diff -Nur --exclude=RCS --exclude=CVS --exclude=SCCS --exclude=BitKeeper --exclude=ChangeSet master/apps/app_queue.c queue_memberdelay/apps/app_queue.c
--- master/apps/app_queue.c	2004-10-03 10:10:45 -07:00
+++ queue_memberdelay/apps/app_queue.c	2004-10-03 10:14:55 -07:00
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@
 	int joinempty;			/* Do we care if the queue has no members? */
 	int eventwhencalled;			/* Generate an event when the agent is called (before pickup) */
 	int leavewhenempty;		/* If all agents leave the queue, remove callers from the queue */
+	int memberdelay;		/* Seconds to delay connecting member to caller */
 
 	struct member *members;		/* Member channels to be tried */
 	struct queue_ent *head;		/* Start of the actual queue */
@@ -1160,6 +1161,10 @@
 		member = lpeer->member;
 		hanguptree(outgoing, peer);
 		outgoing = NULL;
+		if (qe->parent->memberdelay) {
+			ast_log(LOG_NOTICE, "Delaying member connect for %d seconds\n", qe->parent->memberdelay);
+			ast_safe_sleep(peer, qe->parent->memberdelay * 1000);
+		}
 		if (announce) {
 			int res2;
 			res2 = ast_autoservice_start(qe->chan);
@@ -1897,6 +1902,8 @@
 						q->leavewhenempty = ast_true(var->value);
 					} else if (!strcasecmp(var->name, "eventwhencalled")) {
 						q->eventwhencalled = ast_true(var->value);
+					} else if (!strcasecmp(var->name, "memberdelay")) {
+						q->memberdelay = atoi(var->value);
 					} else {
 						ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Unknown keyword in queue '%s': %s at line %d of queue.conf\n", cat, var->name, var->lineno);
 					}
diff -Nur --exclude=RCS --exclude=CVS --exclude=SCCS --exclude=BitKeeper --exclude=ChangeSet master/configs/queues.conf.sample queue_memberdelay/configs/queues.conf.sample
--- master/configs/queues.conf.sample	2004-10-03 10:10:45 -07:00
+++ queue_memberdelay/configs/queues.conf.sample	2004-10-03 10:14:56 -07:00
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@
 ;
 ; eventwhencalled = yes
 ;
+; If you wish to have a delay before the member is connected to the caller (or before the member
+; hears any announcement messages), set this to the number of seconds to delay.
+;
+; memberdelay = 0
+;
 ; Each member of this call queue is listed on a separate line in
 ; the form technology/dialstring.  "member" means a normal member of a
 ; queue.  An optional penalty may be specified after a comma, such that