User`s guide

User’s Guide Integrated Answering Machine operation
D.5
Off-premises message delivery
Introduction
The ESI phone system can be programmed to deliver messages to an off-premises phone or to page
you when the voice mailbox receives a message. You can set the phone number (cell phone, home
number, another extension, etc.), a delay time (the period that the system is to wait before attempting
to deliver the message), or the pager number.
The administrator can also set for your station the:
• Number to be called or paged
• Delay period
• Number of attempts
• Interval between attempts (in increments of 30 minutes)
• "Quiet period” which suspends message delivery for late night, etc.
If you have programmed both an off-premise delivery number and a pager number, the system will
prompt you to choose one of the following delivery options:
• Phone-only
• Pager-only
• No off-premises delivery
Message delivery
. . . To a phone
Whenever the mailbox receives a new message, the system will call the number that you have
programmed and play the prompt: "You have messages. Please enter your password.” The prompt will
repeat three times before the system assumes that no one has answered (i.e., because it has "heard”
no password) and disconnects.
Upon answering, enter your password (if you have set your password options for no password, you must
enter 0 as your password).
Warning: A “” response instead of the password will cause the system to suspend calling you until it
receives the next new message.
You will then be connected to the mailbox and can proceed with normal remote operation (see
"Retrieving voice mail messages from an off-premises location,” page D.4).
. . . To an external pager
You can have the system call and activate your external pager whenever the first new message is left in
the mailbox and repeat the page (at the interval programmed by the administrator) until all new messages
have been retrieved.
Note: Either entering or deleting the phone number to be called for off-premises delivery or activate your
pager
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will toggle the feature on or off.
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If pager notification was enabled as described.