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Messaging Feature

Telephone Differences

The Send/Remove Message feature is an operator-only feature used by a DLC operator to turn on the Message LED to indicate a message waiting. For telephones without a display, Send/Remove Message is the only way the Message LED can be turned on and off by operators.

The first 18 lines on a DLC are always factory-set as Personal Lines.

Queued Call Consoles

A Queued Call Console (QCC) operator can use Leave Message only by selecting the feature from the display. A QCC operator cannot cancel a sent message. A Send/Remove Message button is programmed as a fixed feature on a QCC.

QCC operator positions do not display the new and old message counts supplied by a MERLIN Messaging System of Release 2.5 or later.

Other Multiline Telephones

Users with 4412D+, 4424D+, 4424LD+, and MLX display telephones can post a message by pressing the Menu button, selecting Posted Msg [Post] from the display, selecting the desired message, and selecting Post. To cancel a posted message, select Cancel [Cncl].

Users with ETR, MLS, 4406D+, TransTalk 9040, MLX-5 non-display, or MLX-10 non-display telephones can use either a programmed Posted Messages button or the feature code 751 to post a message:

MDW 9000 telephones cannot receive Leave Message or Posted Message messages. They can receive operator (Send/Remove Message) and voice mail message notification. When the telephone is turned on, MSG appears on the display.

A user with an ETR telephone (display or non-display) can post a message but posted messages are not shown on ETR display telephones.

4400, 4400D, and Single-Line Telephones

4400 and single-line telephone users cannot post a message.

To use the Leave Message feature while listening to ringback or the busy tone on a 4400, 4400D, or single-line telephone, dial #25. To use Leave Message without calling the extension, lift the handset (the telephone must connect to an SA or ICOM button), then dial #53 and the person's extension number.

If a 4400 or single-line telephone sends a message to a nondisplay telephone user and there is no voice messaging system, the caller receives no error indication, and no message is sent.

To cancel a message sent on a 4400, 4400D, or single-line telephone, lift the handset and dial #*53 and the extension number where the message was left.

Single-line telephone users without a Message LED hear a stutter dial tone when a message is waiting. A single-line telephone user cannot respond to messages by using feature codes. Normally, if a single-line telephone has a Message LED, it is turned off by an operator. However, a single-line user can turn off the Message LED by lifting the handset and (while listening to inside dial tone) dialing #54. Check with all message sources (system operator, fax, voice messaging) before turning off the LED.

 
Topics
  Description
 
  Sending Messages
Send / Remove Message
Leave Message
Receiving Messages
Fax Message-Waiting Receivers
Calling Group Message-Waiting Receivers
Posted Messages
  At a Glance
  Considerations & Constraints
  System Programming
  Mode Differences
Telephone Differences
Feature Interactions