Siemens HiPath Xpressions Unified Messaging Overview, Unified Messaging with HiPath Xpressions

Unified Messaging with HiPath Xpressions

Overview

1 Unified Messaging with HiPath Xpressions

1.1Overview

HiPath Xpressions is a mail server for unified messaging. HiPath Xpressions integrates all mail services for voice mail, fax-mail, e-mail and the short message service (SMS). A non-service- specific mailbox is set up for every user. Each user can be assigned a personal e-mail address and a personal fax number for the receipt of mail in this mailbox. The user’s telephone number and GSM number are valid numbers that are used to leave voice messages in the user’s mail- box.

This mailbox can be accessed through a networked PC or through a telephone. The mailbox can be maintained from any telephone or any PC with Internet access.

Every user in the office can be alerted to the arrival of new messages on the telephone by means of the mailbox LED or an acoustic signal. Users en route can be alerted via SMS or pag- er.

The HiPath Xpressions server can be used as a mailbox server or as a gateway to other mail systems.

The various formats are automatically converted on the server, provided the HiPath Xpressions server has been installed. This means that incoming messages of a particular service can be forwarded to other services provided the data conversion process is feasible. The following data conversions are permitted, for example:

●Text-to-speech (TTS)

●MS-Office documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) to fax

●Postscript to fax

●Adobe PDF to fax

●Fax to various graphic formats (JPG, TIF, BMP, DCX)

Separate service-specific addresses or numbers can be defined for every mailbox.

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HiPath Xpressions V3.0, User Manual