Cisco Unity Express 8.0 Voice-Mail System User manual

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Cisco Unity Express 8.0 Voice-Mail System
User’s Guide for Advanced Features
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First Published: October 26, 2010
This guide provides information about using some of the advanced voice-mail features of your
Cisco Unity Express voice-mail system. It describes how to access these features by dialing in to the
Cisco Unity Express system using your Cisco Unified IP phone. Information is also provided about
using Cisco VoiceView Express. Use this guide together with the documents listed in the “Related
Documents” section on page 3.
Contents
• Restrictions, page 2
• Related Documents, page 3
Part I—Cisco Unity Express Voice-Mail System (Call-in)
• Accessing Cisco Unity Express by Phone, page 4
• Logging in Without Entering Your PIN, page 4
• Voice-mail Options, page 5
• Calling the Message Sender Using Live Reply, page 5
• Managing Fax Messages, page 6
• Delivering Nonsubscriber Messages, page 8
• Accessing Setup Options, page 9
• Managing Greetings, page 9
• Setting Up Message Notification, page 12
• Setting up Cascading Notification, page 18
• Using Distribution Lists, page 20
• Changing Your Password, page 27

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Restrictions
• Changing Your Recorded Name, page 27
• What to Do When Receiving Notifications by Phone, page 28
• Recording a Live Conversation, page 28
• Receiving Voice-mail Messages in Your E-mail, page 29
Part II—Cisco Unity Express Voice-Mail System (VoiceView Express)
• Accessing Cisco Unity Express Using Your Cisco Unified IP Phone and VoiceView Express,
page 31
• Logging In To VoiceView Express, page 33
• Retrieving and Sending Messages in VoiceView Express, page 34
• Printing a Fax, page 36
• Accessing Live Reply in VoiceView Express, page 37
• Setting up Nonsubscriber Message Delivery, page 39
• Managing Your Inbox, page 40
• Personalizing Your Settings, page 41
• Logging In to General Delivery Mailboxes, page 45
• Administering Broadcast Messages, page 46
Restrictions
Your system administrator must enable some of the features described in this guide (for example,
retrieving voice-mail messages using e-mail, configuring voice-mail notifications, or using live reply).
If you are unable to access a feature, contact your system administrator to ensure the function is enabled
on your system.
Cisco Unity Express is subject to an erroneous login limit as set by your system administrator.
There are two types.
• There may be a limit on the number of incorrect consecutive logins allowed, after which the system
administrator is required to restore the user’s login rights.
• Depending on the configuration by your system administrator, login may be temporarily disabled
for the user for a time period after several consecutive unsuccessful log in attempts.
If a Cisco Unity Express voice-mail session is in progress, a second session for the same user cannot be
initiated. This does not apply to voice-mail sessions that are initiated by an Internet Message Access
Protocol (IMAP) client, such as Microsoft Office Outlook.
• If you initiate a voice-mail session by using your Cisco Unified IP phone to call your voice-mail
system, attempting to log in to VoiceView Express cannot preempt the voice-mail session.
• If you are logged in to VoiceView Express, using your Cisco Unified IP phone to call your
voice-mail system preempts the VoiceView Express session. The VoiceView Express session is
automatically logged out without notification.
• If you are logged in to VoiceView Express, logging in to a second VoiceView Express session from
a different phone preempts the first session. The first VoiceView Express session is automatically
logged out without notification.

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Related Documents
VoiceView Express has an inactivity timeout parameter, after which the VoiceView Express session is
automatically logged out without notification.
• If you are logged in to VoiceView Express using your Cisco Unified IP phone and you receive an
incoming call, the call information appears on the phone display. Lifting the handset or pressing the
Headset or Speaker button connects the call. Depending on which Cisco Unified IP phone you have,
you can return to the VoiceView Express session if the call is terminated before the session is ended
by the inactivity timeout parameter. Otherwise, the VoiceView Express session will be automatically
logged out without notification. For more information, see the user’s guide for your
Cisco Unified IP phone. See
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/tsd_products_support_category_home.html.
Related Documents
Related Topic Document Title or URL
• Information required to use the
Cisco Unity Express Voice-Mail System
• Setting Up Your Voice Mailbox
• Accessing Cisco Unity Express by Phone
• Accessing Cisco Unity Express by Computer
• Listening to Voice Messages
• Sending Voice Messages
• Personalizing Settings
Cisco Unity Express 8.0 Voice-Mail System Quick Start Guide
at
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/unity_exp/rel8_
0/quick/guide/voicemail/enu/80vq_enu.pdf
• Information required to use the
Cisco Unity Express VoiceView Express
• Setting Up Your Voice Mailbox
• Accessing Cisco Unity Express VoiceView
Express
• Listening to Voice Messages
• Sending Voice Messages
• Personalizing Settings
Cisco Unity Express 8.0 VoiceView Express Quick Start Guide
at
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/unity_exp/rel8_
0/quick/guide/vve/enu/80wq_enu.pdf

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Accessing Cisco Unity Express by Phone
Accessing Cisco Unity Express by Phone
Dial the internal or external phone number to call Cisco Unity Express.
• If you are asked for a PIN, enter it and press #.
Note If you are calling from someone else’s phone, press *to enter your own ID (usually your extension) and
press #. Then enter your PIN and press #again.
• If you are asked for your ID (usually your phone extension), enter it and press #. Then enter your
PIN and press #again.
Logging in Without Entering Your PIN
You can log in to Cisco Unity Express voice mailbox from any phone (configured for your mailbox
settings) without entering your PIN.
Dial the internal or external phone number to call Cisco Unity Express:
• You are directed to your mailbox without being asked for a PIN.
• If you are calling from someone else’s phone, press * to enter your own ID (usually your extension)
and you are directed to your mailbox.
Using the Cisco Unity Express GUI to:
• Access voice-mail settings, including notifications
• Manage voice-mail group subscriptions
• Change your password
• Manage voice-mail distribution lists
User Online Help for Cisco Unity Express (press the “help” button
when using the Cisco Unity Express GUI)
• Obtaining Documentation
• Obtaining Support
• Security Guidelines
For information on obtaining documentation, obtaining support,
providing documentation feedback, security guidelines, and also
recommended aliases and general Cisco documents, see the monthly
What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all
new and revised Cisco technical documentation at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.ht
ml
Related Topic Document Title or URL

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Voice-mail Options
Voice-mail Options
After dialing in to Cisco Unity Express, you can choose the following options from the main menu:
Calling the Message Sender Using Live Reply
Note To call the message sender using the live reply function, the function must first be activated by your
system administrator.
When listening to a message, you can request the system to dial the message-sender to initiate a live
conversation. This function is available when listening to new, saved, or deleted voice messages from
subscribers or from non-subscribers where caller ID is available.
To access the live reply function, press 44 (4 pressed twice) on the dial pad while listening to the
message. Cisco Unity Express attempts to establish a call to the message sender. Depending on the
identifying information contained in the message, you will hear a prompt with some or all of the
following: “calling <spoken name> at extension <calling number> at <remote location identifier>.”
Note If you activate this function, you will not be returned to your voice-mail session on termination of the
call. You must redial your voice mail access number.
Option Description
1Listen to new messages. See the Cisco Unity Express Voice-Mail System Quick Start Guide
for more information.
Access the Live Reply function. See the “Calling the Message Sender Using Live Reply”
section on page 5.
Manage fax messages. See the “Managing Fax Messages” section on page 6.
2Send a message. See the Cisco Unity Express Voice-Mail System Quick Start Guide for more
information.
Access the nonsubscriber delivery function. See the “Delivering Nonsubscriber Messages”
section on page 8.
3Listen to old messages. See the Cisco Unity Express Voice-Mail System Quick Start Guide
for more information.
4Access setup options, such as voice-mail greetings, distribution lists, passwords, message
notification, and cascading notification. See the “Accessing Setup Options” section on
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Managing Fax Messages
Managing Fax Messages
Cisco Unity Express can receive and process faxes through the voice-mail system. Faxes can be
forwarded, marked as new, saved, deleted, and undeleted similarly to regular voice messages.
Additionally, you can send fax messages from a mailbox to a local fax machine for printing.
Supported IMAP clients can receive faxes as a .tif file attachment to an e-mail. The IMAP clients allow
subscribers to download the message and save the fax attachment to a local workstation where it can be
viewed and printed using standard .tif readers.
You must compose and send a fax from an analog fax machine. You cannot compose a fax through the
Cisco Unity Express voice-mail system.
If your system administrator configures a dedicated extension for fax calls, these calls will not ring on a
subscriber’s extension. Your system administrator, however, may configure an extension that will receive
both fax and voice calls. In this case, when the subscriber picks up an incoming call that is a fax, an
identifier tone is heard. The system monitors for such tones and automatically sends the fax to the
designated mailbox and terminates the voice leg of the call.
Note Your system administrator must enable the fax function on a mailbox and extension. The fax number
may be the same as the voice-mail extension of a subscriber or a dedicated fax extension may be
configured.
To manage fax messages:
Step 1 Dial in to the Cisco Unity Express system. The voice prompt summarizes how many new and saved
messages your have.
Step 2 Press 1 to listen to new messages.
The voice prompt identifies a fax in your mailbox and lists its properties, for example, the time and date
sent and the originating location. The voice prompt also indicates if a voice message is attached to the
fax.
Note If the fax was forwarded from another subscriber, a voice message can be attached from the forwarding
subscriber.
Step 3 Select the fax.
Step 4 Press one of the following numbers to access options for the fax:

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Managing Fax Messages
Setting Up and Using a Printer for Faxes
To identify the fax printer and print a fax:
Step 1 Dial in to the Cisco Unity Express system, and press 1 to listen to messages.
Step 2 Select the fax, then press 8to send the fax to a local printer.
The system prompts you to enter the number of the fax printer.
Step 3 Perform one of the following actions:
• Press 1to send to a currently configured fax printer.
Note If you pause before entering 1, the system prompt gives the number of the last printer (if any) that was
set up.
• Press 2if there is no configured printer choice or to print to a different printer. Enter the phone
number of the fax printer then press #.
• Press *to cancel printing the fax.
Note If the number entered or chosen is not an acceptable fax printer, the system prompt indicates that the
selected action cannot be completed.
Option Description
1Repeat the fax properties.
2Save the fax. See the Cisco Unity Express Voice-Mail System Quick Start Guide.
3Delete the fax. See the Cisco Unity Express Voice-Mail System Quick Start Guide.
4Reply, with a voice message, to the subscriber who sent the fax. See the Cisco Unity Express
Voice-Mail System Quick Start Guide.
5Forward the fax. See the Cisco Unity Express Voice-Mail System Quick Start Guide.
6Mark the fax as a new message. See the Cisco Unity Express Voice-Mail System Quick Start
Guide.
8Send the fax to a local printer. See the “Setting Up and Using a Printer for Faxes” section
on page 7.
*Cancel.
0Help.

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Delivering Nonsubscriber Messages
Delivering Nonsubscriber Messages
You can compose voice messages for delivery to external numbers or nonsubscribers. You can set up
delivery dates for up to one year in advance.
Step 1 Perform steps in the “Accessing Cisco Unity Express by Phone” section on page 4 to reach the main
voice-mail menu.
Step 2 Press 2to access the Send menu.
Step 3 Press #4 to access the nonsubscriber Message Delivery menu.
Step 4 Enter the phone number of the recipient.
Step 5 After the system prompt that the nonsubscriber is added, select one of the following:
Accessing Message Options
After you identify the nonsubscriber recipients, you can specify the message parameters. In the Message
Options menu, you can select the following:
• 1—Change addressing
• 2—Record the message (see the “Recording the Message” section on page 9)
• 3—Change special delivery
– Mark the message as urgent (1)—Not available for nonsubscriber delivery
– Mark the message as private (3)—Not available for nonsubscriber delivery
– Choose a future delivery date and time (4)
• 4—Review the message
If no message is recorded, you are prompted to record your message.
• #—Send the message
If no message is recorded, you are prompted to record your message.
• *—Cancel
Option Description
1Add another recipient.
2Access Message options. See the “Accessing Message Options” section on page 8.
#Record the message. See the “Recording the Message” section on page 9.
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Recording the Message
Step 1 In the nonsubscriber delivery menu, press #to record your message.
Step 2 Press # when you finish recording.
Step 3 Press 1 to access Message Options. See the “Accessing Message Options” section on page 8.
Step 4 Press 2 to send the message.
Accessing Setup Options
After dialing in to the Cisco Unity Express system, and pressing 4 to access setup options, choose from
the following options:
Managing Greetings
This section contains the following procedures:
• Managing Greetings, page 11
• Rerecording Your Current Greeting, page 11
• Turning Greetings On and Off, page 11
• Rerecording Your Standard Greeting, page 12
• Rerecording Your Alternate Greeting, page 12
• Reviewing All Greetings, page 12
Option Description
1Manage your greetings. See the “Managing Greetings” section on page 9.
2Configure or change message settings. See the:
• “Setting Up Message Notification” section on page 12
• “Setting up Cascading Notification” section on page 18
• “Using Distribution Lists” section on page 20
3Configure personal settings. See the:
• “Changing Your Password” section on page 27
• “Changing Your Recorded Name” section on page 27
4Configure language options (not available on all systems). Contact your system
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Accessing Setup Options
Greetings are messages that callers hear when they reach your voice mail. You can have the following
greetings:
• Standard greeting—Normal greeting played to callers when they reach your voice mail. This can be
either the default system greeting or a greeting that you have recorded and chosen as your own
standard greeting.
• Multiple Alternate greetings—Multiple alternate greetings are recorded by you and played to the
callers when they reach your voice mail. You can turn these greetings on or off using the voice-mail
menu. These greetings are used as an alternative to your standard greeting. Following are the
Multiple Alternate greetings:
– Alternate greetings—To record a special greeting (other than standard greeting).
– Meeting greeting—To record a greeting that plays when you are in a meeting.
– Vacation greetings—To record a greeting that plays during the time when you are on a Vacation.
– Extended Absence greetings—To record a greeting that plays during the time when you are
absent for an extended period of time. If extended absence greeting is turned on then mailbox
will not take messages from external callers or will not accept messages from subscribers.
• State Based greetings—State based greetings are recorded by you and played to the callers
according to the state of your business. Following are the State Based greetings:
– Busy greeting—To record a that plays when you are busy. This greeting is played and it takes
precedence over standard, closed, and internal greetings if the subscriber is busy over the phone
and if this greeting is enabled. But if a multiple alternate greeting is enabled then it takes
precedence over busy greeting. Phone or call agent must provide the support necessary for Cisco
Unity Express to identify that the phone is busy and the call forward is on busy rather than on
no-answer.
– Closed greeting—To record a greeting that plays during non-business hours or hours past your
business hours. This greeting is played if it is not a business hour and if this greeting is enabled.
Business hours are based on the business schedule that is associated to Voicemail. If internal
greeting is enabled and if the call is during non-business hours then closed greeting is played
over standard greeting. But multiple alternate greeting, busy greeting and internal greeting takes
precedence over closed greeting.
– Internal greeting—To record a greeting that plays when you receive a call from an internal
extension number.
Greetings Default Precedence Rules
Standard Enabled Standard greeting plays if all other (multiple alternate or
state-based) greetings are disabled.
Alternate Enabled or Disabled Alternate greeting takes precedence over all other
greetings if this greeting is enabled.
Meeting Enabled or Disabled Meeting greeting takes precedence over all other
greetings if this greeting is enabled.
Vacation Enabled or Disabled Vacation greeting takes precedence over all other
greeting if this greeting is enabled.
Extended Absence Enabled or Disabled Extended absence greeting takes precedence over all
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Accessing Setup Options
Note Either standard or one of the multiple alternate greetings can be enabled at a time, but all or none of the
state based greetings can be enabled at the same time.
Managing Greetings
Step 1 Perform steps in the “Accessing Cisco Unity Express by Phone” section on page 4 to reach the main
voice-mail menu.
Step 2 Press 4to access the Setup Options menu.
Step 3 Press 1to access the Greetings menu. Your active greeting plays.
• To rerecord your current greeting, press 1. See the “Rerecording Your Current Greeting” section on
page 11.
• To turn on or turn off your greetings, press 2. See the “Turning Greetings On and Off” section on
page 11.
• To edit a greeting, press 3. See the “Rerecording Your Standard Greeting” section on page 12 and
the “Rerecording Your Alternate Greeting” section on page 12.
• To hear all greetings, press 8. See the “Reviewing All Greetings” section on page 12.
Rerecording Your Current Greeting
Step 1 After your current greeting plays, press 1to rerecord your current greeting.
Step 2 At the tone, speak your greeting. When done, press #. Your newly recorded greeting plays.
Step 3 To rerecord, press 1.
Turning Greetings On and Off
Step 1 Press 1to access the Greetings menu. Your current greeting plays.
Step 2 Press 2to turn off your current greeting and turn on the alternate greeting (make sure you have recorded
an alternate greeting).
Step 3 Press 3to turn off your alternate greeting and turn on your meeting greeting.
Step 4 Press 4to turn off the meeting greeting and turn on your vacation greeting.
Step 5 Press 5to turn off vacation greeting and turn on your extended absence greeting.
Step 6 Press 6to turn off the extended absence greeting.
Busy Disabled Busy greeting takes precedence over standard greeting if
the system is busy.
Closed Disabled Closed greeting takes precedence over standard greeting
if business is closed.
Internal Disabled Internal greeting takes precedence over standard greeting
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Accessing Setup Options
Step 7 Press 7to edit other greetings.
Step 8 Press 8to play all your greetings.
Step 9 Press 0for help and press *to exit.
Rerecording Your Standard Greeting
To rerecord your standard greeting:
Step 1 In the Greetings menu, press 3.
Step 2 Press 1to rerecord your standard greeting.
Step 3 At the tone, speak your greeting. When done, press #. Your newly recorded standard greeting plays.
Step 4 To accept this greeting and continue, press #. To rerecord, press 1.
Rerecording Your Alternate Greeting
To rerecord your alternate greeting:
Step 1 In the Greetings menu, press 3.
Step 2 Press 3to rerecord your alternate greeting.
Step 3 At the tone, speak your greeting. When done, press #. Your newly recorded alternate greeting plays.
Step 4 To rerecord, press 1.
Reviewing All Greetings
Step 1 To listen to all greetings, press 8in the Greetings menu. Your standard greeting, multiple-alternate
greeting, and current greeting play.
Setting Up Message Notification
This section contains the following procedures:
• Accessing the Notification Menu, page 13
• Choosing the Device to Notify, page 13
• Changing the Notification Phone Number, page 14
• Setting Extra Digits, page 15
• Configuring the Notification Schedule, page 15
• Changing Notification Preferences, page 18

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Accessing Setup Options
You can set up Cisco Unity Express to notify you of newly received voice-mail messages by phone,
pager, or e-mail. Cisco Unity Express contacts your device to inform you that you have received a
voice-mail message.
You can also set up a cascading notification option in which Cisco Unity Express sends unanswered
voice-mail messages to specified first-tier recipient devices followed by additional recipients’ devices if
the message continues in an unread state.
This section describes using the telephone voice-mail system to configure notifications for phone or
numeric pagers only. You can use the following tools to set up notifications for alphanumeric pagers and
e-mail (in addition to phones and numeric pagers):
• Cisco Unity Express VoiceView Express—Use your Cisco IP phone to set up notifications for
phones, alphanumeric pagers, or e-mail. See the “Personalizing Your Settings” section on page 41
for more information.
• Cisco Unity Express GUI—Use your PC to configure notifications for phones, alphanumeric
pagers, or e-mail. Access the GUI using Microsoft Internet Explorer (5.5 or later) to connect to your
Cisco Unity Express server, and log in using your alphanumeric user ID and password. Contact your
system administrator if you do not know your server address, user ID, or password. See the online
help for more information on using the GUI to configure notifications (press the “help” button when
using the Cisco Unity Express GUI).
Accessing the Notification Menu
Step 1 Perform steps in the “Accessing Cisco Unity Express by Phone” section on page 4 to reach the main
voice-mail menu.
Step 2 Press 4to access the Setup Options menu.
Step 3 In the Setup Options menu, press 2to access Message Settings.
Step 4 Press 1to configure message notification. The system tells you if notification is enabled and if so, for
which device it is enabled.
Choosing the Device to Notify
Step 1 In the Message Notification menu, press one of the following numbers to select the device to notify:
• 1—Pager
• 2—Home phone
• 3—Work phone
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Step 2 After selecting the device you want to configure, you can select the following actions by number:
Changing the Notification Phone Number
Step 1 After pressing 3in the Message Notification Menu to change the notification phone number, the system
tells you if a phone number is currently assigned to the device (phone or pager).
• If a phone number is already assigned, perform one of the following:
– Press *to keep the current number.
– Enter the new number and press #.
• If a phone number is not yet assigned, enter the new number and press #.
Note You can only enter digits 1 to 9. You cannot enter pauses, breaks, or other special variables in the phone
number.
Step 2 After entering the number:
• If you entered a new number that is permitted by the voice-mail system, the system repeats the
number.
• If you entered a number that is not permitted by the system (such as a toll number), you receive an
error message.
Press *to keep the number, or if you want a new number, enter it and press #.
Step 3 Press * to continue. The system tells you if extra digits are set. Extra digits are numbers that are sent by
Cisco Unity Express after the phone or pager has answered its notification call. For example, you might
use extra digits to reach a certain extension after dialing a main access number. To set extra digits, see
the “Setting Extra Digits” section on page 15. To exit, press *.
Option Description
1Enable message notification (if off) or disable message notification (if on).
2Hear current notification settings.
3Change the notification phone number (the number of your phone or pager).
Cisco Unity Express dials this number to send notification of newly-received voice-mail
messages. See the “Changing the Notification Phone Number” section on page 14.
4Listen to the current notification schedule. Configure the time of day you want to receive
notifications; for example, you may want to turn off notifications during the evening. See
the “Configuring the Notification Schedule” section on page 15.
5Change notification preferences (have notifications sent for all messages, or urgent
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Setting Extra Digits
Extra digits are numbers that are sent by Cisco Unity Express after the phone or pager has answered its
notification call. For example, you might use extra digits to reach a certain extension after dialing a main
access number.
Step 1 If extra digits are set, the system plays the digits. If extra digits are not set, the system tells you this.
Press 1 to set extra digits.
Step 2 Enter the extra digits and press #. To include a one-second pause, press *.
Step 3 The system plays the extra digits you entered. Press #to keep these digits, or return to Step 2.
Step 4 The system plays the extra digits you set.
Configuring the Notification Schedule
You can set up a notification schedule to turn notifications on or off for specific times of the day, days
of the week, or everyday. For example, you may want to turn off notifications at night. By default,
notifications are active Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
After pressing 4 in the Message Notification Menu to configure the time of day you want to receive
notifications, press one of the following numbers:
Listening to the Current Schedule
Step 1 After pressing 1in the Notification Schedule Menu to listen to the current notifications schedule, enter
one of the numbers below to choose the day:
Option Description
1Listen to the current notifications schedule. See the “Listening to the Current Schedule”
section on page 15.
2Change the notification schedule for all days. See the “Changing the Schedule for All Days”
section on page 16.
3Change the notification schedule for a specific day. See the “Changing the Schedule for a
Specific Day” section on page 17.
Option Description
1Sunday
2Monday
3Tuesday
4Wednesday
5Thursday
6Friday
7Saturday

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Step 2 If you configured notification for at least a half hour of that day, the system plays the notification
schedule. Enter a number to listen to the schedule for another day, or press *to exit and return to the
Message Notification Menu.
Changing the Schedule for All Days
After pressing 2in the Notification Schedule Menu to change the notification schedule for all days,
perform the following steps:
Step 1 Enter the hour to start sending notifications. You must enter the time in two-digit format; for example,
to choose 9:00, you would first enter “09.”
Step 2 Press #.
Step 3 Depending on the number you entered, perform the following:
Step 4 Enter the hour to stop sending notifications. You must enter the time in two-digit format; for example,
to choose 9:00, you would first enter “09.”
Step 5 Press #.
Step 6 Depending on the number you entered, perform the following:
If You Entered Press
0• 1 to start notifications at midnight.
• 2to start notifications at 12:30 p.m.
12 • 1 to start notifications at midnight.
• 2to start notifications at 12:30 a.m.
• 3 to start notifications at noon.
• 4to start notifications at 12:30 p.m.
1- 11 • 1to start notifications on the hour in the morning.
• 2to start notifications on the half-hour in the morning.
• 3to start notifications on the hour in the evening.
• 4to start notifications on the half-hour in the evening.
12 - 24 • 1to start notifications on the hour in the evening.
• 2to start notifications on the half-hour in the evening.
If You Entered Press
0• 1 to stop notifications at midnight.
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Step 7 If you entered a valid time, the system tells you the times you have selected for notifications. Press one
of the following numbers:
• 1—Save the schedule. Then do one of the following:
– Press 1 to set up an additional schedule. See Step 1.
– Press # to stop adding schedules. The system notifies you that your schedule is set.
• 2—Change the schedule you just entered. See Step 1.
Changing the Schedule for a Specific Day
After pressing 3in the Notification Schedule Menu to change the notification schedule for a specific day,
perform the following steps:
Step 1 Enter one of the numbers below to choose the day:
Step 2 Follow the steps in the “Changing the Schedule for All Days” section on page 16.
12 • 1 to stop notifications at midnight.
• 2to stop notifications at 12:30 a.m.
• 3 to stop notifications at noon.
• 4to stop notifications at 12:30 p.m.
1- 11 • 1to stop notifications on the hour in the morning.
• 2to stop notifications on the half-hour in the morning.
• 3to stop notifications on the hour in the evening.
• 4to stop notifications on the half-hour in the evening.
12 - 24 • 1to stop notifications on the hour in the evening.
• 2to stop notifications on the half-hour in the evening.
Option Description
1Sunday
2Monday
3Tuesday
4Wednesday
5Thursday
6Friday
7Saturday

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Changing Notification Preferences
You can change notification preferences to specify the types of messages about which you want to be
notified. For example, you can have notifications sent for all messages, or urgent messages only.
Tip The ability to set notifications for all messages must be granted by your system administrator.
Step 1 After pressing 5 in the Message Notification Menu to configure notification preferences, the system tells
you if notifications are set for all messages, or for urgent messages only.
• If notifications are set for all messages, and you want to change this, press 1to have notifications
sent for urgent messages only.
• If notifications are set for urgent messages only, and you want to change this, press 1to have
notifications sent for all messages.
Step 2 If the system allows you to change notification preferences for all messages, you receive a message that
your preferences have changed. If the system does not allow you to change notification preferences, you
receive an error message. Press *to exit and return to the Message Notification Menu.
Setting up Cascading Notification
This section contains the following procedures:
• Playing Your Cascading Notification Rules, page 19
• Adding Cascading Notification Rules, page 19
• Changing Cascading Notification Rules, page 20
• Deleting Cascading Notification Rules, page 20
You can set up cascading notification rules that enable you to notify other users of unread messages after
specified time periods.
For example, you can set up rules so that another user is notified, on a specified device after a specified
number of minutes, of unread messages in a mailbox. You can also specify that a second user is notified
after additional minutes if the messages continue in an unread state.
Step 1 Perform steps in the “Accessing Cisco Unity Express by Phone” section on page 4 to reach the main
voice-mail menu.
Step 2 Press 4to access the Setup Options menu.
Step 3 Press 2to access Message Settings.
Step 4 Press 1 to access the Message Notification menu.
Step 5 Press 5 to access the Cascading Rules menu.

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Step 6 After pressing 5, press one of the following numbers:
Playing Your Cascading Notification Rules
Use the cascading settings playback menu to play your current notification rules. The playback will list
the subscribers set to receive notifications for unheard, new messages and the timing parameters
associated with those notifications. If there are no notification rules, the system will indicate that no
cascading rules are set.
After playback, press 2to set up new rules or to change existing rules.
Adding Cascading Notification Rules
To add new notification rules, follow these steps.
Step 1 To add a new cascading notification rule, press 2in the Change Cascading Settings menu.
Step 2 Enter the subscriber name or extension. (The system default is to enter by name.) To enter by name, use
the dial pad to spell the last name followed by #. Alternately, to enter the subscriber’s extension, press
##, then the extension number, then #.
Tip For the letter Q, press 7. For the letter Z, press 9.
Step 3 The system lists the possible matches to the information you have input. Select the matching subscriber
and press #.
Step 4 Enter the time at which the first subscriber receives a message notification followed by #. This can be
between 5 and 1440 minutes.
Step 5 At the response from the system, press 1to change the time entry or press * if the entry is acceptable.
The system indicates that a rule was successfully added, naming the subscriber, extension, and time
interval.
Step 6 Press # to exit or press 1to add another cascading notification rule.
Option Description
1Play your cascading rule settings. See the “Playing Your Cascading Notification Rules”
section on page 19.
2Change your cascading rule settings. See the “Adding Cascading Notification Rules”
section on page 19, “Changing Cascading Notification Rules” section on page 20, and the
“Deleting Cascading Notification Rules” section on page 20.

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Changing Cascading Notification Rules
Step 1 To change a cascading rule, press 2in the Change Cascading Settings menu.
Step 2 Each subscriber name and extension with a cascading rule is spoken. On the dial pad, enter the number
of the subscriber to be changed.
Step 3 Follow the prompts to change the time of notification.
Step 4 To accept the changes, press 1.
Step 5 Press *to continue.
Deleting Cascading Notification Rules
Step 1 To delete a cascading rule, press 3in the Change Cascading Settings menu.
Step 2 Each subscriber name and extension with a cascading rule is spoken. On the dial pad, enter the number
of the subscriber to be deleted.
Step 3 At the system prompt, confirm the deletion of the subscriber you have chosen.
Step 4 Press *to exit.
Using Distribution Lists
Use distribution lists to send a voice-mail message to more than one system user at the same time.
Members of lists can be any of the following:
• Blind addresses
• General-delivery mailboxes
• Groups
• Other private lists
• Other public lists
• Remote users
• Users
Note Private lists cannot be members of public lists. They can be members only of other private lists
that you own.
To access distribution lists, you can:
• Use your phone; see the “Accessing the Distribution Lists Menu” section on page 21.
• Use the Cisco Unity Express GUI. Access the GUI using Microsoft Internet Explorer (5.5 or later)
to connect to your Cisco Unity Express server, and log in using your alphanumeric user ID and
password. Contact your system administrator if you do not know your server address, user ID, or
password.