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Chapter 4 Working with mailboxes 29
Adding many mailboxes
You can save time by creating multiple mailboxes when you set up CallPilot 150 for the first time, or when you need to add a large number of mailboxes to the CallPilot system. Adding many mailboxes creates Subscriber mailboxes for the range of extensions that you define. You must use extensions that are not already assigned to mailboxes. You can add mailboxes only for the amount of working telephone numbers that have specific extensions on your system.
To make the most effective use of adding multiple mailboxes, identify people who need a
The mailboxes you create using Add Many Mailboxes have these characteristics:
•the mailbox number is the same as the extension number
•Class of Service is the same for all mailboxes
•the Call Screening setting is the same for all mailboxes
•the mailbox name is taken from the extension names assigned on your system. If extension names are not programmed, the mailbox number is used
•the Message Waiting Notification property is the same for all mailboxes
•the Outdial route is the same for all mailboxes
•the Display in Directory property is the same for all mailboxes
The mailboxes created are uninitialized and ready for initialization by mailbox owners.
A mailbox is not created if:
•a mailbox with the same number already exists
•the extension is used by another mailbox
•the extension is a CallPilot voice port
To add multiple mailboxes
Log:
QUIT RETRY OK
1Press ≤·°‹.
Enter the System Administrator mailbox number and password, and then press OK.
Admin
MBOX AA OTHR
2Press flfl.
This option does not appear as a display button option.
Create mboxes
3This display appears briefly.
From ext:
RETRY QUIT
To ext:
RETRY QUIT
4Enter the extension number to start creating mailboxes from.
5Enter the extension number to stop creating mailboxes at.
CallPilot 150 Telephone Administration Guide