Instruction manual

Adding and Changing Voice Mailbox Assignments
RECOMMENDATION:
The best protection your company has against unauthorized access to
your voice mail messages and services is the subscriber password. The
MERLIN MAIL—ML system allows a caller three unsuccessful attempts
to log in to voice mail. After the third attempt, the call is automatically
disconnected. To make security more effective:
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Ensure that subscribers use passwords and change them
periodically.
Tell subscribers to keep their passwords secret.
Ensure that factory-set default passwords are changed to
passwords unique to the individual user.
Use the following guidelines for creating passwords:
— Use all four digits.
— Do not use passwords such as “1111” or “7777”.
— Do not use telephone or extension numbers as passwords.
— Do not code passwords in function keys, speed dialing keys,
and so on.
To initialize a subscriber’s password to 1234, follow the instructions below:
1. Log in to the MERLIN MAIL—ML system as the system administrator.
The system administrator’s name plays; then the Voice Mail Activity Menu
plays.
2. [ 9 ] to program the system.
The System Administration Menu plays.
3. [ 4 ] for Mailbox programming.
The Mailbox Administration Menu plays.
4. [ 6 ] to modify a mailbox.
The system prompts you to enter a mailbox number.
5-14 Initializing a Subscriber’s Password