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Enabling Modular Messaging for mail-enabled users

A user that has been enabled for Modular Messaging can use Avaya Modular Messaging to send and receive messages.

To enable Modular Messaging for a mail-enabled user:

  1. Display the Modular Messaging property page.
  2. See Displaying the Modular Messaging property page.

  3. Complete the following fields on the Modular Messaging property page, as required:
    • Enable Modular Messaging  Select to enable Avaya Modular Messaging. This check box is cleared by default.
    • Voice mail domain  Select the voice mail domain to which you want the subscriber to belong. By default, the Voice mail domain field displays the voice mail domain you are currently administering.
    • For information on moving the subscriber to another voice mail domain, see Moving subscribers to a different voice mail domain.

    • Extension number  Enter the subscriber’s telephone extension number. By default, this is the last few digits in the user object’s telephone number, as configured in the General page. The actual number of digits in the extension number is configured in the voice mail domain using Voice Mail System Configuration.
    • You can also click Options to enter a secondary extension. A secondary extension allows a subscriber to handle calls from different types of callers in different ways. For example, the subscriber may have a publicized number for outside callers that has different greetings than the greetings recorded for the number used by inside callers. See Configuring a secondary extension.

    • Mailbox Number  Enter the subscriber’s mailbox number. We recommend that you make a subscriber’s mailbox number the same as that subscriber’s extension number. By default, this is the last few digits in the user object’s telephone number, as configured in the General page. The actual number of digits in the extension number is configured in the voice mail domain using Voice Mail System Configuration. For guidance on setting up a mailbox numbering scheme, see the Avaya Modular Messaging Concepts and Planning Guide.
    • Note: Local mailbox numbers cannot begin with 0 (zero). This is because 0 has special functionality in the TUI.
    • Numeric address  Enter the subscriber’s numeric address. A numeric address uniquely identifies a subscriber in the organization. For example, a numeric address may be an employee telephone number or social security number. The length of a numeric address must not be the same as the length of a mailbox number. The default is blank.
    • If you are using Octel Analog Networking, the numeric address length must not exceed 10 digits. For guidance on setting up a numeric addressing scheme, see the Avaya Modular Messaging Concepts and Planning Guide.

    • TUI password  Enter the password for the subscriber. If the initial TUI password has been set to Default or Random, enter the TUI password given in the message information box in the lower part of the dialog box.
    • The initial TUI password is set in Voice Mail System Configuration, in the Telephone User Interface - Voice Mail Domain page, Subscriber tab, the Initial Password for Mailboxes field.

      For more information, see Configuring subscriber properties.

      Note: If the Minimum Password Length setting is configured as zero in the Voice Mail System Configuration application, a blank password is valid. However, for security reasons, we do not recommend doing this.
  4. Configure advanced Avaya Modular Messaging information for the mailbox, if required. For more information, see Configuring advanced Avaya Modular Messaging information.
  5. Click User Options to open Subscriber Options for the subscriber, if required. Subscriber Options displays property pages for subscriber configuration of call answering, the TUI, and desktop user interface options. You can change these settings if required.
  6. Click OK.