The system administrator can administer
remote AMIS messaging systems for one-step (preadministered) or two-step
(casual) addressing.
One-step Addressing
For one-step addressing, subscribers typically
enter the remote machine's prefix (if assigned), followed by the recipient's
mailbox ID and the # key. However, subscribers who want to send AMIS analog
networking messages to recipients on remote systems administered for one-step
addressing can also:
- Address a message by name.
This feature applies to administered remote recipients only. "Administered"
refers to remote subscribers who have been entered in the local INTUITY
AUDIX system's database.
- Include remote recipients
on any system administered for AMIS one-step addressing in their personal
mailing lists. Administered remote recipients can be included by name
or telephone number. Unadministered remote recipients can be included
only by telephone number. (See Types of AMIS
Users for a description of administered and unadministered remote
recipients.)
- Provide for unadministered
remote recipients to be included by telephone number only.
- Hear the spoken name of the
person to whom they are addressing mail or whose name they are looking
up in the directory. If the administrator has not recorded these names,
subscribers hear only the remote mailbox ID.
- Look up administered remote
subscribers on systems administered for AMIS one-step addressing by
using the local system's names-and-numbers directory.
- Assign aliases to any remote
recipients on systems administered for AMIS analog networking. Administered
remote recipients can be included by name or telephone number. Unadministered
remote recipients can be included only by telephone number.
- Use automatic addressing to
respond to incoming messages.
Two-step Addressing
Subscribers who are sending AMIS messages
to recipients on remote systems administered for two-step addressing
must enter the recipient's address in two steps.
To send an AMIS message using two-step addressing, local
subscribers enter the prefix (if assigned), followed by the telephone
number of the remote machine and then followed by the # key. At this
point, they might hear the name of the remote system voiced back (if
the system administrator has recorded a name for that machine or range
of machines). The system then prompts subscribers to enter the extension
(mailbox ID) for the intended recipient, followed by another # key.
Subscribers hear the digits voiced back to confirm that they entered
the correct extension number.
AMIS recipients on remote systems administered for AMIS two-step
addressing cannot be addressed by name or included in subscribers' mailing
lists or personal directories, nor are they included in the local system's
names-and-numbers directory. Also, the name voiceback and Reply to Sender
features are not available.
Considerations
One-step addresses are easier for subscribers
to enter and can take advantage of many Avaya messaging conveniences. To
use one-step addressing, the system administrator only needs to preadminister
the machine. However, the administrator might also wish to administer remote
subscribers to allow name addressing and name voiceback.
Two-step addressing is often easier for
the system administrator to implement because only the remote voice mail
system (or range of remote systems) needs to be administered. For example,
a range of remote systems could be administered for two-step addressing
(for instance, an entire area code or all local telephone numbers) without
the need to administer each remote system individually (as must be done
for one-step addressing). See Planning and Design
for additional considerations when planning AMIS addressing schemes.
