Logging In; Changing Your Password; Recording Your Name (Personal Verification) - Nortel 1987 User Manual

Logging in

Logging in means accessing your mailbox in the Voice Messaging system so
that you can play your messages and use all the other Voice Messaging features.
You can log in from any touch tone phone.
To log in from your own phone
1. Dial the Voice Messaging access
number. (You may be able to
access Voice Messaging by
pressing the message key on your
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phone.)
2. Press .
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3. Enter your password, then press
.
To log in from another phone
When you are away from your own
phone, you can access your mailbox
from any other touch tone phone.
1. Dial the Voice Messaging access
number.
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2. Enter your mailbox number, then
press .
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3. Enter your password, then press
.
To log in after leaving a message
After you have called a Voice
Messaging user and left a message,
you can log in to Voice Messaging
without hanging up.
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1. After you have finished leaving
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your message, press .
2. Press .
3. Follow the steps for logging in.
Autologin
Autologin is an option available on
some mailboxes. See your system
administrator.
You hear a prompt asking you to enter
your mailbox number.
"Password?"
You see dashes instead of your password.
Then you hear the mailbox summary.
You hear a prompt asking you to enter
your mailbox number.
"Password?"
You see dashes instead of your password.
Then you hear the mailbox summary.
"Recording stopped." You are still
connected to Voice Messaging.
"Message left. Mailbox?"

Changing your password

For security reasons, you should change your password from the one you were first
assigned. After that, you can change your password as often as required. Help keep
your mailbox secure by choosing passwords that are not easily discovered.
To change your password
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1. While logged in to Voice
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Messaging, press .
2. Enter a new password; press .
Your password may be from 4 to
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16 numbers or letters, except the
characters and .
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3. Enter the new password again,
then press .
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4. Enter your old password, then
press .
If your password expires, follow the
steps for changing a password.

Recording your name (personal verification)

Personal verification records your name and other details such as your title or
extension number. Your personal verification is used in your greetings and
outgoing messages, in name dialing, and in remote notification announcements.
To record a personal verification
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1. While logged in to Voice
Messaging, press .
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2. Press to record. Wait for the
tone, then record your name and,
if you wish, your title or extension
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number.
3. Press to end the recording.
4. When you have finished recording,
you can play your name and
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rerecord it if you wish.
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To play your name, press .
To rerecord, press to record
while at the beginning of your
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name. Record your name and press
to end the recording.
"Password change. Please enter your new
password, followed by number sign."
"Please enter your new password again,
followed by number sign."
You see dashes instead of numbers if you
have a display phone.
"To confirm the change, please enter your
old password, followed by number sign."
"Your password has been changed."
"The personal verification is (name)."
Or, "There is no name for personal
verification of mailbox (number)."
Recording begins.
"The personal verification is (name)."
The recorded name plays.
The new recorded name will replace the
old one.
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