
User’s Guide
Voice mail operation
D.6
Virtual Mailbox Key
(Not available on ESI Cordless Handset or 12-Key Feature Phone.)
If you frequently pick up your messages from another user’s ESI Feature Phone or have others help pick up
your messages, you may want to program a programmable feature key on that phone as a
Virtual
Mailbox Key
™
for your mailbox. When you have new messages, the key will blink, press it to automatically
connect to your mailbox. This feature does not affect your ability to pickup messages from your own phone.
Note:
Assign to the programmable key the following —
VOICE MAIL
and then either your extension
number or your voice mailbox number (see “Programmable feature keys,” page C.2).
Retrieving messages from an off-premises location
You can pick up messages when away from the office or from an analog station. Since the display is not
available to you, message handling will operate slightly differently.
To retrieve your message from a remote location:
1.
If the auto attendant’s main greeting answers your call, press
and enter your mailbox number. If the
operator or another user answers your call, have the person transfer you (by pressing
VOICE MAIL
and then pressing your station key [or entering your mailbox number] and hanging up).
2.
If required, enter your password.
3.
The ESI phone system will announce the number of new and old messages, and will start playback of
messages starting with the oldest new message and continue until all messages and recordings have
played or you press
to disconnect.
For more information, see page C.6.
Functions available during off-premises voice mail message retrieval
Key
Function
Description
2 Hear
time/date
Pauses the message, plays the time/date when the message was left and resumes.
3 Reply
Replies to the originator of a message (possible only if message came from another
user in the system). Record your reply at the tone and then press
1
to stop, after which the
system returns you to your mailbox and the message to which you were replying.
4 Back
up
(rewind)
• If pressed
during
message playback, rewinds 4 seconds for each key-press.
• If pressed
after
the playback has finished, returns to beginning of message.
5 Access
user
programming
Access certain user-programmable features.
Note:
Fast forward is not available from a remote location.
7 Delete
Deletes the message from the mailbox (see “Message Recycle Bin,” page D.9).
9 Save
Saves the message (it will play as an old message the next time you
retrieve messages).
[See also the Note above this table.]
9 9
Save as new
Skips over a new message and leaves it as a new message (
i.e.,
it will be played as a
new message the next time you pick up messages). You must press the
9
key twice
within two seconds.
8 Main
greeting
Goes to the main greeting.
0 Operator
Transfers you to the operator.
#
Leave
a message
Lets you record a message in one or more mailboxes. At the prompt, enter the desired
mailbox number. Press
#
and then enter up to 65 mailbox numbers, using the phone’s
dialpad and programmable feature keys. Mailboxes in a department count toward the
maximum of 65.
#
To other mailbox
To leave a message in another user’s mailbox.
Disconnect
Disconnects you from the system. Always press
before hanging up (if you press it
during message playback, the system will save the playing message and any other
currently unsaved messages in your mailbox).