--- /tmp/tmp2	2006-12-19 16:12:16.000000000 -0500
+++ app_voicemail.c	2006-12-19 16:12:45.000000000 -0500
@@ -508,7 +508,8 @@
 static int silencethreshold = 128;
 static char serveremail[80];
 static char mailcmd[160];	/* Configurable mail cmd */
-static char externnotify[160]; 
+static char externnotify[160];
+static char externappnotify[160]; /* External App */
 static struct ast_smdi_interface *smdi_iface = NULL;
 static char vmfmts[80];
 static double volgain;
@@ -2811,6 +2812,16 @@
 			ast_safe_system(arguments);
 		}
 	}
+	/* Custom App even if we are using smdi */
+	if (!ast_strlen_zero(externappnotify)) {
+		if (inboxcount(ext_context, &newvoicemails, &oldvoicemails)) {
+			ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "Problem in calculating number of voicemail messages available for extension %s\n", extension);
+		} else {
+			snprintf(arguments, sizeof(arguments), "%s %s %s %d&", externappnotify, context, extension, newvoicemails);
+			ast_log(LOG_DEBUG, "Executing %s\n", arguments);
+			ast_safe_system(arguments);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 struct leave_vm_options {
@@ -7264,6 +7275,13 @@
 		} else {
 			externnotify[0] = '\0';
 		}
+		
+		if ((notifystr = ast_variable_retrieve(cfg, "general", "externappnotify"))) {
+			ast_copy_string(externappnotify, notifystr, sizeof(externappnotify));
+			ast_log(LOG_DEBUG, "Found externappnotify: %s\n", externappnotify);
+		} else {
+			externappnotify[0] = '\0';
+		}
 
 		/* Silence treshold */
 		silencethreshold = 256;