was 152). text/html 2018-02-21T12:55:41+02:00 http://retinal.dehy.de/docs/doku.php?id=technotes:freepbx:menu_arrangements&rev=1519214141&do=diff So, you've got a FreePBX system installed and you're looking at its management screen in a browser... What's the first thing you think you might want to do with a new telephone PBX system? For me, it's create two extensions and see if I can call between them. text/html 2024-07-31T14:38:47+02:00 http://retinal.dehy.de/docs/doku.php?id=technotes:freepbx:rejectemail&rev=1722429527&do=diff The very first screen you see after installing FreePBX and rebooting it, then connecting to it with a browser, prompts you for the adminstrator's details: * username * password * email address There's a good chance that once you've put these in and click on the "Submit" button, the line with your email address will turn red, and that's all. text/html 2021-08-18T21:57:31+02:00 http://retinal.dehy.de/docs/doku.php?id=technotes:freepbx:turn_off_faxing&rev=1629316651&do=diff FreePBX supports all sorts of features which are available for Asterisk. Many of them are enabled by default, but working out how to turn some of them off if you don't happen to want them can be a challenge. Fax, for example. My opinion of fax in the 21st century is that it is an obsolete technology which was neat in its day but has been so comprehensively overtaken by email that it's no longer worth consideration. text/html 2018-02-21T12:22:29+02:00 http://retinal.dehy.de/docs/doku.php?id=technotes:freepbx:urls&rev=1519212149&do=diff If you start looking at the Asterisk configuration files created by FreePBX, located in /etc/asterisk for a default setup, you will see notices such as the following at the top of many of the files: ;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; Do NOT edit this file as it is auto-generated by FreePBX. All modifications to ; ; this file must be done via the web gui. There are alternative files to make ; ; custom modifications, details at: http://freepbx.… text/html 2018-02-21T12:24:00+02:00 http://retinal.dehy.de/docs/doku.php?id=technotes:freepbx:where_am_i&rev=1519212240&do=diff The second screen you see when starting a FreePBX installation for the first time wants some details about where you are in the world. It has some slightly odd notions about what classify as different places, though. For example: * The first line (sound prompts language) defaults to "English" * The second line (system language) defaults to "English (United States)" * The third line (timezone) defaults to whatever your browser suggests