Lucent Technologies Definity Audix System Feature Descriptions Manual

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DEFINITY AUDIX System Release 4.0
Feature Descriptions  585-300-206 Issue 5
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DescriptionPoints to Remember
Administration Screens
The Broad c ast Messag e feature enab les the system ad min-
istrator and  other d esig nated users (b road c asters) to send  a 
voic e mail message to all sub sc rib ers automatic ally. The 
message c an also b e sent to sp ec ific  remote sub sc rib ers in 
an AMIS Analog  Network (see that feature). The system 
administrator assig ns one b...

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Applications
This feature is used  p rimarily for keep ing  sub sc rib ers ab reast of c hanges in the 
system, b ut c an also b e used  for imp ortant c omp any or emerg enc y 
announc ements. 
Considerations
Any user with b roadc ast p ermission c an interac t with the system in the 
announc ement set of his/her c hoic e if the Multilingual feature is ac tivated . The 
b roadc aster...

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that transp arently direc ts eac h rec ip ient to a sing le Broadc ast Messag e. This 
also allows the messag e to b e effic iently d elivered  and c onveniently d eleted . It 
c an b e manually d eleted  from the sp ec ial b road c ast mailb ox at any time, or 
automatic ally deleted  after the sp ec ified  exp iration p eriod  has passed . 
The system ad ministrator must g ive...

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Broadcaster ’s Procedures
Figure 2. Broadcast Message Operation
Making a Message Broadcast
The p roc ed ures for making  a messag e b road c ast are summarized below. 
1. Log  into the DEFINITY AUDIX system. 
2. Press   or   to rec ord  or review a messag e. 
3. Rec ord , ed it, and  ad d ress a messag e ac c ord ing  to the p roc edures listed  
in the 
Vo i c e  M a i l sec...

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nPress   to sched ule d elivery. 
See the 
Delivery Scheduling feature for more information. 
nPress   to file a c op y of the message in the File Cab inet p ortion of 
your mailb ox. 
All of these op tions are 
togg le switc hes. By p ressing  eac h key 
rep eated ly, you c an turn eac h d elivery option on and  off like a lig ht 
switc h. A Broad c ast Messag e c an 
also b e a...

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NOTE:
Messag e notific ation should  only b e used  for Broadc ast Messag es 
in emerg enc y situations. The system p erformanc e c ould  b e 
impacted (via inc reased port usage) if many subscribers login to 
g et messag es simultaneously. 
2. Do one of the following: 
nPress   ag ain to turn off messag e notific ation and  return to step  1. 
nPress   to c hang e the messag e...

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3. Press   to sig nal that you have entered  the exp iration d ate. 
4. Listen while the system rep eats the d ate. 
If the d ate is not c orrec t, p ress   and  enter it again. 
5. Press   to app rove the exp iration d ate and  exit the Broad c ast Options 
Menu. Then return to step  6 in the earlier sec tion, 
Making  a Messag e 
Broadc ast
. 
Making a Message Broadcast in an...

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2. Press   or   to ac c ess the inc oming  sec tion of the mailb ox and  find  the 
ac tive Broadc ast Messag e. 
3. When you find  the Broad c ast Messag e that you want to d elete, p ress   
. You c an p ress     while listening  to the messag e head er, after 
listening  to the header, while listening  to the messag e, or after listening  to 
the messag e. 
Callers who sub seq...

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Interactions with Other Features
This sec tion id entifies the interac tions of the Broad c ast Messag e feature with 
switc h features and  other DEFINITY AUDIX features. 
Interactions with Switch Features
Broad c ast Messag e is exc lusively a voic e mail feature, and  has no d irec t 
interac tions with any switc h features unless the MWI feature is ac tivated ....

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nMessag e Delivery:   When sending a Broadcast Message to Message 
Delivery add resses, it is nec essary to send  the message as voic e mail to 
eac h ad d ress sep arately. 
nMessag e Sending Restrictions:   Send ing  restric tions d o not ap p ly to 
Broad c ast Messag es g enerally. If ind ivid ual remote rec ip ients are 
sp ec ified , however, as is req uired...