ATT Merlin Classic Mail Mailbox Issue 1 Users Guide
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It’s a good idea to write down the sequence of keys corre- sponding to your last name prior to entering these digits. After you complete the spelling, you will hear a spelling confirmation message and a message telling you about any messages in your mailbox. Note: Because Q and Z don‘t appear on the dial pad, they require a special combination of key presses. See table 2A. Recording a Greeting Until you record your own greetings, callers leaving messages in your mailbox will hear your recorded name and...
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for those times when you’re away from the office (“I’m not in today but please leave a message and I’ll be alerted and return your call immediately”) or out of town (“I’m out of town until Wednesday, but if you leave a message, I’ll get back to you when I retum. Or dial 0 and ask our attendant to connect you to Sue Redford who can help you with your order”). The CLASSIC MAIL system allows callers to “mark” their messages urgent. Urgent messages will be delivered to you before other messages. To use this...
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4. 5. 6. 7. To record a primary greeting OR to record an alternate greeting Record your greeting at the tone. To end the recording OR to start over To listen to the confirmationpress press1 2 press press# Q press# The greeting is now installed. Each greeting can be up to three minutes long. Switching a Greeting To switch a greeting from alternate or primary: 1. Open your mailbox. 2. To change mailbox options press3 Chapter 2: Your Mailbox 21
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If the alternate greeting is in operation, the CLASSIC MAIL system instructs you: 3. To record mailbox greeting(s)press 4. To switch the greeting that is currently in usepress A confirmation message plays. 1 3 CLASSIC MAIL System Mailbox User Guide
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I 3. Your Messages Letting the CLASSIC MAIL System Answer Your Calls The CLASSIC MAIL system will answer your incoming calls if you do not. If the CLASSIC MAIL system answers, callers will be greeted and instructed to leave a message. Knowing When You Have Messages Anytime you have a new message, the CLASSIC MAIL system attempts to let you know. The CLASSIC MAIL system’s normal method of message alert is to call you on your intercom line and announce that anew message has arrived. The CLASSIC MAIL system...
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The CLASSIC MAIL system allows you to turn this feature off or on, and to set the time interval between alert attempts. You must have your telephone’s Intercom Voice Announcement feature turned on in order to make this feature work. To turn message waiting alert off/on: 1. 2. 3. 4. Open your mailbox. A status message plays. To change your mailbox optionspress To setup message waiting alertpress To turn message waiting alert off/onpress 3 5 1 To change the message waiting alert interval: 1.Open your...
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2. To change your mailbox optionspress 3. To setup message waiting alertpress 4. To change the message waiting alert intervalpress 5. Enter an interval number between five and two-hundred fifty-five minutes. You can also set up an off-site message alert. If you do, the CLASSIC MAIL system will call you at an outside phone number, or pager when a new message arrives. See Chap- ter 4. The CLASSIC MAIL system can also light the message waiting light on your telephone, or a light on a message waiting panel...
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Listening to Your Messages When you listen to your messages, you’ll hear them in this order: 1. Urgent messages 2. New messages and certified receipts 3. Previously heard messages Urgent messages and certified receipts are discussed later in the section “Special Delivery Options. ” To listen to your messages: 1. Open your mailbox. Hear a status message. 2. To hear the first messagepress1 CLASSIC MAIL System Mailbox User Guide
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If the message is urgent, hear a prompt. If a certified message that you sent has been received, hear a receipt. 3. To hear the next messagepress2 After listening to your messages, if you want the CLASSIC MAIL system to hang up: 4. Return to the top–level menupressQ A message telling you to enter your mailbox number and password plays. 5. To make the CLASSIC MAIL system disconnect press# Chapter 3: Your Messages27