Field Definitions: Administer System Attributes and Features
| Field Name | Valid Input | Description/Procedure |
|---|---|---|
| LOG-IN PARAMETERS | ||
| Login Retries: | 3 | The number of sequential login attempts that is allowed before the messaging software disconnects the caller. |
| Consecutive Invalid Login Attempts: | Default: 18 | The maximum number of consecutive unsuccessful login attempts that is allowed before the caller is locked out of the messaging software. |
| System Guest Password: | From 1 to 15 numeric characters
Default: blank |
A password that people without mailboxes can use to leave messages for system subscribers. The system does notallow subscribers to create a password that is the same as the guest password. |
| Minimum Password Length: | From 0 to 15
Default: 0 |
The minimum number of characters that is required for a subscriber password. Passwords need to have at least 5 digits and must exceed by at least 1 digit the number of digits in an extension number. If limitations are not in place, many subscribers often choose easily guessed numbers for their password. |
| PASSWORD AGING LIMITS (DAYS) | ||
| Password Expiration Interval: | From 1 to 999
Default: 0; turns password aging off |
The number of days that a password is active for the messaging software. The Password Aging feature requires subscribers to change their password at an interval defined by the system administrator. This feature enhances overall system security and helps protect against toll fraud by making the messaging software less vulnerable to break-ins. Turning Password Aging on causes all passwords to expire immediately. To make all passwords expire, enter 0, press F3(Enter), and then set the interval back to its original value and press F3(Enter). If Password Aging is active, you can force the expiration of a subscriber's password by entering e in the Password field of the Subscriber screen. |
| Minimum Age Before Changes: | From 0 to 99
Default: 0 |
The minimum number of days that must pass before subscribers can change their passwords again after a successful change. |
| Expiration Warning: | From 0 to 99
Default: 0 |
The number of days before the password expires for the system to notify the subscriber of impending expiration. If you enter 0, a subscriber does not receive any warning that the password is about to expire. |
| INPUT TIME LIMITS (SECONDS) | ||
| Normal: | Default: 60 | The number of seconds to wait for a subscriber to enter a command before sending a timeout warning. |
| Full Mailbox Timeout: | Default: 5 | The number of seconds to wait for a touchtone entry from a caller after informing the caller that the called subscriber's mailbox is full. |
| Wait (*W): | Default: 180 | Enter the number of seconds to wait after a subscriber enters the wait command (* W or * 9) before sending a time out warning. |
| Between Digits at Auto-attendant or Standalone Menu: | Default: 3 | The maximum number of seconds the messaging software waits between touchtone signals before timing out. If a caller does not press another key, the system is disconnected. This maximum applies both to interaction with an automated attendant menu and to touchtone signals during a call answer session, for example, during the time a caller is to enter a destination extension. |
| DISCONNECT OPTIONS | ||
| Quick Silence Disconnect? | y = yes
Default: n = no |
Enables or disables quick silence disconnect.
The Communication Manager server is able to detect the following types of disconnect signaling employed in several countries: In some telephone systems, however, there is no disconnect signaling. When the messaging software does not receive reliable disconnect information, valuable storage space might be used needlessly because the system continues recording longer than is necessary. Quick silence-disconnect signaling enhances messaging operation for calls in which there is no disconnect signaling and the line simply goes silent after the caller hangs up. When quick silence disconnect is administered, the system is disconnected as follows:
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| Quick Silence Disconnect? (cont'd) | When recording a message in a voice mail session (as opposed to a call answer session), the system is not disconnected upon detecting silence but rather after two expirations of the input time limit. If you use quick silence disconnect, there are long periods of silence at the end of call answer messages. If subscribers report problems with the silence in messages, consider changing this setting. | |
| Silence Limit? | From 5 to 30
Default: 30 |
The time in seconds to wait for caller input before dropping call answer recordings if quick silence disconnect is enabled. |