Comdial Execumail Voice Processing System 6.5 Instructions Manual

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Glossary 
Access 
A field on a subscriber’s Personal Directory page which controls the system 
features that are available. 
Action 
A field on a Personal Directory page, transaction box, or the Operator Box that 
determines what the system will do after the greeting. The possible actions are: 
Take a Message, Operator, Say Goodbye, Hangup, Go to ID->, and Restart. These 
actions (except for Take a Message) can also be used in the 
After or 
After msg fields on interview boxes,...

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Automatic directory 
A directory of subscriber recorded names and Extension # IDS that is available to 
outside callers. To find out a subscriber’s extension, outside callers “spell” the 
first three letters of the subscriber’s name using the telephone keypad. 
Subscribers can change whether they’re listed in the automatic directory through 
setup options. 
Automatic fax 
The person sending you the fax programs a fax machine to send you a fax 
automatically. The person...

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Directory menu 
A special type of onekey dialing menu used to create numeric directory 
assistance. 
Dispatch distribution 
Applies to message groups. With dispatch distribution, only the first group 
member to listen to a group message receives it. This is useful in any application 
where a group of subscribers are equally responsible for a task. For example, a 
dispatch group might be used for assigning service jobs. The first service person 
to hear a message takes the job....

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GW&.iIlg 
The greeting is a recording used as the middle part of a subscriber’s or 
transaction box’s Transfer -> Greeting -> Action sequence. A subscriber has two 
personal greetings: standard and alternate. A transaction box has a pair of 
standard greetings (Day & Nite) and an alternate greeting which is used in both 
Day and Night Modes. A subscriber’s greetings are typically used to greet callers 
and encourage them to leave a message. Transaction box greetings can be...

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Message box integration 
The Comdial telephone system can transfer calls directly to an extension and/or 
the subscriber’s voice mailbox when the extension is ring-no-answer or busy. 
Message delivery 
The system calls the subscriber to notify him or her of new messages. The 
subscriber may enter his or her Personal ID to hear the messages. 
Message group 
A distribution list of subscribers and/or guests for whom a subscriber can leave 
the same message. See also 
Broadcast...

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Option set 
The Transfer Options and Screening Options sets control how calls are transferred 
to a subscriber. These call transfer option sets appear in the Transfer section 
of the Personal Directory pages. Call transfer options include Announce, Confirm, 
Introduce, Message Screen, and Screen. Subscribers can switch between their 
Transfer Options and Screening Options sets by phone. 
owner 
A subscriber or system manager who has control over a...

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Subscriber 
A person enrolled in the system who has a voice mailbox. Outside callers can 
leave one-way messages for a subscriber, while subscribers and guests can leave 
two-way messages for a subscriber. Subscribers are identified by the system when 
they enter their Personal ID. 
Switch 
The Comdial telephone system. 
System lD 
An ID code that the voice mail system uses to uniquely identify subscribers, 
guests, transaction boxes, interview boxes, etc. Personal IDS and...

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Index 
$PM System ID ......................... 160 
mpmt.status ......................... 147 
AfLpwtstatus ......................... 147 
AlMportstatus ......................... 147 
Access codes 
B .............................. 108 
help for .......................... 230 
K ............................. ..15 
list of ....................... 205,226 
message receipts and 
............... 108 
P .............................. 152 
special delivery 
..................... 68...

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ExecuMail6.5 
add members .................... ..4 1 
addtoamenu ..................... 41 
Directory menus 
add ........................... ...40 
numeric directmy assistance and 
....... 36 
Disk full warning. ....................... 113 
Diskredundancyermra .................. ..7 0 
DOS sound filea 
..................... 129,166 
Each 
de?ined ........................... 76 
message delivery type 
............. 76,77 
Edits OK? field ......................... 114 
EaroIl subscribers by phone...

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overview .......................... 65 
personal .......................... 67 
playback.. ........................ 96 
prioritized, dispatch delivery ........... 79 
public message 
..................... 66 
public message parameters ........... 163 
receipts .......................... 106 
receipt8 for gmup messages .......... 
107 
redirecting ....................... 100 
skip back time 
.................... 112 
subscriber parameters .............. 113 
syetem-wide...