Index: apps/app_voicemail.c
===================================================================
--- apps/app_voicemail.c	(revision 247595)
+++ apps/app_voicemail.c	(working copy)
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@
 	char attachfmt[20];              /*!< Attachment format */
 	unsigned int flags;              /*!< VM_ flags */	
 	int saydurationm;
+	int minsecs;                     /*!< Minimum number of seconds per message for this mailbox */
 	int maxmsg;                      /*!< Maximum number of msgs per folder for this mailbox */
 	int maxdeletedmsg;               /*!< Maximum number of deleted msgs saved for this mailbox */
 	int maxsecs;                     /*!< Maximum number of seconds per message for this mailbox */
@@ -775,6 +776,8 @@
 	ast_copy_string(vmu->dialout, dialcontext, sizeof(vmu->dialout));
 	ast_copy_string(vmu->exit, exitcontext, sizeof(vmu->exit));
 	ast_copy_string(vmu->zonetag, zonetag, sizeof(vmu->zonetag));
+	if (vmminsecs)
+		vmu->minsecs = vmminsecs;
 	if (vmmaxsecs)
 		vmu->maxsecs = vmmaxsecs;
 	if (maxmsg)
@@ -842,6 +845,16 @@
 		ast_copy_string(vmu->dialout, value, sizeof(vmu->dialout));
 	} else if (!strcasecmp(var, "exitcontext")) {
 		ast_copy_string(vmu->exit, value, sizeof(vmu->exit));
+	} else if (!strcasecmp(var, "minmessage") || !strcasecmp(var, "minsecs")) {
+		vmu->minsecs = atoi(value);
+		if (vmu->minsecs <= 0) {
+			ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Invalid max message length of %s. Using global value %d\n", value, vmmaxsecs);
+			vmu->minsecs = vmmaxsecs;
+		} else {
+			vmu->minsecs = atoi(value);
+		}
+		if (!strcasecmp(var, "minmessage"))
+			ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Option 'minmessage' has been deprecated in favor of 'minsecs'.  Please make that change in your voicemail config.\n");
 	} else if (!strcasecmp(var, "maxmessage") || !strcasecmp(var, "maxsecs")) {
 		vmu->maxsecs = atoi(value);
 		if (vmu->maxsecs <= 0) {
@@ -4732,9 +4745,9 @@
 		res = play_record_review(chan, NULL, tmptxtfile, vmu->maxsecs, fmt, 1, vmu, &duration, NULL, options->record_gain, vms);
 
 		if (txt) {
-			if (duration < vmminsecs) {
+			if (duration < vmu->minsecs) {
 				fclose(txt);
-				ast_verb(3, "Recording was %d seconds long but needs to be at least %d - abandoning\n", duration, vmminsecs);
+				ast_verb(3, "Recording was %d seconds long but needs to be at least %d - abandoning\n", duration, vmu->minsecs);
 				ast_filedelete(tmptxtfile, NULL);
 				unlink(tmptxtfile);
 				if (ast_check_realtime("voicemail_data")) {
@@ -4833,7 +4846,7 @@
 			res = 0;
 		}
 
-		if (duration < vmminsecs) {
+		if (duration < vmu->minsecs) {
 			/* XXX We should really give a prompt too short/option start again, with leave_vm_out called only after a timeout XXX */
 			pbx_builtin_setvar_helper(chan, "VMSTATUS", "FAILED");
 		} else {