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Issue 1 EliteMail VMS/EliteMail Limited
Call transfer type
Select the call transfer method to app ly to the subscribers. The voice mail
system can transfer a call to a subscriber in the following ways:
Await Answer
The voice mail system puts the caller on hold and dials the extension.
If the extension is answered w ithin the num ber of rings s pecified in
the rings field, the voice mail system puts the call through.
If the extension is busy or does not answer within the spe cified
number of rings, the voice mail system plays the extension greeting
and then takes an action (usually takes message).
Release
The voice mail system puts the caller on hold, dials the extension a nd
then releases the call to the NEC telephon e system. Voice mail
system does not check call progress or the status of the called
extension. If the extension is b usy or unanswered , the caller can
leave a message when the exte nsion is set up to forwar d calls to
voice mail.
Releasing a call to an extension clears the voice mail system port.
The subscriber cannot use call holding or call scree ning.
Wait for Ringback
The voice mail system puts the caller on hold and dials the extension.
If the extension rings the number of times specified, the voice mail
system releases the call to the NEC telephone system.
If the extension is answered while the voice mail system is counting
rings, the voice mail system puts the call through. If the extension is
busy, the voice mail system plays the ex tension gree ting and ta kes
the specified action. The subscrib er cannot us e call screening. For
details on this call transfer type, refer to the
EliteMail VMS/EliteMail
Limited Technician Guide.
Use call screening?
This feature lets subscribers f ind out who i s calling bef ore the voic e
mail system puts the call through. When call screening is turned on,
the voice mail system asks callers,
“Who may I say is calling?”
before
transferring the call to the subscriber ext ension. When the subscriber
answers the call, the voice m ail system plays the caller nam e be fore
putting the call through. You can only use call screen ing with Await
Answer call transfer.