Overview of Email Administration
Internet Messaging is an optional application
that provides email capabilities for INTUITY AUDIX LX. Topics in this section
include:
Before You Continue
This section
describes only a portion of the tasks needed to
administer Internet Messaging. See the Email
(Internet Messaging) to see a list you can use
as a guide for performing INTUITY AUDIX email installation
and administration. You must perform the
tasks in the Activating Internet
Messaging section prior to performing the administration
described in this section.
Designing a
multimedia messaging system involves solid planning.
You should involve your PC/LAN system administrator
and your email administrator in this planning phase.
See Internet Messaging (Concepts
and Planning) for more information.
Enabling Email
There are two ways to enable subscribers for email:
- On an individual, subscriber-by-subscriber basis
- By defining a Class of Service (COS)
Enabling Email on an Individual Basis
If you change an individual subscriber's
COS profile fields on Subscriber Class of Service
Parameters screen, Page 2, you remove any association between the
subscriber and any other Class of Service options you may set up in
the future. If only a few subscribers need email access, you can enable
each subscriber individually, as described in this procedure. However,
if you have administered, or are planning to administer, a special COS
for email, do not use this procedure. Instead, follow the procedure
under Enabling Email by Defining a COS.
Note:
The following procedure contains instructions relating only to the one or two fields on a particular screen that you must administer. See Subscriber Administration for complete field descriptions.
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To administer an individual subscriber for email:
- Start at the Messaging Administration main menu and select .
Enter your login.The system then displays the AUDIX Command Prompt screen.
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At the
enter command:
prompt, enter change subscriber name/extension,
where name/extension is the name or
telephone number of the subscriber you want to
administer.
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Tip:
To see a list of existing subscribers,
enter li su at the command line. |
The
system displays the Subscriber Screen, Page 1.
-
Press F7 (NextPage).
The system displays Subscriber
Class of Service Parameters screen, Page 2.
-
Enter y in the
Trusted Server
Access? field (under PERMISSIONS).
- Enter y in the
IMAPI Message Transfer?
field.
-
Check the
Voice Mail Message, Maximum
Length field. The system default is 1200
seconds. (This size is sufficient to contain a
2.4-MB email message. See Planning
for other suggested values.)
-
Check the
Mailbox Size (seconds), Maximum
field. The system default is 8400 seconds. (This
size provides 16.8-MB for storage of the subscriber's
voice, fax, text (email) and binary attachments.
See Internet Messaging
Planning for other suggested values.)
-
Press F3 (Enter) to update this information
in the system database.
The
cursor returns to the command line, and the system
displays the following message:
Command
Successfully Completed.
-
Enter exit or another administrative
command at the
enter command:
prompt.
This
subscriber's mailbox is now enabled for email
integration. Be sure that your subscribers have
sufficient training and instructional material
to take full advantage of this additional functionality.
See Notifying Subscribers
of Email Capability and Setup for guidelines
and more information.
Enabling Email by Defining a COS
If you have a large number of subscribers to administer, defining a COS takes less time than administering subscribers individually.
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Note: The following
procedure contains instructions relating only to the one or two
fields on a particular screen that you must administer. See Subscriber
Administration for complete field descriptions. |
To administer predefined groups of subscribers for email:
- Start at the Messaging Administration main menu and select .
Enter your login.The system then displays the AUDIX Command Prompt screen.
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At the
enter command: prompt,
enter change COS name/number,
where name/number is the unique Class
of Service you want to administer.
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Tip:
To see a list of existing Classes of
Service, enter li cos at the command
line. |
The system displays the
Class of Service screen, Page 1.
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Enter y in the
Trusted Server
Access? field (under PERMISSIONS).
- Enter y in the
IMAPI Message Transfer?
field.
-
Press F7 (NextPage).
The system displays Class
of Service screen, Page 2.
-
Check the
Voice Mail Message, Maximum
Length field. The system default is 1200
seconds. (This size is sufficient to contain a
2.4-MB email message. See Internet
Messaging Planning for other suggested values.)
- Check
the
Mailbox Size, Maximum Length
field. The system default is 8400 seconds. (This
size provides 16.8-MB for storage of each subscriber's
voice, fax, text (email) and binary attachments.
See Internet Messaging
Planning for other suggested values.)
- When
you finish entering COS information, press F3
(Enter) to save the information in the system
database.
The
cursor returns to the command line, and the system
displays the following message:
Command
Successfully Completed.
-
Enter exit or another administrative
command at the
enter command:
prompt.
All
subscribers who belong to this COS are now enabled
for email integration. Be sure that your subscribers
have sufficient training and instructional material
to take full advantage of this additional functionality.
See Notifying Subscribers
of Email Capability and Setup for guidelines
and more information.
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Note:
If, after time, you find that your
system disk space is running low, consider
purchasing additional mailboxes or disk
space.
As an alternative to purchasing
more disk space, you might consider reducing
the number of days that messages are retained
in subscribers' mailboxes. To do so, change
the values in the Retention Time
fields. Make this change only after careful
consideration, and give subscribers advance
notice to move their mail of the server.
Pop3 email users are used to having messages
remain in their mailboxes indefinitely. |
Defining Remote Email Users
If your subscribers will be frequently
sending messages to email users, you can permanently define the email
addresses of those email recipients in the local AUDIX system. This
way, your subscribers can address messages to these email users using
their telephones, and can add them to their personal directories.
Before starting this procedure, you need to know the name of the trusted server to which the remote user is to be added, and the proper format for the email address.
Use the li tr command to see a listing of all trusted servers on your system. Use the li remote-text trusted-server-name command to see the proper format for email addresses on that server.
To define a remote email user to the AUDIX system:
- Start at the Messaging Administration main menu and select .
Enter your login.The system then displays the AUDIX Command Prompt screen.
- At the
enter
command: prompt, enter add remote-subscriber trusted-server-name,
where trusted-server-name is the name or system ID number of
the trusted server to which the email user will be added.
The system displays the
Remote Subscriber screen.
- Type the email
user's name in the
Subscriber Name: field and press the
TAB key.
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Note: The name of
any remote-subscriber that contains an embedded space, such
as the name Jane Doe, must be put in quotation marks,
that is "Jane Doe". |
- Enter the remote
text address for the email system in the proper format (for example,
[email protected]) in the
Text Address: field and
press the TAB key.
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Note: Your email
administrator should be able to give you this address. |
- If you are using
community IDs to define sending communities, enter the 1-digit to
15-digit number in the
Community ID: field and press
the TAB key. This ID number should match that of the trusted server.
For information on sending communities, see Setting
Up Community Sending Restrictions.
- Press F3 (Enter)
to save the information in the system database.
The cursor returns to
the command line, and the system displays the following message:
Command Successfully
Completed.
- Enter exit
or another administrative command at the
enter
command: prompt.
Retaining Nonadministered Remote Email User Information
A non-AUDIX email user can send a message
to an AUDIX mailbox as long as the message is addressed to the AUDIX
subscriber's extension. The AUDIX system receives the message and remembers
where it came from; that is, it retains the email address of the nonadministered
remote sender. This information is retained by the system for the length
of time specified on System Parameters Features screen, Page 4.
The advantage of the system retaining this information is that an AUDIX subscriber who receives a message from a nonadministered remote email user can reply to that message without having to re-address it. AUDIX subscribers can also add a nonadministered remote email user to mailing lists.
To administer the retention time for nonadministered remote email addresses:
- Start at the Messaging Administration main menu and select .
Enter your login.The system then displays the AUDIX Command Prompt screen.
- At the
enter command: prompt, enter change system-parameters features
The system displays the System-Parameters Features screen.
- Press F7 (NextPage) three times.
The system displays System
Parameters Features screen, Page 4.
- Complete the fields on this screen using the information in the table for Field Definitions: System-Parameters Features Screen.
- When you finish entering system limit information, press F3 (Enter) to save the information in the system database.
The cursor returns to the command line, and the system displays the following message:
Command Successfully Completed.
- Enter exit or another administrative command at the
enter command: prompt.
Notifying Subscribers
of Email Capability and Setup
After Internet Messaging is activated, administered, and functioning properly, you can tell your subscribers how to use the new feature. This section contains draft text that you can copy, paste, and modify to create an educational email for your subscribers.
To create an email to notify subscribers of email capability:
- View this documentation file with a web browser.
- Select and copy the
Courier font text in this section, starting with Internet Messaging overview.
- Click in a blank email message and paste the text.
- Read the template text and look for text that is written inside the square brackets ([ ]).
- Decide how you will address the issues marked with square brackets and change the text to meet the needs of your subscribers. This text must be changed to include information that is appropriate for your site.
- Delete any topics that do not apply to your company's communication strategy.
- Add any information your subscribers might need to use INTUITY AUDIX email effectively.
- Send the email to any subscribers that have email capability.
Internet Messaging overview
You can now send voice messages in an email over the Internet!
Recently, your system administrator installed Internet
Messaging for the INTUITY(tm) AUDIX(R) Multimedia Messaging System (IM).
This means you can now use the INTUITY AUDIX to send and receive electronic
mail [to and from the Internet]. Internet Messaging works with INTUITY(tm)
Message Manager or with many commercial email programs. You can also
send a voice attachment that the message recipient can hear after installing
the Voice Player.
The player may be freely distributed to any person
with whom you correspond over the Internet. It is available for these
operating systems: Microsoft(R) Windows(tm) 95/98/NT/2000/XP, Apple(R)
PowerMac(tm), and Sun(R) Solaris(R).
In this message we explain how to: [delete lines below
as necessary]
* address messages from INTUITY Message Manager to the
Internet
* address messages from other email programs to the Internet
* address messages from an Internet address to an INTUITY
AUDIX mailbox
* download and install the Voice Player
* view a fax that was sent from INTUITY Message Manager
to a POP3 email user
* configure your POP3 email program to access an INTUITY
AUDIX mailbox
Keep this message so you can refer to the instructions
later.
Addressing from INTUITY Message Manager to an Internet email address
How do I address a message from INTUITY(tm) Message Manager
to an Internet mail recipient ?
If you know the Internet address of the recipient, you
can use this addressing scheme:
[email protected]
where "handle" is the person's email name and "host.domain"
is the Internet address for their email server. This is the regular
email addressing scheme you have used with other email programs.
For example, you could send an email message to John Doe
at the Friendly Company at this address:
[email protected]
If an internet email user sent you a message, their address
is in the "From:" field.
Addressing from another email program through INTUITY AUDIX to an Internet email address
How do I address in my email program through the INTUITY
AUDIX to an Internet email address?
You can use any POP3-compliant email program to access
your messages on the INTUITY AUDIX. Most commercially-available programs
comply with this protocol. Addressing is the same as through other email
servers.
If you know the Internet address of the recipient, you
can use this addressing scheme:
[email protected]
where "handle" is the person's email name and "host.domain"
is the Internet address for their email server. For example, you could
send an email message to John Doe at the Friendly Company at this address:
[email protected]
If an internet email user sent you a message, their address
is in the "From:" field.
Addressing from an Internet email address to an INTUITY AUDIX mailbox
How does an Internet email user address messages to my
INTUITY(tm) AUDIX(R) mailbox?
The email address for your INTUITY AUDIX mailbox is:
extension@[host.domain]
[ or firstname.lastname@[host.domain] ]
[ or +1.nnn.nnn.nnnn@[host.domain] ]
"extension" is your [3 to 10]-digit extension number.
[host.domain] is the Internet address of your INTUITY AUDIX server.
When you send email from the INTUITY AUDIX system, the system default
of [email protected] is used as your return address.
[Two other schemes are available. You can use your
first name, a period, your last name, then @[host.domain]. Or, you can
use the character "+", then your full phone number using "." or "-"
separators, then @[host.domain]. However, the "extension@" form is the
primary address for your mailbox.]
Avaya Voice Player description:
The Voice Player - What is it?
The Voice Player plays and records audio files using
a voice-enhanced encoding algorithm called Code Excited Linear Predictive
(CELP). The player is freely distributed as part of the Internet Messaging
feature of the INTUITY(tm) AUDIX(R) Multimedia Messaging System sold
by Avaya.
CELP delivers high-fidelity voice with very high
compression, about one-sixth the size of .WAV files. Thus, the Voice
Player records files that require little storage space, yet take full
advantage of multimedia technology. Any email program besides INTUITY
Message Manager requires that users download and install a copy of the
Voice Player to listen to or record voice messages with an LVP extension.
The player is available for several different platforms.
Locating and sending the Voice Player:
How do message recipients get the Voice Player?
Anyone can get a copy of the Voice Player from several
places:
1. From the Avaya software web site at:
http://www.avaya.com (search the product list
for Voice Player or Avaya Voice Player)
Click the Voice Player button for your platform to download
the correct program.
2. By sending an email message to an automatic
email response address at software@[host.domain - autoresponder email
address here] with "win", "mac", or "sun" - include the players
you will distribute] in the subject line.
3. INTUITY AUDIX users can ask their system administrator
to send them a copy.
[4. From your INTUITY machine, at a URL like http://machinename.domain/iim/player.html.]
[5. If you have INTUITY Message Manager 4.3 or higher,
check the "Players" directory.]
When you have a copy, you can then forward it to people
with whom you trade voice messages.
***Paste this text into messages to INTUITY Message Manager
users***
Send the Voice Player to your email recipients. Follow
these steps:
1. Get a compressed copy of the correct player file through
one of the methods described above.
2. Attach the file as a binary component.
3. Record a message.
4. Copy the directions below into the text component of
your message.
5. Send the message, using Internet addressing conventions
as required.
***Paste this text into messages to internal POP3 email program
users***
Send the Voice Player to your email recipients. Follow
these steps:
1. Get a compressed copy of the correct player file through
one of the methods described above.
2. Add the file to your message as an attachment.
3. Record a message with your copy of the Voice Player.
4. Add the voice message to your email as an attachment.
5. Copy the directions below into the text component of
your message.
6. Send the message.
Installing the Avaya Voice Player:
***Copy the appropriate text into messages for internal
POP3 email users or ask your email users to send the text to recipients
of the Voice Player.***
To install and use the Voice Player for Microsoft(R)
Windows(tm) systems:
1. Detach the Voice Player software into a temporary directory.
NOTE: In some email programs, you can click or double-click
the attachment to start installation.
2. Start the installation program. In Windows,
select the File>Run menu option, then type "setup_lvpphone.exe" and
click OK.
3. Install the player. Answer the prompts in the
installation program, changing entries for your computer as necessary,
until the player is installed. If possible, the Voice Player is added
to your email program's list of "helpers" or add-on programs so that
.lvp files play automatically. If it is not added, browse for lvp32.exe
and add it to the list of helpers.
4. Learn the program. When installed, a sample file is
automatically loaded and played over your computer's speakers. Use this
file to learn the player's controls. Read the player help for more information
about using the player.
5. Record and send a message. Record a voice message through
your computer's microphone, then send it with your email as an attachment.
To install and use the Voice Player for Apple(R) PowerMac(tm):
1. Click or double-click the "MacLVP Installer" attachment
to start installation.
2. Either the program starts for you, or you may need to
select a location for the installer.
3. Install the player. Answer the prompts in the installation
program, changing entries for your computer as necessary, until the
player is installed. If possible, the Voice Player is added to your
email program's list of "helpers" or add-on programs so that LVP files
play automatically. If it is not added, browse for MacLVP and add it
to the list of helpers.
4. Record and send a message. Record a voice message through
your computer's microphone, then send it with your email as an attachment.
Viewing INTUITY AUDIX faxes in a POP3 email program:
How do my message recipients display faxes?
Faxes created in INTUITY(tm) Message Manager or received
into your INTUITY AUDIX mailbox are stored in TIFF (.TIF) format. Many
viewers exist for this graphics format, including [recommended TIF viewer
found at: location]. Download, install and associate the viewer with
your email program, then tell your message recipients where to locate
a viewer.
If you use Microsoft(R) Windows(tm), you might need to
associate the .tif file extension with the TIFF viewer that was installed.
Search Windows help for the correct procedure using the words "associate",
"extension", or "file".
Configuring [your company's POP3 email program] to access
the INTUITY AUDIX mailbox:
How do I use [POP3 email program] to access my INTUITY(tm)
AUDIX(R) mailbox?
Instead of using INTUITY Message Manager or the Telephone
User Interface (TUI), you can now check your messages using [POP3 email
program].
NOTE: If [POP3 email program] does not have a "Leave messages
on server" option, it is NOT RECOMMENDED for retrieving messages from
your INTUITY AUDIX mailbox.
Follow these steps under the [menu option or tab settings,
customize for your site's POP3 email program]:
1. Change the POP3 user name to [3 to 10]-digit
extension [or to extension/nomove, for example 56789/nomove].
* If user name is extension, each time [POP3 email
program] accesses your INTUITY AUDIX mailbox, all "new" messages are
moved to the "old" category and the message waiting lamp is turned off.
*If user name is extension/nomove, new messages
remain as "new" (and the message waiting lamp stays on) until
the user moves them from the "new" category to "old"
or to a personal directory. A user could accomplish such a move
by using the telephone user interface (TUI) or Message Manager.
2. Change the [outgoing mail or SMTP] server to [host.domain].
3. Change the [incoming mail or POP3] server to [host.domain].
4. Select the ["Leave messages on server" or your program's
similar] option.
[5. Set the "Reply to:" or "email address" field
to [email protected].]
5. Set the ["check for new messages"] to [10 minutes
or greater].
6. To retrieve messages, click the ["Get Mail"] option.
7. Enter your INTUITY AUDIX mailbox password at the prompt.
8. Process outgoing and incoming email messages.
To use Internet Messaging:
* Voice components of INTUITY AUDIX messages appear as
.LVP attachments. Download and install the Voice Player to hear these
files.
* Record a voice component with the Voice Player, then
attach the new file to the outgoing message.
* Fax components of INTUITY AUDIX messages appear as .TIF
attachments. Use an appropriate graphics viewer to see these components.
Preventive Maintenance and Troubleshooting
This section describes how to check for system alarms relating
to email and how to locate troubleshooting information.
Checking the Alarm Log
The alarm log contains descriptions of all significant problems detected by the system. The alarm log contains active alarms and resolved alarms; that is, alarms that are corrected either automatically or by repair procedures. This log should be checked on a daily basis.
To check the alarm log for Internet Messaging problems:
- Follow
the steps in Accessing
the Alarm Log to display the alarm log.
- Check the
Resource Type column for Server alarms.
- Check the
Location field of any Trusted Server entries.
The system displays the Trusted Server ID for the machine that created the alarm.
- Press F1 (Cancel).
The cursor returns to the command line, and the system displays the following message:
Command Successfully Completed.
- Enter exit or another administrative command at the
enter command: prompt.
Checking the Trusted-Server Profile
To check the status of a machine that has generated an alarm or to verify information about a trusted server:
- Start at the Messaging Administration main menu and select .
Enter your login.The system then displays the AUDIX Command Prompt screen.
- At the
enter command: prompt, enter display trusted-server machine ID where machine ID is the ID of the trusted server that you want to check.
The system displays the Trusted-Server
Profile screen.
- Press F1 (Cancel).
The cursor returns to the command line, and the system displays the following message:
Command Successfully Completed.
- Enter exit or another administrative command at the
enter command: prompt.
Troubleshooting Email
The Internet Messaging application
contains an extensive troubleshooting section. For troubleshooting information,
access the online help from the Internet Messaging web administration
pages.
