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7 Setting up Message Notification
Amanda Portal supports many ways to notify users when they receive new messages.
One of the great things about Amanda Portal is that there are so many notify templates
that are selectable right out of the box. In most cases you don’t need to build any notify
templates; choose the ones you want to use, and enter the appropriate information for the
mailbox (i.e. the pager number, cell number, or email address).
Tech Tip: When a mailbox is created, most settings from mailbox 997 are copied,
including its notification settings. By default, these include message waiting indicator
(MWI) notifies. These notifies are called “light_on” and “light_off” (as shown in figure
39). The values for these templates are defined when you choose your PBX type (as
shown in figure 41).
Figure 39
7.1 The Message Notification Screen
Figure 39 shows the notification screen. This is where you can select, edit, create and
delete message notification records. The “Template” list shows what records are enabled
for the specified mailbox. The rest of the settings are related to when the notification will
occur. Selecting the drop down list in the template box, you’ll also notice the “light_on”
and “light_off” records are enabled. As a default both records are dialed immediately and
configured to run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with 1 successful execution, and 3
failure attempts. The only difference between the “light_off” and “light_on” records is
the type of notify, “light_on” is dialed whenever you receive a new message (for new and