EliteMail VMS/EliteMail Limited Issue 3
Reference 9 - 3
Differences between One-way and T wo-way Messages
One-way messages emulate an swering machine messages. Wh en
replying to an answering machi ne message, you must pick up the
telephone and dial the number of th e pers on who calle d. A fte r lis tenin g to
a message from an outside caller, you must call the per son who left you
the message to reply.
Two-way messages are interactive. After listening to a two-way message
you can immediately leave a reply wi thout pressing a single ke y on the
telephone. Two-way messages can be linked in a continuous excha nge,
as each subscriber or guest replies to the ot he r previous message.
Public Messages
A public message is a message from eithe r an outsid e caller or th e voice
mail system itself. A caller can leave a public message three ways:
For the Public Interview Box (Transaction Directory)
You can set up the system to interview callers who call after hours.
The interview is performed by the P ublic Interview Box and the
resulting message is a public messa ge.
For the Public Fax Box (Application screen Page 6)
You can set up the system to route callers to the P ublic Fax Box
where they can leave a fax. The system creates a notice of the fax,
plus you can also have a caller record a messa ge that is add ed to
the fax notice. The notice and attached message is a public
message, so anyone with public m essage access c an redirect the
notice and message to the person who received the fax.
For the Operator Box (Application screen Pag e 3)
You can set up the system to take messages in the Operator Box
when the operator is unable to ta ke a cal l. Any messa ge left f or the
Operator Box is also a public message .
The system can leave a public error notice in the Operator Box if certain
error conditions occur. For details, re fer to Section 4 T he Message Life
Cycle for the Error Messages later in this ch ap ter.
For details on public messages, refer to Chapter 14 Public Interview Box
and Public Messages.