Main
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About This Book
1
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4
3
2
5
5-1
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6
6-1
A
Upgrading the System
7
B
C
GL
D
IN
About This Book
Purpose and Audience
v
Terms
How to Use This Book
Typographical Conventions
vi
Safety Labels
Related Documents
vii
viii
Overview of System Services and Features 1
PARTNER MAIL Services
1-i
System Administrators Responsibilities
Overview of System Services and Features 1
1-1
PARTNER MAIL Services
1-2
PARTNER MAIL Services
1-3
Immediate Call Handling Delayed
Call Handling
Figure 1-1. Overview of System Services and Features
Introduction
1-4
Interactions with the Communications System
1-5
Immediate Call Handling
Delayed Call Handling
1-6
Call Answer Service
1-7
Interactions with the Communications System
1-8
Voice Mail Service
1-9
System Administrators Responsibilities
System Security
1-10
Preventative Measures
1-11
1-12
Security Policy and User Education
1-13
Routine Maintenance
1-14
Helpful Programming Hints
1-15
Installation 2
Preparing for Installation
2-i
Installing the Mail System
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
2-ii
Installation 2
Preparing for Installation
2-1
Mail System Hardware
Communications System Hardware
2-2
Mail System Site Requirements
2-3
2-4
Installing the Mail System
Mounting the System Unit
2-5
2-6
Connecting to the Communications System
2-7
2-8
Connecting to the Remote Maintenance Device
2-9
Mail System Initial Programming 3
Before You Begin
3-i
Logging In to System Administration Programming the Mail System
After Initial Programming
3-ii
Mail System Initial Programming 3
Before You Begin
3-1
Comlpeting Planning Forms
Preparing the Communications System
3-2
Line Access Mode
Transfer Return Extension
Outgoing Call Restriction
Line Assignment for the Remote Maintenance Device
3-4
Automatic Extension Privacy for the Remote Maintenance Device
Logging In to System Administration
3-6
Logging In to System Administration
Figure 3-1. Mail System Login
Mail System Initial Programming 3-7
Programming the Mail System
Accessing the System Administration Menu
3-8
Initial Programming Quick Reference
3-10
Programming System Parameters
System Language
Maximum Digit Length
Single or Multiple Automated Attendant
3-12
Automated Attendant Line Assignments
Programming Mailboxes
3-14
Considerations for Creating Mailboxes
3-15
Creating Mailboxes
Assigning a Group Mailbox Owner
3-16
Specifying Fax Extensions and System Mailboxes
3-17
Fax Extension and Fax Message Receiver
Call Answer Service Operator
General Mailbox Owner
System Administrators Mailbox
3-18
Programming the Schedule
3-19
System Date and Time
Schedule Controller
3-20
Business Schedule
Setting the Touch-Tone Gate
3-22
Recording System Greetings
Recording Touch-Tone Gate Greetings
3-24
Recording a Voice Mail Greeting NOTE:
3-25
Programming the Automated Attendant Menus
3-26
Recording Announcements
Creating Submenus
Programming Day and Night Menus
3-28
3-29
Creating Group Lists
3-30
Assigning Line Ownership
3-31
Setting System Security Options
3-32
Minimum Password Length
3-33
Security Violation Notification
After Initial Programming
Assigning the System Administrators Mailbox
Assigning a System Administration Password
3-34
Page
Initial Programming
Before You Begin
4-i
Call Answer Service
Entering Programming Mode
Telephone Button Programming
After Initial Programming
4-ii
Initial Programming
Before You Begin
4-1
Entering Programming Mode
Automated Attendant Service
Group Call Distribution
VMS Hunt Delay
4-2
4-3
Fax Hunt Group
Line Ringing
Automatic Extension Privacy
VMS Hunt Schedule
4-4
Night Service
4-5
Music on Hold
Disallowed Phone Numbers
Creating a Disallowed List
Assigning the Disallowed Phone Number List
4-6
Allowed Phone Numbers
4-7
Creating an Allowed Phone Number List
Assigning the Allowed Phone Number List
Call Answer Service
Line Coverage
VMS Line Cover
Line Coverage Extension (Communications System Release 4.0 or later)
4-8
4-9
VMS Cover Rings (Communications System Release 4.0 or later)
Exiting Programming Mode
Telephone Button Programming
VMS Cover
Do Not Disturb
4-10
Voice Mailbox Transfer
4-11
Voice Mail Messages
Page
Understanding the Mail System Features
Administering Features
5-i
Bulletin Board
Announcements (Automated Attendant)
Business Schedule and Temporarily Closed
Call Answer Service Operator
Dial 0/Timeout Action (Automated Attendant)
Directory
Fax Extension and Fax Message Receiver
Group Lists
Group Mailbox Owner
5-iii
Language
Line Assignments
Main Menus (Automated Attendant)
Maximum Digit Length
Outcalling
Open or Closed for Today
5-iv
Passwords
Personal Mailbox Administration
5-v
Personal Operator
Schedule Controller
Submenus (Automated Attendant)
System Administrators Mailbox
System Date and Time
System Language Touch-Tone Gate
5-vi
Understanding the Mail System Features
Administering Features
5-1
Logging In to Voice Mail
Logging In to System Administration
5-2
Announcements (Automated Attendant)
5-3
Announcements (Automated Attendant)
Announcement Options
Announcements and Bulletin Boards
5-4
5-5
Recording an Announcement
5-6
5-7
Playing an Existing Announcement
5-8
Deleting an Announcement
5-9
Announcements (Automated Attendant)
Automated Attendant Service
5-10
5-11
Broadcast Message
Broadcast Messages and Group Lists
5-12
Sending a Broadcast Message
5-13
Bulletin Board
5-14
Monolingual or Bilingual Mode
5-15
Bulletin Boards and Announcements
Dial 0 Destination
Other Bulletin Board Options
Bulletin Board Mailbox Password
5-16
5-17
Accessing a Bulletin Board Message
5-18
Recording or Deleting a Bulletin Board Message
5-19
5-20
Setting a Dial 0 Destination
5-21
Changing a Bulletin Board Mailbox Password
Business Schedule and Temporarily Closed
5-22
Weekly Business Schedule
5-23
Temporarily Closed
Playing the Business Schedule
5-24
Creating or Changing the Weekly Business Schedule
5-25
Before creating or changing the Weekly Business Schedule, complete mail system Planning Form D.
Business Schedule and Temporarily Closed
5-26
Programming a Temporary Closing
5-27
Business Schedule and Temporarily Closed
5-28
5-29
Call Answer Service Operator
5-30
Call Answer Service Operator
5-31
Call Answer Service Operator can be used for the following:
Personal Operator has not been programmed.
Changing the Call Answer Service Operator Extension
Before changing the Call Answer Service Operators extension, update mail system
Dial 0/Timeout Action (Automated Attendant)
Announcement). The Dial 0/Timeout Action can be one of the following:
Transfer to an Extension
5-32
Changing a Dial 0/Timeout Action
5-33
5-34
5-35
Directory
5-36
Directory
5-37
Using the Directory to Reach a Subscriber
Using the Directory to Address a Message
Changing a Directory Listing
To change a Directory entry, see Changing a Mailbox Name under Mailbox. Directory
Fax Extension and Fax Message Receiver
Fax Extension
Fax Message Receiver
5-38
5-39
Creating a Fax Extension or Fax Message Receiver
Before creating a Fax Extension or a Fax Message Receiver, update mail system
5-40
Deleting a Fax Extension or Fax Message Receiver
5-41
Before deleting a Fax Extension or a Fax Message Receiver, update mail system
Fax Extension and Fax Message Receiver
5-42
General Mailbox
5-43
Changing the General Mailbox Owners Extension
5-44
Forwarding a Message from the General Mailbox
5-45
5-46
5-47
Greetings (Personal)
5-48
Monolingual or Bilingual Mode
5-49
Recording a Personal Greeting
5-50
Activating a Personal Greeting
5-51
Deleting a Personal Greeting
Greetings (Personal)
5-52
Greetings (System)
Voice Mail Greeting
5-53
Automated Attendant Touch-Tone Gate Greeting
Examples
5-54
Monolingual ModeTouch-Tone Gate Off
5-55
Bilingual ModeTouch-Tone Gate Off
Recording the Voice Mail Greeting
5-56
5-57
Recording a Touch-Tone Gate Greeting
Before recording the Touch-Tone Gate Greeting, complete mail system Planning Form E.
5-58
5-59
Group Lists
99
5-60
Group Lists and Broadcast Messages
5-61
Creating Group Lists
Before creating a Group List, complete mail system Planning Form L.
Scanning Group Lists
5-62
Modifying or Reviewing a Group List
5-63
Group Lists
Deleting Group Lists
5-64
Sending a Message to a Group List
5-65
Forwarding a Message to a Group List
5-66
Group Mailbox Owner
5-67
Assigning or Deleting the Group Mailbox Owner
5-68
Group Mailbox Owner
5-69
Group Mailbox Owner
Language
5-70
Recovering from a Language Choice Error
5-71
Language
Changing the Language Mode or the Language
Language
Before changing the mode or the language, update mail system Planning Form A.
5-72
Line Assignments
5-73
Reviewing Line Assignments
Adding Line Assignments
5-74
Removing Line Assignments
5-75
Before removing lines from Automated Attendant 2 or 3, update mail system Planning Form A.
Line Assignments
5-76
Line Ownership
5-77
Scanning Line Ownership
5-78
Assigning Line Ownership
5-79
Line Ownership
Modifying Line Ownership
Before modifying Line Ownership, update mail system Planning Form M.
5-80
Deallocating Line Ownership
5-81
Line Ownership
Mailbox
5-82
Class of Service (COS)
5-83
Table 5-1. Class of Service Table
Mailbox
Greeting Transfer
Message
5-84
Message Length
5-85
Greeting Length
Transfer Permitted
Mailbox Type
5-86
Outcalling Permission
5-87
Mailbox Language (Bilingual Mode only)
Mailbox Name
5-88
5-89
5-90
Playing a Mailbox Configuration
5-91
Creating Mailboxes
Before creating a mailbox, udate mail system Planning Form B.
5-92
5-93
Deleting a Mailbox
Before deleting a mailbox, update mail system Planning Form B.
Changing a Mailbox Name
Before changing a mailbox name, update mail system Planning Form B.
5-94
5-95
Changing the Class of Service
Before changing a Class of Service, update mail system Planning Form B.
Initializing a Mailbox Password
5-96
Changing the Mailbox Language (Bilingual Mode Only)
5-97
Before changing the mailbox language, update mail system Planning Form B.
Mailbox
Main Menus (Automated Attendant)
5-98
Menu Prompt
5-99
Monolingual Mode Example with Touch-Tone Gate On
Bilingual Mode Example with Touch-Tone Gate On
Monolingual Mode Example with Touch-Tone Gate Off
Bilingual Mode Example with Touch-Tone Gate Off
5-100
5-101
Caller Options
5-102
Playing a Main Menu Prompt or Definition
5-103
Recording the Main Menu Prompt Only
Before recording a Main Menu prompt, complete mail system Planning Form G.
5-104
5-105
5-106
Modifying a Day or Night Main Menu
5-107
The following procedure can be used to:
Main Menus (Automated Attendant)
5-108
5-109
5-110
Maximum Digit Length
Changing the Maximum Digit Length
5-111
Page
Open or Closed for Today
Open for Today
5-113
Close for Today
Resume Regular Schedule
5-114
Default Temporary Closure Greetings
Touch-Tone Gate OffMonolingual
Touch-Tone Gate OnMonolingual
5-115
Touch-Tone Gate OffBilingual
Touch-Tone Gate OnBilingual
5-116
Programming Open or Closed for Today
5-117
5-118
Resuming the Regular Schedule
5-119
Open or Closed for Today
Outcalling
5-120
Outcalling List
5-121
Minimum Time Between Outcalling Attempts
5-122
Outcalling Cycles
5-123
Outcalling Schedule
Turning Outcalling On/Off
Reviewing the Outcalling List
Listening to Instructions for Outcalling
5-124
5-125
Setting Up the Outcalling Schedule
5-126
Setting the Minimum Time Between Outcalling Attempts
5-127
Setting the Number of Outcalling Cycles
5-128
Passwords
System Administrators Passwords
5-129
Minimum Password Length
Password Cautions
5-130
Initializing a Mailbox Password
5-131
Setting the Minimum Password Length
Passwords
Changing the System Administration Password
Passwords
5-132
Changing a Bulletin Board Mailbox Password
5-133
Personal Mailbox Administration
Transfer-Only Mailboxes
5-134
Old and New Messages
5-135
Mailbox Name
Personal Greetings
Personal Operator
Outcalling
5-136
Recording and Sending a Message
5-137
To record and send a message to one or more subscribers, use the following procedure:
Personal Mailbox Administration
5-138
Listening to Messages
5-139
Replying to a Message
5-140
Forwarding a Message
5-141
Personal Mailbox Administration
5-142
Recording a Mailbox Name
5-143
Recording and Activating Personal Greetings
Choosing a Personal Operator
Personal Mailbox Administration
Personal Operator
5-144
Administering a Personal Operator
5-145
Schedule Controller
Follow the Switch Mode
5-146
Follow the PARTNER MAIL Business Schedule
5-147
Schedule Controller
Setting the Schedule Controller
Schedule Controller
Before setting the Schedule Controller, complete mail system Planning Form D.
5-148
Security Violation Notification
5-149
Unsuccessful Login Attempts
Mailbox Unlock
5-150
Security Violation Notification
5-151
Changing the Security Violation Notification
Before changing the Security Violation Notification setting, update mail system Planning Form N.
Security Violation Notification
Single/Multiple Automated Attendant
5-152
5-153
Setting Single or Multiple Automated Attendants
5-154
Submenus (Automated Attendant)
5-155
Submenus (Automated Attendant)
Selector Codes and Selector Code Actions
5-156
Other Submenu Options
5-157
Submenu Creation
Submenu Modification
Playing a Submenu Prompt or Definition
5-158
Creating a Submenu
5-159
Before creating a Submenu, complete mail system Planning Form I and J.
Submenus (Automated Attendant)
5-160
Recording the Submenu Prompt Only
5-161
Before recording a Submenu prompt, complete mail system Planning Form I.
Submenus (Automated Attendant)
5-162
Modifying a Submenu
5-163
The following procedure can be used to:
Change Selector Code Actions.
Record a Submenu prompt. Before you change a Submenu, update mail system Planning Forms I and J.
Submenus (Automated Attendant)
5-164
Submenus (Automated Attendant) 5-165
Deleting a Submenu
5-166
System Administrators Mailbox
5-167
Changing the System Administrators Mailbox
5-168
System Administrators Mailbox
5-169
Re-assigning the System Administrators Mailbox
Before re-assigning the System Administrators mailbox, update mail system
Changing the System Administration Password
To change the System Administration Password, see the procedure in Passwords in this chapter.
System Date and Time
Updating the System Date and Time
5-170
System Date and Time
5-171
System Date and Time
Page
Touch-Tone Gate
Touch-Tone Gate Setting
5-173
5-174
Touch-Tone Gate
5-175
has its own Touch-Tone Gate setting. See Single/Multiple Automated Attendant.
Turning the Touch-Tone Gate On or Off
Before changing the Touch-Tone Gate setting, update mail system Planning Form E.
Touch-Tone Gate
Verifying System Operation and Troubleshooting 6
Verifying System Operation
Troubleshooting
6-ii
Verifying System Operation and Troubleshooting
Verifying System Operation
Voice Mail Service
Verify Mail Service Greeting
Automated Attendant Service
6-2
Day Menu
6-3
Night Menu
Resume Regular Schedule
Fax Machines
Call Answer Service
6-4
Troubleshooting
Callers hear ringing, but the mail system does not answer
6-5
The mail system does not answer immediately
The mail system does not answer immediately
6-6
Calls are not transferred properly
6-7
Transferred calls ring first on intercom then on a line button
No one is on the line when you first answer a transferred call
Touch-tones are entered but not detected
A message cannot be left in a mailbox
6-8
A caller is cut off while leaving a message in a mailbox
6-9
A subscriber receives a busy signal when calling Voice Mail
A subscriber is unable to log in to Voice Mail
A subscriber is unable to log in to Voice Mail
A subscriber is cut off while recording a mailbox name, greeting, or message
6-10
A message light on a single telephone is not turned On and Off in a timely manner
6-11
Message lights on multiple telephones are not turned On and Off in a timely manner
6-12
Message lights on multiple telephones are not turned On and Off in a timely manner
6-13
Outcalling is delayed
Outcalling is not working
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6-14
Outcalling is not working
6-15
Outcalling is not working
6-16
While programming, you find yourself in a language that you do not understand
6-17
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Upgrading the System
7-1
Disconnecting the Mail System
7-2
Page
Removing the Cover
7-4
Adding a Voice Processing Card
7-5
7-6
Putting the System Unit Back Together
7-7
7-8
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Mail System Planning A
A-1
Planning Responsibilities
When to Fill Out the Forms
How to Fill Out the Forms
A-2
Information for the Installer
A-3
Form A: System ParametersPart 1 Description
A-4
A-5
Form B: Mailboxes Description
Class of Service
A-6
A-7
Form B: Mailboxes Description
Instructions
Mail System Planning
d.
A-8
A-9
Form C: System ParametersPart 2 Description
A-10
Form D: Schedule Description
A-11
Form E: Touch-Tone Gate Description
A-12
A-13
Form F: Voice Mail Greeting Description
A-14
Form G: Main Menu Prompt Description
A-15
A-16
Form H: Main Menu Definition Description
A-17
A-18
Form I: Submenu Prompt Description
A-19
Form J: Submenu Definition Description
A-20
Form K: Announcement Description
A-21
Form L: Group List Description
A-22
Form M: Line Ownership Description
A-23
Form N: System Security Description
A-24
Form O: Security Checklist Description
A-25
Form A: System ParametersPart 1
PARTNER MAIL Voice Messaging System Release 3.0
Form B: Mailboxes
Form C: System ParametersPart 2
Form D: Schedule
Form E: Touch-Tone Gate
Form F: Voice Mail Greeting
Form G: Main Menu Prompt
Page
Form H: Main Menu Definition
Form I: Submenu Prompt
Form J: Submenu Definition
Form K: Announcement
Form L: Group List
Form M: Line Ownership
Form N: System Security
Form O: Security Checklist
Planning
B
Planning B
B-1
Form A: System Configuration, Page 1
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Form A: System Configuration, Page 1
Form A: System Configuration
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Form A: Page 1 Description
B-3
B-4
Form A: System Configuration, Page 2
Form A: System Configuration, Page 2
Form A: System Configuration
B-5
Form A: Page 2 Description
B-6
Form B1: System Extensions
Form B1: System Extensions
Form B1: System Extensions
B-7
Form B1: Description
Communications System Planning
B-8
Form B2: Customized Extension Settings
Form B2: Customized Extension Settings
B-9
(
Automatic Extension Privacy (#304)
B-10
B-11
Form C: Phone
Form C: Phone
Form C1: PARTNER-34D Phone
Ext.
Form C: Description
B-12
B-13
Form D: Number Lists
Form D: Number Lists
Form D: Number Lists
Disallowed Phone Number Lists {#404)
Emergency Phone Number List {#406}
Allowed Phone Number Lists {#407}
B-15
Mail System Factory Settings C
Factory Settings Default Greetings
C-i
Default Menus
Mail System Factory Settings C
Factory Settings
C-1
C-2
Feature
Factory Setting Valid Entries
C-3
C-4
Mail Setting Value
C-5
Default Greetings
Automated Attendant Touch-Tone Gate Greeting
Touch-Tone Gate OnMonolingual
C-6
Touch-Tone Gate OnBilingual
C-7
Temporary Closure Greetings Touch-Tone Gate OffMonolingual
Touch-Tone Gate OnMonolingual
C-8
Touch-Tone Gate OffBilingual
C-9
Touch-Tone Gate OnBilingual
Voice Mail Greetings
C-10
Personal Mailbox Greetings
C-11
General Mailbox Greetings
Default Menus
C-12
Day/Night Main Menu
C-13
Touch-Tone Gate OnMonolingual and Bilingual
Touch-Tone Gate OffMonolingual
Touch-Tone Gate OffBilingual
C-14
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Letter Key and Class of Service Table D
Letter Key
D-1
Class of Service Table
Class of Service Table
Letter Key and Class of Service Table
Table D-2 summarizes the Classes of Service of mailboxes. Table D-2. Class of Service
D-2
Glossary
A
GL-1
B
C
D
E
F
G
GL-2
I
L
GL-3
M
N
P
R
S
GL-4
T
U
GL-5
V
Index
A
IN-1
B
C
IN-2
D
IN-3
F
G
IN-4
H
IN-5
I
K
L
IN-6
M
IN-7
IN-8
N
O
IN-9
P
IN-10
IN-11
Q
R
S
IN-12
IN-13
IN-14
T
lN-15
U
V
W
IN-16