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Calling a Pager
The following example shows the Method field with the tokens that call a pager to 
indicate the total number of messages and the number of new messages. You may need 
more pauses, longer pauses, different signals for the paging service, or a longer wait for 
the paging service to respond.
Type: NORMAL
Method: 9,%V,W(2,P)-%U*%M*%N#
TokenDescription
%ENumber to be dialed to reach the user’s extension. (See “Using %U 
and %V instead of %E” on page 62 if the...

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Here is an alternative:
Type: NORMAL
Method: 9W(4,T)%V,,W(3,P)-%U*%M*%N#-
Remember that Amanda defines the successful completion of a notification record as 
reaching the end of the token string successfully—not getting an answer. If, for example, a 
paging server answers but does not provide a recognizable progress tone, Amanda might 
prematurely abort execution of the string. The call was answered, but the execution of the 
tokens was incomplete. Therefore,...

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You can add the total number of messages by adding *%M:
Type: RELAY
Method: 9W(4,T)%V,,W(2,P)-%U*%R*%M#-
If the paging service can accept three asterisks, you could include the number of new 
messages by adding *%N:
Type: RELAY
Method: 9W(4,T)%V,,W(2,P)-%U*%R*%M*%N#-
Calling Home
The following example shows the Method field with the tokens that call a user at home to 
indicate the total number of messages and the number of new messages. You may need 
more pauses, longer...

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To allow for an answering machine’s recording and a beep, you might consider one of the 
next two examples:
Type: NORMAL
Method: 9,%V,W(100)P(U)P(M) 
Type: NORMAL
Method: 9,%V,W(9,V)-P(U)P3(M) 
To log the person who answers the telephone on to the mailbox:
Type: NORMAL
Method: 9,%V,W(9,V)P(U)P(M)%X210,*%U#
You could add the security code, and so forth, but that would allow any person who 
answered the telephone to listen to the messages. That would be a security...

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Emergency Lists
Amanda can use an emergency list to notify a group of people about a new message. 
Amanda notifies the first person of the new message first, then after a time, notifies the 
second, and so forth until someone listens to the message. You define the initial time to 
wait before starting the notification, and the time interval between notifications. 
In the following example, you create three notification records for one mailbox. Each 
record contains a...

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Chapter 7:
Automatic Scheduling
Overview
Scheduling records automatically change how Amanda processes calls. You can change:
 The contents of the mailbox’s Extension field (the programmable field that spec-
ifies what extension to dial and so forth)
 The number of rings before a call is considered unanswered
 The greeting the caller hears when the call is not answered
 The Do Not Disturb option
 The Call Screening option
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Some of the options that a scheduling record controls can be changed by users from their 
telephones or by using Amanda Messenger. The user can change his greeting, Call 
Screening, and Do Not Disturb options (unless you have them locked). Users cannot 
control the number of rings at their extensions nor the contents of their Extension fields.
For example, users can change their greetings and set their Do Not Disturb options every 
night as they go home and...

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The Auto Scheduler window appears. 
3. Select an unused scheduling record from the Scheduler Records list box.
(An unused record has only the word “disabled” after its number in the Schedule 
Records list box.)
4. Select the Enable check box.
T
IP:You can double-click the scheduling record to toggle the Enable 
check box from on to off (and vice versa).
5. Use the Starting Date calendar to specify the first date and time that the record should 
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To set an interval that fits the “Other” category:
a. Click Advanced….
The Advanced Scheduler Information dialog box appears.
b. In the Execution Interval… group box, type the total number of months, days, 
hours, and minutes between executions. 
For example, for US Thanksgiving, use 11 months and 29 days.
c. Do one of the following to indicate the days that Amanda can execute the 
record.
In the Execute On… group box, clear the check boxes for the...