3Com VCX V7000 Telephone Manual - page 13

Initial Voice Mailbox Setup

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Initial Voice 

Mailbox Setup

When a caller dials your telephone number and you are unable to answer 

the call, the caller hears a recording and is prompted to leave a message. 

Before you can listen to messages in your voice mailbox, you must record 

your name, a personal greeting, and change the default password you 

use to access your mailbox. 

Your administrator will provide you with the default password for initial 

mailbox access. Typically, the default password is the last 4 digits of your 

phone number. The first time you access your voice mailbox, the system 

prompts you to change your password, record your name, and record a 

personal greeting.

Note that the password you use to access your voice mailbox is not the 

same password you use to log in to your telephone. When you change 

the default voicemail password in the following procedure, you do not 

change the telephone login password.

To initialize your mailbox:

1 Lift the handset.

2 Press the message button on your phone (see the chapter in this guide 

that describes the buttons and controls for your particular phone model).

3 At the password prompt, use the keypad to enter your default password.

The voice prompt system describes the initialization process and 

introduces the Setup Assistant function.

4 Follow the voice prompts to:

a Enter a new password (ask your administrator for password length 

requirements; use digits only, * and # are invalid characters).

b Record a name announcement.

c Record a personal greeting.

5 Hang up.