<div dir="ltr">We have a main number and extensions, but some people have their own DID number that rings on line 2 (of a 2-line Polycom phone), with a separate voice mailbox.<div><br></div><div style>This "line 2" is not supposed to be an extension, so in its directory entry, I have the "effective_caller_id_number" set to the DID number.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>I don't want this line to be a real extension, so I set the user id to be a descriptive short name, not a number. Is this a bad idea? The problem is that it's impossible to check voice mail on that line because the user can't dial the user id.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Would it be better to use the 10-digit number as the user id? Or should I use an extension number that starts with a different digit? That would solve the voice mail problem as well, because the dialplan passes the caller-id to the voicemail check application.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>-- </div><div style>Steve</div></div>