Voicemail Specifics
- Maximum length of greeting: 60 seconds
- Maximum length of recorded message: 5 minutes (300 seconds)
- Maximum number of messages*: 1 hour of messages
- Life span of messages*: 60 days
- Length of password: 3-10 digits
* subject to change in order to maintain system performance
How to…
… configure your voice mailbox for the first time
- Press the Voicemail or Messages button on your phone.
- Enter your default PIN: 540562#.
You will be asked to record your name, set a personal greeting (if desired), change your temporary PIN, and confirm your directory listing. If you hang up before completing setup, you will need to repeat it.
… check your voicemail from your phone
Press the Voicemail or Messages button and enter your PIN.
… check your voicemail from another on-campus phone or a voice mailbox with no phone
- Press the Voicemail or Messages button.
- Press *.
- Enter your “ID” (5-digit extension), followed by #.
- Enter your PIN, followed by #.
… check your voicemail from off-campus
- Dial your phone number and wait for your greeting to play.
- During the greeting, press *.
- Enter your “ID” (5-digit extension), followed by #.
- Enter your PIN, followed by #.
- To access your mailbox, press 2.
… set up an out-of-office message
- Press the Messages button.
- Enter your voicemail password, followed by #.
- After any messages have played, press 4 for Setup Options.
- Press 1 for Greetings. The currently selected greeting will be heard.
- You will hear the following options:
- 1: Re-record this greeting
- 2: Turn on/off your alternate greeting
- 3: Edit other greetings
- 4: Hear all greetings
- The alternate greeting is the one you want to use for out-of-office messages.
- Press 3 to edit your greeting, then 3 again to record your alternate greeting.
- Press 1 to record a new alternate greeting, record your greeting, and then press #.
- Press 3 to turn on your alternate greeting.
- Choose whether you wish to set an end date and time, then follow the prompts.
- Hang up. Your alternate greeting is set.
Note: If you did not set an end date, to turn off your alternate greeting follow steps 1-5b above.
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