[Freeswitch-users] Originate and then transfer on answer but not on VM

[Michael Avers]

Hello,

What would be a good approach if I want to originate a call to a local user, then once they pick up - bridge to an external number (or anywhere else). I tried several ways, but they all end up bridging even if the user's VM picked up the call.

For example I tried:

originate with execute_on_answer='transfer NEXT_STEP XML context'
originate statement followed by &bridge or even just a the next step extension as the destination

These work, but I want to avoid proceeding to the next step if the call was picked up by the user's VM.

I also tried parking it but then how would I know if it ended up in VM?

Thanks
-Mike