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Remote notification

The remote notification option informs you of incoming messages by calling you at a phone number or pager number which you specify.

How remote notification works

Remote notification

When a new message is deposited in your mailbox, the remote notification service informs you.  You then log in to your mailbox to play the message. If the call is unanswered, or if you do not log in, remote notification cycles through your list of numbers until the call is answered, disabled, or the maximum number of retry attempts is reached.  If the line is busy, remote notification continues to retry that number until the maximum number of retry attempts is reached.  You can temporarily turn off remote notification at a number if required.

Phone numbers and pagers

You can specify the telephone or page number where you want to be notified, including any dialing prefixes or area codes.  You may define up to 3 phone numbers per time period in a schedule.  If you use a digital or numeric pager, you may also enter a callback number which will be displayed on your pager.  If you use a paging service, you must specify the personal identification number (PIN) or your pager.

Message types for notification

You can choose to be notified of all new messages, or only urgent messages.

Deleting notification numbers

You can delete a notification number by entering 0, # after selecting a number to change.  If you delete the only phone number in a time period, the time period is deleted.

Schedule types

You can define up to three remote notification schedules:  business days, nonbusiness days, and temporary.

Temporary schedules allow you to override normal schedules. You can specify the duration of a temporary schedule, or allow it to automatically discontinue after one day.

Remote notification time periods

You can define up to three time periods per schedule.  Time periods within a schedule cannot overlap and must start and end within the same day.  When you add a new time period, start and end times are automatically created and the previously defined phone numbers are copied to the new time period.