Vodavi Pathfinder Voice Processing System User Guide

6 Personalizing Your Mailbox
Getting Started
4. Once these tutorial items have been completed, PathFinder will 
tell you the number of new and saved messages in your mailbox. 
You are now ready to start using your voice mailbox.
If you decide not to complete the tutorial at this time, the system 
will start the tutorial the next time you access your mailbox.
Access Mailbox Without Tutorial
Listen to the voice prompts as you complete these steps:
1. Log on to your mailbox by dialing the PathFinder access...

Personalizing Your Mailbox 7
Retrieving Messages [1]

	
	

PathFinder manages a wide variety of messaging activities. Your 
mailbox not only stores voice messages but can also be used to store 
and retrieve other types of messages. For that reason, PathFinder 
mailboxes are called “Universal Mailboxes.”
Message Types -- PathFinder will inform you of the number and type 
of new and saved messages stored in your mailbox.
Messages can be any of the following types:

Voice Messages

Pager...

8 Personalizing Your Mailbox
Retrieving Messages [1]
To Access Retrieve Messages -- Press [1] at the PathFinder main 
menu to hear the Retrieve Message options available.
Managing Messages**[1] Replay
[2] Save
[3] Delete
[4] Forward
[5] Reply
[8] Date StampDu ring playback  … press [

] [8]
Record Reply  


** Managing Messages and 
While Listening options can 
be accessed during message 
playback.
Message Type*
[1] Voice
[2] Page
[3] Fax* This menu only plays  
when more than one 
message type is...

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Voice messages will be played in the following order:
1) Urgent 2) New 3) Saved

	
	
	

1. Log on to PathFinder (refer to “Logging On” on page 3).
2. Press [1] to retrieve messages.
3. Press [1] to retrieve voice messages.
While Listening -- PathFinder offers three useful message control 
options that are active while listening to a voice message:
[6] = Extended Options
[7] = Rewind
[8] = Fast Forward
Extended Options -- Use these...

10 Pager Messages
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In addition to voice messages, you may receive and store pager 
messages in your mailbox.

When someone leaves a pager message, PathFinder records the 
numeric information.

When you retrieve the pager message, PathFinder plays back the 
phone number.
Notification -- You can set up PathFinder to call your paging 
company you when you have new pager messages.
Depending on how your System Administrator configures your 
implementation, you can be...

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Your voice mailbox can also be used to receive and store facsimile 
transmissions. This feature can be useful for the following activities:

Receiving confidential facsimiles

Getting facsimiles while traveling or away from your telephone

Passing identical facsimile information to other PathFinder users
You don’t have to worry about the facsimile getting lost or misplaced. 
You can store facsimiles until you are ready to retrieve them....

12 Managing Messages
Retrieving Messages [1]
The following options will be available for each facsimile message 
until you delete them from your mailbox:
[1] = Replay facsimile statistics
[2] = Save facsimile message
[3] = Delete facsimile message
[4] = Forward facsimile message
[5] = Send facsimile message to a facsimile machine
[6] = Skip message
Message Management -- Refer to “Managing Messages” on page 12 
for more information on message management options once a 
message has been selected.
		
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You can use PathFinder to pass voice, page, and/or fax messages to 
other mailbox owners.


You can forward a message as is, or you can attach your own 
introductory comment (called a “preamble”) to the message. The 
person to whom you forward the message will hear your preamble 
before hearing the forwarded message.
If a message you are forwarding already contains a preamble from a 
previous sender, you can either forward the...

14 Forwarding Messages
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If you elected to forward the message as is … proceed to “Selecting a 
Destination”.
If you opted to attach your own preamble … perform these steps:
1. Record the preamble.
2. Then choose from the following options:
[1] = Continue
[2] = Hear preamble
[3] = Cancel preamble
[4] = Re-record preamble
3. After you finish editing a preamble, press [1] to continue.

	
	

After adding any preambles, you must then select a destination. 
PathFinder...

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Use the reply feature to respond directly to another PathFinder 
mailbox owner who has left you a message. You do not have to enter 
the original sender’s mailbox number when you send your reply.
If a response is not permitted, PathFinder will inform you that you 
cannot reply to this type of message.
	
	

1. Log on to PathFinder (refer to “Logging On” on page 3).
2. Press [1] to retrieve messages.
3. Review a message.
4....