<div dir="ltr">In the default dialplan, it bridges a call to voicemail using these actions:<div><br></div><div><div>        &lt;action application=&quot;answer&quot;/&gt;</div><div>        &lt;action application=&quot;sleep&quot; data=&quot;1000&quot;/&gt;</div>
<div>        &lt;action application=&quot;bridge&quot; data=&quot;loopback/app=voicemail:default ${domain_name} ${dialed_extension}&quot;/&gt;</div></div><div><br></div><div style>I have found the the following also seems to work:</div>
<div style><br></div><div style><div><div>        &lt;action application=&quot;answer&quot;/&gt;</div><div>        &lt;action application=&quot;sleep&quot; data=&quot;1000&quot;/&gt;</div><div>        &lt;action application=&quot;voicemail&quot; data=&quot;default ${domain_name} ${dialed_extension}&quot;/&gt;</div>
</div><div><br></div><div style>My question is why does the default dialplan use a bridge to loopback instead of just calling the voicemail app directly?  What is the difference?</div><div style><br></div><div style>-- </div>
<div style>Steve</div><div><br></div></div></div>