Asterisk Voicemail User Reference
Revised (Aug 2016)
Overview
Welcome to your new voice mail service. This Voice Mail System offers a highly flexible, highly capable voice mail system.Among the features that it offers are briefly:
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Message Taking
If you are not able to answer a phone call, your voice mail service will allow the caller to record a message that you can listen to later. Depending on how your mailbox was configured, the caller may first hear a greeting and/or some instructions before leaving message. The process of leaving a message looks like this:
While the Caller is listening to the greeting or the instructions, the caller can press any of the following buttons:
After the greeting and the instructions have played the caller will hear a beep and then the system will start recording a message. To end the recording, the caller can hang up the phone or press the “#” button. If the caller hangs up the phone to end the recording, the voicemail system will put the message in your “New” folder. If the caller pressed the “#” button to end the recording, the system will let the caller review the message and the caller will be presented with the following options:
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Types of Greetings:
A greeting is a short message that plays before the caller is allowed to record a message. The greeting is intended to let the caller know that you are not able to answer their call. The greeting can also be used to convey other information like when you will be available, other methods to contact you, or other options that the caller can use to receive assistance. There are two types of greetings:
If the voice mail system thinks that you are unavailable (e.g. you don’t answer the phone or your phone is not connected to the network) the caller will hear your “unavailable”greeting. The unavailable greeting can either be a generic message, like:
You can also record a temporary greeting. A temporary greeting will always be played regardless of your “busy” or “unavailable” status. This could be used, for example, if you are going on vacation and want to inform people not to expect a return call anytime soon, but you do not want to re-record your busy and unavailable greetings when you come back.
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Message Notification
When a message was left in your mailbox, you can elect different notifications. We will need your email address for both of these options. These are:
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Message Folders
The voice mail system allows you to save and organize your messages into folders. When you first log into your mailbox, the voice mail system will make the “New Folder" the current folder if you have any new messages. If you do not have any new messages the voice mail system will make the “Old Folder" the current folder. When a caller leaves a message for you, the voice mail system will put the message into the “New folder". If you listen to the message, but do not delete the message or save the message to a different folder, the VMS will automatically move the message to the “Old folder". There are two folders as listed below:
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Accessing Your Mailbox
Logging In to your Mailbox
Asterisk allows your administrator a lot of flexibility so there is no single answer to how to log into your mailbox.Contact your administrator for details on how to access your mailbox. However,below is a discussion of several popular methods for accessing mailboxes that your administrator may have chosen.
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The First Time You Log In
The first time that you log into your mailbox, you may be required to change some settings. In particular, you may be required to:
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Main Menu
The main menu will be the first menu that you are presented with once you have logged in.
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Below explains the choices at Main Menu |
Listening to Messages
While listening to the greeting or the instructions, the caller can press any of the following buttons:
After the greeting and the instructions have played, the caller will hear a beep and then the system will start recording a message. To end the recording, the caller can hang up the phone or press the “#” button. If the caller hangs up the phone to end the recording, the voicemail system will put the message in your “New” folder. If the caller pressed the “#” button to end the recording, the system will let the caller review the message and the caller will be presented with the following options:
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The Message Envelope
The voice mail system will play back the message “envelope”. Depending on how the voice mail system has been configured,the message envelope may consist of the items listed below. : Pressing “1” anytime during the playback of the message envelope will skip to the message playback. The voice mail system will then play back the message.
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During Message Playback
During the playback of the message, any of the following buttons may be pressed:
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After Message Playback
After the message has been played back, the system will play a prompt and wait for you to press a button:
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Advanced Options After Listening to a Message
The following buttons may be pressed in the“Advanced Options” menu while you are listening to a message.
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Changing Folders
If you select the option to change folders the VMS will present you with the following options:
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Advanced Options in Main Menu
The following buttons may be pressed in the“Advanced Options” menu that was accessed from the Main Menu.
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Mailbox Options
The following buttons may be pressed in the“Mailbox Options” menu that was accessed from the Main Menu
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Recording a Temporary Greeting
If you do not have a temporary greeting set, you will immediately be asked to record a temporary greeting. If you do have a temporary greeting set you will be presented with the menu below. Once your temporary greeting has been erased callers will be presented with either your busy or unavailable messages, depending on your status.
Please setup your new voice mailbox as soon as possible to avoid confusion to your Callers. |