Virgin Mobile Balance on your Aastra phone

A couple weeks ago, I put forward a method to see your LesNet account balance at your Aastra phone. I also posted to the Taug.ca mail list for suggestions on web scraping from secure sites.  Well, it turns out the Virgin doesn’t consider security a high...

DIY Desi Strips on Aastra 536M

Desi strips are great.  Let you see what's labelled where but do you ever find you've changed it from the original desiginations…and within a month or so, you've white-outed over and written in new labels…and written in is also the...

Display Prepaid Les.Net account on phone

Ever wonder how much is left on your prepaid account.  Worried you're getting low.Les.Net has provided a web query to allow you to check.  Now, the next part is getting it to your phone…We've solved it…at least for the Aastra...

Failing Authentication on Aastra VMail.php

If you've installed the aastra scripts, you may have experienced a few issues with them.  One common problem is the visual voicemail fails to authenticate on returning from a call.    To resolve, simply find the cache path in the...

Export VCards From Outlook

So now you know the telemarketers but who are the rest of the callers.  This is the first of a series of articles to sync information between Outlook and Asterisk.  The first is the export of VCards from Outlook.  Outlook can easily export single...