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Opening Greeting
The opening greeting is the system greeting for outside callers. Like other
parts of the system conversation, the opening greeting has phrases and
prompts. Here is a sample opening gree t ing :
“Hello, EliteMail Messaging Syste m. If you are calling from a touchtone
telephone, you may enter the exten sion anytime. If you don’t know the
extension, press 411 for a directory. Otherwise, please sta y on t he line and an
operator will be right with you.”
Because this greeting is often the first contact people have with your
organization, you may want to cu stomize the open ing greeting to an nounce
your organization name and greet call ers in the official voice.

SECTION 1

THE OPENING

GREETING

PROMPTS Unlike other parts of the system conversation, the prompts used in the
opening greeting phrases a re not used in any other system phrase. You can
record these prompts again without affecting any other phrases in the system.
These special, unique prompts are stored in the Day/Nite voice fields in the
$Greeting transaction directory.
In most applications, the voice mail system answers every incoming call the
same way, regardless of which port the call comes in on. Refe r to Figure 11-1
Opening Greeting Prompts.
Figure 11-1 Opening Greeting Prompts