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Re: Answering an incoming call

by Damien Sandras :: Rate this Message:

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Le vendredi 26 juin 2009 à 16:10 +0200, Julien Puydt a écrit :

> Damien Sandras a écrit :
> > What does happen if the SIP PDU tells teh phone should auto-answer and
> > it is not configured that way ?
>
> First remark : the opal code in ekiga makes the decision of what it
> should do with the call : the Ekiga::Ostracism (arg... bad name!) is
> just there to help make a decision, not make the decision itself -- and
> certainly not apply the decision. So if that code has another internal
> reason to auto-answer, it can!
>
> Second remark : uh... does the SIP protocol require an endpoint to
> auto-answer when asked to!? That seems wrong.

That seems wrong to you, but not to me.

That's very convenient in IP Telephony systems to have a Pager system.
Of course, you can most often configure your phone to ignore or not this
type of request.
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