--- apps/app_voicemail.c.orig	2009-08-10 21:30:55.000000000 +0200
+++ apps/app_voicemail.c	2009-08-11 16:25:40.000000000 +0200
@@ -819,6 +819,7 @@
 	} else if (!strcasecmp(var, "exitcontext")) {
 		ast_copy_string(vmu->exit, value, sizeof(vmu->exit));
 	} else if (!strcasecmp(var, "maxmessage") || !strcasecmp(var, "maxsecs")) {
+		vmu->maxsecs = atoi(value);
 		if (vmu->maxsecs <= 0) {
 			ast_log(AST_LOG_WARNING, "Invalid max message length of %s. Using global value %d\n", value, vmmaxsecs);
 			vmu->maxsecs = vmmaxsecs;