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Setting Up Voice Mail Greetings
Last Updated: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 > Related Articles
Summary
Create a greeting for your voice mailbox. The greeting can be computer generated or recorded personally by you.
Solution
Dial your voice mailbox number, enter your PIN followed by the # key, and then press 3 to access the Greetings Menu.
Greeting Descriptions:
- All Calls Greeting - plays for all unanswered calls, either unanswered or from busy line. An example is, "We're unable to answer the phone right now. Please leave a message."
- No Answer Greeting - plays only if call is unanswered. An example is, "Please leave a message and I will return your call by 3 p.m."
- Busy Greeting - plays only if call reaches a busy signal. An example is, "I'm on another call right now. Please leave a message and I will call you right back."
- Out of Office Greeting - plays only during specified times of the day
- Extended Absence Greeting - plays only for a specified period of time, such as a vacation
- Recorded Name Greeting - plays if no other greeting is active. You can record your name or phone number or say nothing for 2 seconds. The computer voice inserts whatever you recorded, like this: "The person you are calling, [recorded name or phone number or blank] is unavailable. Please leave a message."
- Incoming Call Greeting - plays for a Group mailbox. An example is, "You have reached Bob's family. If you want to leave a message for Bob press 0, for Alice press 1".
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Either:
- From home, dial * 2 9 8 to access your voice mailbox.
- From outside your home, dial your home phone number and press * 5 once the greeting starts.
- Dial the separate "access phone number" listed in your Cox Telephone User Guide.
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When prompted, enter your PIN followed by the # key.
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Press 3 to access the Greetings Menu.
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Press one of the following numbers:
- 1 to hear, record or turn On / Off an All Calls Greeting
- 2 to hear, record or turn On / Off a No Answer Greeting
- 3 to hear, record or turn On / Off a Busy Greeting
- 4 to hear, record or turn On / Off an Out of Office Greeting
- 5 to hear, record or turn On / Off an Extended Absence Greeting
- 6 to hear or re-record a Recorded Name Greeting
- 7 to hear, record or turn On / Off an Inbound Call Greeting for the Group Mailbox
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Press one of the following numbers:
- 1 to hear, record or turn On / Off an All Calls Greeting
- 2 to hear, record or turn On / Off a No Answer Greeting
For the Extended Absence Greeting, you can set up the mailbox to accept messages, or not, while the greeting is active.
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