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+--	Part of FusionPBX
+--	Copyright (C) 2013 Mark J Crane <markjcrane@fusionpbx.com>
+--	All rights reserved.
+--
+--	Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+--	modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+--
+--	1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+--	  this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+--
+--	2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+--	  notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+--	  documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+--
+--	THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
+--	INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
+--	AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+--	AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
+--	OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
+--	SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
+--	INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+--	CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+--	ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+--	POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+--include the lua script
+	scripts_dir = string.sub(debug.getinfo(1).source,2,string.len(debug.getinfo(1).source)-(string.len(argv[0])+1));
+	dofile(scripts_dir .. "/resources/config.lua");
+
+--define general settings
+	tmp_file = "/usr/local/freeswitch/log/mwi.tmp";
+	sleep = 300;
+
+--debug
+	debug["sql"] = false;
+	debug["info"] = false;
+
+--connect to the database
+	--ODBC - data source name
+		if (dsn_name) then
+			dbh = freeswitch.Dbh(dsn_name,dsn_username,dsn_password);
+		end
+	--FreeSWITCH core db handler
+		if (db_type == "sqlite") then
+			dbh = freeswitch.Dbh("sqlite://"..db_path.."/"..db_name);
+		end
+
+--used to stop the lua service
+	local file = assert(io.open(tmp_file, "w"));
+	file:write("remove this file to stop the script");
+
+--add the trim function
+	function trim(s)
+		return s:gsub("^%s+", ""):gsub("%s+$", "")
+	end
+
+--check if a file exists
+	function file_exists(name)
+		local f=io.open(name,"r")
+		if f~=nil then io.close(f) return true else return false end
+	end
+
+--create the api object
+	api = freeswitch.API();
+
+--run lua as a service
+	while true do
+
+		--exit the loop when the file does not exist
+			if (not file_exists(tmp_file)) then
+				freeswitch.consoleLog("NOTICE", tmp_file.." not found\n");
+				break;
+			end
+
+		--Send MWI events for voicemail boxes with messages
+			sql = [[SELECT v.voicemail_id, v.voicemail_uuid, v.domain_uuid, d.domain_name, COUNT(*) AS message_count 
+				FROM v_voicemail_messages as m, v_voicemails as v, v_domains as d 
+				WHERE v.voicemail_uuid = m.voicemail_uuid
+				AND v.domain_uuid = d.domain_uuid 			
+				GROUP BY v.voicemail_id, v.voicemail_uuid, v.domain_uuid, d.domain_name;]];
+			if (debug["sql"]) then
+				freeswitch.consoleLog("notice", "[voicemail] SQL: " .. sql .. "\n");
+			end
+			status = dbh:query(sql, function(row)
+				--send the message waiting event
+					local event = freeswitch.Event("message_waiting");
+					if (row["message_count"] == "0") then
+						event:addHeader("MWI-Messages-Waiting", "no");
+					else
+						event:addHeader("MWI-Messages-Waiting", "yes");
+					end
+					event:addHeader("MWI-Message-Account", "sip:"..row["voicemail_id"].."@"..row["domain_name"]);
+					event:fire();
+				--log to console
+					if (debug["info"]) then
+						freeswitch.consoleLog("notice", "[voicemail] mailbox: "..row["voicemail_id"].."@"..row["domain_name"].." messages: " .. row["message_count"] .. " \n");
+					end
+			end);
+
+		--slow the loop down
+			os.execute("sleep "..sleep);
+
+		--testing exit immediately
+			--break;
+	end