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The help service

You can get help at any time while using CallPilot Mail by pressing * (the star key).

Log on

From your own telephone

1. Lift receiver

2. Dial 70000 (mailbox access)

3. When connected: enter password followed by #

You are now logged on.

From another telephone within system

1. Lift receiver

2. Dial 70000 (mailbox access)

3. When connected: press the * key

4. Enter your extension and DO NOT press the # key

5. Enter your PIN and press # key

You are now logged on.

From a telephone outside the system

1. Lift receiver

2. Dial 519-888-4966 (mailbox outside access)

3. When connected: press the # key

4. Then enter your extension when prompted, and DO NOT press # key after

5. Enter your PIN and then press # to complete the login

You are now logged on.

Log off

1. Press 83 - "Goodbye"

NOTE: Log Off ensures the ports are free for the next user

Change password

1. Log on (see above)

2. Press 84

3. Enter your old password followed by #

4. Enter your new password followed by #

5. Enter your new password again followed by #

   • Your password has been changed

6. Exit by pressing 83

Personal verification

The personal verification is a recording of your name used by the system in place of your mailbox number (extension). Note: This is not the greeting played to your callers

1. Log on

2. Press 82

3. Press 9

4. Press 5 to record > Say your name

5. Press # > The system will play the name back to you

6. Exit by pressing 83

To record or change greetings

1. Log on

2. Press 82

Record an external greeting (mandatory)

The external greeting will be played to all incoming calls from external numbers and to internal calls unless an internal greeting has been recorded.

1. Press 1 - external greeting

2. Press 5 - start your greeting 

3. Press # - when finished

4. Press 2 - to replay greeting

5. Press 76 - to delete greeting

6. Press 4 - to return to messages

7. Exit 83 to log off

Record an internal greeting (optional)

The internal greeting is only used if internal callers need to receive a different greeting than the one played to all other callers.

1. Press 2 - internal greeting

2. Press 5 - start your greeting 

3. Press # - when finished

4. Press 2 - to replay greeting

5. Press 76 - to delete greeting

6. Press 4 - to return to messages

7. Exit 83 - to log off

Record a temporary greeting (optional)

The temporary greeting is played to all callers and will expire at the time and date indicated.

1. Press 82 to record greetings

2. Press 3 (location, extended absence)

3. Review, press 1, new press 2

4. Record, press # when done

5. Press 1 to accept

6. Login to the web interface: https://ts-officelinx6.private.uwaterloo.ca/uc/webclient/webclient.asp

7. Verify the recording is present by clicking on Greetings.

8. Ensure the Extended Absence greeting is present then click the X to go back to main menu.

9. Open your Calendar.

10. Click Schedule a location.

11. Select Location > Extended Absence.

12. Set the Start and End dates and times and click Save and Close.

To bypass a greeting

If you are calling another mailbox user on your system and wish to bypass their greeting, press 5 and you will go directly into their mailbox.

Alternative log on

After you have called a CallPilot Mail user and have left a message, you can log on to CallPilot Mail without hanging up and dialling the access number.

To log on to your mailbox after leaving a message:

1. Finish recording the message by entering #

2. Press 81

You can now log on to your mailbox as usual.

Your Voicemail messages

Playing your messages

1. Log on

2. Press 2 to play messages

Once the message starts playing the following commands are available:

• # - to pause during playback

• 6 - go to the next message

• 4 - go to the previous message

• 2 - to continue

• 1 - to skip backward 5 seconds

• 3 - to go forward 5 seconds

• 76 - deletes message

• 72 - more information about the message

Reply to and forward messages

To reply to the sender of a message

1. Press 71 - to reply

2. Press 5 - wait for tone to speak

3. Press # - when finished recording

4. Press 79 - to send message

To reply to the sender of a message and to everyone else who received it

1. Press 74 - to reply all

2. Press 72 - to hear list of people who will receive your reply

3. Press 5 - wait for tone to speak

4. Press # - when finished recording

5. Press 79 - to send the message

To forward a message that you have received

1. Press 73 - enter mailbox number (extension)

2. Press ##

3. Press 5 - to record additional information prior to sending

4. Followed by #

5. Press 79 - to send message

6. Press 2 - to return to listening to your message

Call sender

After listening to a message, you may want to speak immediately with the person who left the message. That extension number can be automatically dialed for you by using the "Call Sender" feature. It is not applicable to outside callers.

1. After hearing the message, press 9

2. Talk to the sender or leave a message

Sending voice messages

Compose a message

This feature enables you to leave messages for someone without calling their extension number.

1. Log on

2. Press 75

3. Enter the mailbox number (extension) or distribution list followed by #

   • 5 - wait for the tone to speak

   • # - to stop recording

   • 79 -to send message

   • 83 - to log off

Tagging messages

When you create messages, you can tag them using the message options command to indicate that you want a message handled in a special way.

Before you send your message

• Press 70 - message option

• Press 1 - Urgent

• Press 4 - Private

• Press 5 - Acknowledge

• Press 6 - Time Delivery

• Press 79 - to send message

To compose a personal distribution list

A personal distribution list is a list of often-used mailbox numbers (extension). You can create up to nine personal distribution lists, each containing a maximum of 99 entries.

1. Press 85

2. Choose distribution list by pressing 5

3. Enter the distribution list number (1 - 9) followed by #

4. Press 5 to compose the distribution list

5. Enter the mailbox numbers or distribution list numbers, separating each with a #

6. Press # when finished

7. Press 2 to listen to the distribution list

To check the contents of a personal distribution list follow steps 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 above.

Express messaging

This feature may be used by the mailbox and non-mailbox users. This feature lets you send a message without having to log on to your mailbox.

1. Dial the express message access number 70001 from within the system or 519-888-4967 from outside the system

2. Enter the mailbox extension number of the person for whom you want to leave a message, followed by #

3. Leave your message after the tone

Transferring a caller to express messaging

If you answer a call meant for another person and that individual is not available, you can transfer the caller to express messaging to leave a message in the other person's mailbox.

1. Activate transfer on your telephone

2. Call the express messaging access number, ext. 70001

3. Enter the mailbox extension number of the person for whom the caller wants to leave a message, followed by # (Note: this step is necessary if the caller does not have a touchtone phone)

4. Complete the call transfer as quickly as possible so that the caller can hear the entire prompt to record a message

Thru-dial

When you are logged on to your mailbox you may make an internal call without disconnecting from CallPilot Mail.

1. Press 0 followed by the extension number

   • Do not pause for more than two seconds after pressing zero or you will be connected to the attendant.

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