EliteMail VMS/EliteMail Limited Issue 3
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CM (Confirm and Message Screen)
This combination is most c ommonly used for call scre ening. The
system asks callers to record their name, then lets the sub scriber
accept or refuse the call after hearing the caller name. I f the call is
refused, the system plays the applicable greeting to the caller and
takes an action (typically takes message).
Some callers may be offended if you do not take their calls after they
identify themselves. Even if you are away from the t elephone, callers are
still screened and then directed t o voice mail. To the caller, it may see m
like you are available, but refus ed to take the call. You can reduce this
problem by having subscribers turn c all scree ning off (or turn call tr ansfer
off) when they are away from their telepho ne s for extended periods.
Set Up Call Screening for a Subscriber
To set up call screening for a subscriber so that the subscriber can turn
call screening on or off by telephone, pla ce one of these call scre ening
combinations of call transfer options in the Screening Options field on the
subscriber Personal Director y pa ge. Place other call transfe r option codes
in the subscriber Transfer Options field.
If the subscriber turns call screening on by telep ho ne, the system uses the
call transfer options listed in th e Screening Options field. The
Screening? field is also Yes. If the subsc riber turns c all screening off by
telephone, the system uses the call transfer options listed in the Transfer
Options field, and the Screening? field is No. A System Manager may
also turn a subscriber Screening Optio ns on or off by entering Yes or No in
the Screening? field.
You may use the call screening combinations of ca ll transfer options in

any

call transfer options field, including bo th the Transfer Options and
Screening Options fields on a subscriber Perso nal Director y page. You
may use other call transfer option code s instead of IC or MC in the
Screening Options field, to allow a subscriber to switch bet ween two
different sets of call transfer options.