# Checking voicemail remotely

**URL:** <https://community.asterisk.org/t/checking-voicemail-remotely/9988>\
**Category:** Asterisk Support\
**Created:** [October 19, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/checking-voicemail-remotely/9988 "2006-10-19T19:53:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![BruceAtMaxup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecb155/32.png) [@BruceAtMaxup](https://community.asterisk.org/u/BruceAtMaxup)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/checking-voicemail-remotely/9988/1 "2006-10-19T19:53:36Z")

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Is there a way to break into the voicemail annoucement message and get prompted for your password so you can check your messages? We currently have to dial a number that then calls voicemailmain(). It would be nice to be able to dial your own number (remotely) and check your voicemail.

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**Author:** ![baconbuttie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/asterisk/user_avatar/community.asterisk.org/baconbuttie/32/916_2.png) [@baconbuttie](https://community.asterisk.org/u/baconbuttie)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/checking-voicemail-remotely/9988/2 "2006-10-19T20:12:13Z")

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`CLI> show application VoiceMail` … particularly the ability to exit to the ‘a’ extension … which you then code to start VoiceMailMain

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**Author:** ![BruceAtMaxup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecb155/32.png) [@BruceAtMaxup](https://community.asterisk.org/u/BruceAtMaxup)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/checking-voicemail-remotely/9988/3 "2006-10-19T20:26:19Z")

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A one-line fix. Thanks!