Creating Message Groups - NEC univerge um8000 User Manual

Creating Message Groups

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Message groups provide a convenient way to deliver the same message to several subscribers at the same
time. When you send a message to a message group, it is automatically sent to all subscribers who are
members of the group.
You can create as many message groups as you need and customize membership in each of the groups.
There are three types of groups:
• Open Groups. All subscribers can send messages to an open group.
• Private Groups. Only the owner can send messages to the private groups. Private message
groups can be a Closed Message Group. This means that only members can send messages to all
members in the group. This feature, when licensed, is available with the Hospitality feature.
• Local Groups. This message group type is only available if your installation has been licensed
for Networking.
Members of a Local group can include both subscribers of the local system and remote subscribers
added to the local system.
Local subscribers, with the appropriate access options set by the system manager, can send messages
to either the Local or Open group types. Remote subscribers cannot send messages to a Local group.
They can, however, send messages to an Open group.
You can use a phone or Mailbox Manager to create groups.
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To create a message group
1
Call the messaging system and log on.
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Press
• For numbered groups, use the phone keys to enter a three-digit group number.
• For named groups, use the phone keys to enter the first three letters of the group's name.
NOTE
When searching for group names, the digit 1 is used as a wild card.
Minimize the use of the digit (wild card) since it can result in increased
search times and use additional messaging system resources.
After pressing the first few letters of a group name, pressing
reduce the amount of time the system takes to return group names.
3
Record a name for the group.
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Press when you have finished recording the name.
5
Specify the type of group you are creating:
1
Press to make the group an open group or
2
Press to make the group a private group.
6
Follow the system instructions to add members to the group. Members can be added by name or
extension number.
Guests do not have extension numbers, spell their names or enter their personal IDs to add them to the
group.
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Press when you are finished adding members.
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1
Press to leave a message for this group or press
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to create a new group.
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to continue.
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