Leaving Messages, Posting Messages; Messaging - Lucent Technologies MERLIN LEGEND MLX Direct-Line Consoles Operator's Manual

Messaging

These features can be used to send messages to users with display telephones only.
Leaving Messages
To program:
See Programming Buttons & Settings, p. 27.
To leave a message at a busy or unanswered
extension you are calling:
• Press the Leave Message button you
have programmed,
OR
Press the Feature button; then select
Leave Msg [ LvMsg ] or dial 25.
• To leave a voice mail message (if your
company has such a system), press the
Feature button and dial 56 (see Direct
Voice Mail, p. 21, for details).
A screen display confirms that the message
has been sent, or it alerts you that the message
box is full or the message can't be sent (for
example, because the called person has no
phone display).
To leave a message without calling:
1. Press the Feature button and dial 53.
2. Dial the extension.
To cancel a message:
1. Press the Feature button and dial 53.
2. Dial the extension.
Posting Messages
A posted message appears on the display of
any inside caller who tries to reach you as
long as that person has a display phone.
(You also see the message posted at your
own phone as a reminder.) There may be as
many as 20 messages available to you for
posting. Message 1 is always DO NOT
DISTURB *; the others may include such
choices as: OUT TO LUNCH , OUT SICK , IN
A MEETING , depending on how your system
manager has programmed them.
To post a message:
1. Press the Menu button.
2. Select Posted Msg [ Post ].
3. Select the message you want to post.
Depending upon your phone, you can
choose Next , Prev , or press the More
button to see more messages.
4. Select Post .
5. Press the Home button.
To cancel a posted message:
1. Press the Menu button.
2. Select Posted Msg [ Post ].
3. Select Cancel [ Cancl ].
4. Press the Home button.
*
If you use the Do Not Disturb feature (p. 21),
the appropriate message is posted. When you
turn off the Do Not Disturb feature, the posted
message is canceled. However, posting or
canceling the message does not activate or
deactivate the feature.
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