Voice Mail Services can be provided to telephone extensions on campus. There is a charge of $15.00 to have this service set up. Requests for voice mail service should be sent via IST Request or forwarded to IST MC 2058.
Questions can be directed to telephoneadmin@uwaterloo.ca.
| Contents | |
| 1. Log On | 10. Tagging Messages |
| 2. Log Off | 11. Personal Distribution List |
| 3. Change Password | 12. Alternative Log On |
| 4. Personal Verification | 13. The Help Service |
| 5. To Record or Change Mailbox Greeting | 14. Thru-Dial |
| 6. Playing Your Messages | 15. Call Sender |
| 7. Compose A Message | 16. Express Messaging |
| 8. Reply or Forward a Message | 17. Express Messaging-Transfer |
| 9. Bypass Greeting | |
From your own telephone:
You are now logged on.
From another telephone within system:
You are now logged on.
From a telephone outside the system:
You are now logged on.
Press 83 - "Goodbye"
Note: "Log Off" ensures the ports are free for the next user.
The personal verification is a recording of your name used by the system in place of your mailbox number.
Note: This is not the greeting played to your callers.
5. TO RECORD OR CHANGE GREETINGS
To record External Greeting (mandatory). It will be played to all incoming calls from external numbers and to internal calls as well unless unless an internal greeting has been recorded.
1. Press 1 - External Greeting
2. Press 5 - start your greeting
3. Press # - when finished
4. Press 2 - to replay greeting
5. Press 76 - to delete greeting
6. Press 4 - to return to messages
7. Exit 83 to log off
To record Internal Greeting (optional). The greeting is only used if internal callers need to receive a different greeting than the one played to all other callers.
1. Press 2 - Internal Greeting
2. Press 5 - start your greeting
3. Press # - when finished
4. Press 2 - to replay greeting
5. Press 76 - to delete greeting
6. Press 4 - to return to messages
7. Exit 83 - to log off
To record Temporary Greeting (optional). Played to all callers and will expire at the time and date indicated.
1. Press 3 - Temporary Greeting
2. Press 5 - start your greeting
3. Press # - when finished
4. Press 2 - to replay greeting
5. Press 76 - to delete greeting
6. Press 9 - to set expiry date & time
7. Press # - when finished
8. Press 4 - to return to messages
9. Exit 83 - to log off
To Bypass Greeting - Note: If you are calling another mailbox user on your system and wish to bypass their greeting depress 5 and you will go directly into their mailbox.
Once the message starts playing the following commands are available:
# - to pause during playback
6 - go to the next message
4 - go to the previous message
2 - to continue
1 - to skip backward 5 seconds
3 - to go forward 5 seconds
76 - deletes message
72 - more information about the message
Enables you to leave messages for someone without calling their extension number.
5 - wait for tone to speak
# - to stop recording
79 -to send message
83 - to log off
To reply to the sender of a message:
Press 71 - to reply
Press 5 - wait for tone to speak
Press # - when finished recording
Press 79 - to send message
To reply to the sender of a message and to everyone else who received it:
Press 74 - to reply all
Press 72 - to hear list of people who will receive your reply
Press 5 - wait for tone to speak
Press # - when finished recording
Press 79 - to send the message
To forward a message that you have received:
Press 73 - enter mailbox number
Press ## -
Press 5 - to record additional information
prior to sending
followed by #
Press 79 - to send message
Press 2 - to return to listening to your message
Note: If you are calling another mailbox user on your system and wish to bypass their greeting, depress 5 and you will go directly into their mailbox.
When you create messages you can tag them using the Message Options command, to indicate that you want a message handled in a special way.
Before you send your message:
Press 70 - Message Option
Press 1 - Urgent
Press 4 - Private
Press 5 - Acknowledge
Press 6 - Time Delivery
Press 79 - to send message
Example of time delivery, you want message delivered on July third at four in the afternoon.
Enter the month 7#
Enter the day 3#
Enter the hour and
minute 4#
Enter the morning or afternoon -# (Note: The number is 1 if if AM and 2 if PM)
11. TO COMPOSE A PERSONAL DISTRIBUTION LIST
A personal distribution list is a list of often-used mailbox numbers. You can create up to nine personal distribution lists, each containing a maximum of 99 entries.
To check the contents of a Personal Distribution List - follow steps 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 above.
After you have called a CallPilot Mail user and have left a message, you can log on to CallPilot Mail without hanging up and dialing the access number.
You can now log on to your mailbox as usual.
You can get help at any time while using CallPilot Mail - Press * (the Star key)
When you are logged onto your mailbox, you may make an internal call without disconnecting from CallPilot Mail.
Press 0 followed by the extension number. Do not pause for more than two seconds after pressing zero or you will be connected to the attendant.
After listening to a message, you may want to speak immediately with the person who left the message. That extension number can be automatically dialed for you by using the Call Sender feature. It is not applicable to outside callers.
May be used by mailbox and non-mailbox users. This feature lets you send a message without having to log onto your mailbox.
17. TRANSFERRING A CALLER TO EXPRESS MESSAGING
If you answer a call meant for another person and that individual is not available, you can transfer the caller to Express Messaging to leave a message in the other person's mailbox.