EliteMail VMS/EliteMail Limited Issue 3
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Ranges of System IDs
You may want to assign particular ranges of IDs to a particular purpose.
You could reserve System IDs 10 through 19 for menus (transaction
boxes) that can be accessed by outside callers, IDs 200 to 399 for
Extension # IDs for subscribers, IDs 9200 to 9399 for subscriber Personal
IDs (9 + Extension # ID), and IDs 7200-7399 for guest Personal IDs. You
could also assign additional System IDs beginning with $ for internal IDs
for opening greeting boxes, or on transaction boxes th at handle special
call routing applications.
Operator Box ID
The default System ID for the Operator Box is 0 (Application Screen Page
3). This precludes any other System ID beginning with 0.
Special System ID for Numbered Grou ps
If you allow subscribers to leave mes sages for message groups by
pressing numbers to identify the gr oup, you mus t enter a spe cial System
ID in the ID for Num Groups field on the Application scr een P ag e 6, and
start each group name with three digits (
e.g.
, 234 Sales Department).
For this special System ID for numbered groups, you should choose a
number that is easy for subsc rib ers to enter. While you should try to u se a
short number, keep in mind that a short number p revents yo u from using
some System IDs. For example, using 14 prevents you from using any
other System IDs that start with 14, such as 140-149 and 1400-1499.
Match Extension # IDs with Extensio n Numbers
You could simplify the application if you make subs criber E xtensio n # IDs
match the subscriber actual telep hone extens ion numb er, but you should
first assess how this affects your overall ID pla n.
Consider this extreme case. If you had a company operator at extension 0
and nine subscribers with telephone e xtension lines already numbe red
1~9, you could assign Extension # IDs 1~9 to these subscribers to match
the actual telephone extensio ns. But then you could n ot as sign an y more
System IDs. If you had guests or new employees to add to t he system, you
would need a completely new ID numbering plan . However, you could
assign Extension # IDs as 10 through 19. This allows you to add many
more System IDs starting with the digits 2 through 9.