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lcwaitThe minimum time after dialing a digit string before the voice board driver decides 
the loop current drop is an answer.
Number of hundredths of seconds (from 1 to 255) or the number -1 or 0. For example 
10 is .1 second. The default is 0.
When 0, the voice board’s default is used. The board default is 10 ms (.01 second).
When -1, this option is disabled and there is no minimum time.
The default appears in install.cfg as:
set lcwait 0
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max_dl_initsThe number of ports that can go off-hook simultaneously and dial the telephone 
switching system initialization code.
The range is from 1 to the number of ports defined for Amanda. The default is 2.
The PBX file option dl_init (What to dial on each port after the system starts) works 
on the ports specified here.
The default appears in install.cfg as:
set max_dl_inits 2
max_portsNumber of ports in use on the Amanda system. This option needs to be set when...

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minringMinimum amount of time necessary for an inbound ring’s on period.
Number of tenths of seconds. 
The default is 0 which tells Amanda to use the voice boards default (which is 2 for 
Denmark or Holland and 3 elsewhere). Otherwise, the range is 1-655.
The default appears in install.cfg as:
set minring 0
modified_call_
screeningWhen a mailbox has both call screening and called party identification on, this op-
tion controls whether Amanda announces only the name...

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msg_logAmanda creates the specified file in the C:\AMANDA directory and logs:
The date and time every message is received
The date and time every mailbox is checked for messages along with the DTMF the 
user entered. 
The default is no filename, which means no log is written to. We recommend using 
MSG.LOG.
See also user_log. 
The default appears in install.cfg as:
set msg_log 
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new_sendDetermines whether a user can send a message to more than one user, when those 
users are not part of a single list.
True or False. The default is True.
When True, a user can send a message to several mailboxes “on the fly.” When the 
user presses 4 to send a new message, then 1 to select a mailbox destination, Aman-
da asks for the “next mailbox or the # sign to finish.” When the user presses 3 to 
send, or 5 to send with verification, the message is sent...

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off_dlyAmount of time after a line goes off-hook before the voice board notifies Amanda 
that the line is off-hook.
Number of hundredths of seconds. The default is 50 (.5 sec.). The range is 1-6553. 
The numbers 0 and -1 have special meanings.
When 0, Amanda uses the voice boards default (which is also 50). 
When -1, there is no delay.
The default appears in install.cfg as:
set off_dly 50
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play_new_firstDetermines what message is played next when the user has logged on to his mailbox 
to play messages.
True or False. The default is False.
When True, pressing 1 plays the next new message and pressing 75 plays the mes-
sages in order, regardless of whether they have been heard.
When False, pressing 1 plays the messages in order and pressing 75 plays the next 
new message.
See also urgent_to_front which affects the order of the mailbox’s message.
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prompt_fileSpecifies the language that Amanda uses when a call first comes in on a given port.
ENGLISH or SPANISH. The default is ENGLISH.
You can change the prompt file for that port “on the fly” using the L() command 
from the Token Programming Language. Amanda can also change the language 
prompts for that port based on the DTMF sent by the telephone switching system or 
the central office. 
The ENGLISH.BDX file contains the English prompts. SPANISH.BDX is also...

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range1
range2
range3
range4If you have a range key (for example range1_key for range1 or range2_key for 
range2), you can activate 10000 mailboxes. Ranges and range keys are used for 
third-party applications that program a range of mailboxes to perform certain func-
tions using the Token Programming Language. For more information, contact your 
Amanda Company sales representative.
You set this option to the first number in the mailbox range. This number must be a...

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record_menuControls Amanda’s use of prompts and menus before and after recordings.
True or False. The default is True.
When True, Amanda checks the values of begin_rec_prompt and end_rec_menu to 
determine what to say.
When False, Amanda does not prompt the caller to leave a message at the tone nor 
the user to record a greeting at the tone. She also does not play the post-record menu 
that allows the caller or user to review and re-record.
The default appears in...