NEC NEAXMail AD-40 User manual

NEAXMail AD-40
User Guide
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NEAXMail AD-40
User Guide

To access your mailbox inside your organization
1. Call the voice messaging system.
2. When the system greets you, enter:
Personal ID (if required)
Security code (if required)
For assistance, call:
Name
Extension
Copyright © 1999 NEC America, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Second edition 1999.
NEAXMail is a trademark of NEC America, Inc.
Active Fax, PhoneBASIC, TeLANophy, ViewCall
Plus, ViewFax, and ViewMail are trademarks of
Active Voice Corporation.
Protected by one or more of the following United
States patents: 5,070,526; 5,434,906; 5,488,650;
5,533,102; 5,568,540; 5,581,604; 5,625,676;
5,651,054.
NEC America, Inc.
Irving, Texas
U.S.A.

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Contents
Introduction ii
Setting up your mailbox ................................... iv
Checking and leaving messages 1
Checking new messages .................................. 2
Leaving a message by phone ........................... 4
Sending a message by computer ..................... 6
Leaving a group message ................................ 8
Reviewing messages ...................................... 10
Redirecting a message ................................... 12
Modifying a message...................................... 14
Canceling a message ..................................... 16
Archiving a message ...................................... 18
Recording a conversation by phone................ 20
Recording a conversation by computer........... 22
Changing your mailbox setup 25
Changing your greetings................................. 26
Changing your security code .......................... 28
Changing call transfer options ........................ 29
Changing call screening options ..................... 30
Changing call holding options ......................... 31
Changing message delivery options ............... 32
Using groups .................................................. 34
Changing groups ............................................ 36
Changing your recorded and spelled
names............................................................. 38
Sending and receiving faxes 39
Sending faxes by computer ............................ 40
Receiving faxes .............................................. 42
Changing fax setup......................................... 44
Using ViewCall Plus 47
Screening and managing calls........................ 48
Tracking calls .................................................. 50
PhoneBASIC .................................................. 51
Using E-Mail Integration 53
Checking e-mail by phone .............................. 54
Changing your e-mail setup options ............... 55
Your e-mail password ..................................... 56
Receiving e-mail by fax................................... 57
Managing GroupWise appointments
and tasks 59
Managing your appointments ......................... 60
Declining or accepting new appointments ...... 61
Receiving a fax of your appointments ............. 62
Managing your tasks ...................................... 63
Declining or accepting your new tasks............ 64
Receiving a fax of your tasks .......................... 65
Using quick message actions and
shortcuts 67
Quick message actions................................... 68
Shortcuts ........................................................ 70
System menus ................................................ 72
Index............................................................... 73

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Introduction
Welcome to NEAXMail AD-40, a simple
yet powerful voice messaging system
that can greet your callers and record
your messages. You will find it quick
and easy to use.
On the phone
The voice messaging system lets you
control how your mailbox receives
messages and plays them back. You can
change these settings whenever you like,
from any phone. The phone options
consist of:
1 for Yes, 2 for No®
This simple conversation leads you
step by step through all of your options
with easy, yes-and-no questions. Just
enter 1 for Yes, 2 for No.
Menu conversation
If you prefer, ask your system manager
to set up your mailbox with the menu
conversation. You will then hear a
menu of options. Enter the number
associated with the option to perform
the particular task.
Shortcuts
To perform routine tasks quickly, you
can enter a sequence of numbers in
advance of the conversation questions
or menus.
Help
When the system conversation asks
you a question, enter 3 to hear a Help
menu of options.

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On the computer
If your system has TeLANophy®, you can
manage live phone calls and all types of
messages visually on your computer
screen. TeLANophy is a suite of unified
messaging and call management
modules. TeLANophy consists of:
ViewMail®
All of your voice and fax messages are
brought together in one window with
ViewMail. You can access and prioritize
your messages and respond to them by
using your personal computer.
ViewMail for Microsoft Messaging
You can access all of your messages —
voice mail, e-mail, and faxes — in your
Microsoft Inbox, whether you are using
Exchange, Outlook, or the Windows
Messaging Inbox.
ViewFax®
You can send, receive, and redirect
faxes from your desktop computer.
ViewCall®Plus
All of your inbound and outbound
calls can be managed visually from
your desktop computer. With
PhoneBASIC™, you can customize your
call control applications by integrating
ViewCall Plus with other applications,
such as Microsoft’s Office suite.
E-Mail Integration for cc:Mail and
Novell GroupWise
You can access your e-mail messages
by phone. With the E-Mail Reader’s
text-to-speech application, you can
hear your e-mail messages over the
phone. If your system uses Active Fax™,
you can send the messages to any fax
machine.
Also, you can access all of your
messages — voice mail, e-mail, and
faxes — in your GroupWise mailbox.
Help
For more detailed information about
TeLANophy, use the:
• Online Help system (press F1 or
use the Help menu)
• Introducing TeLANophy tutorial

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Setting up your mailbox
First, fill in the blanks on the inside front
cover of this guide and perform the “To
set up your mailbox” procedure on this
page. This makes your mailbox ready to
use and enrolls you on the system as a
subscriber.
The system will ask you a few simple
questions to record your name, spell
your name (if required), record a
personal greeting, and set your
security code.
Your security code prevents others from
hearing your messages. You can change
your security code as often as you like.
After you have set up your mailbox
by phone, you can begin retrieving and
sending messages. You can also begin
using TeLANophy.* Ask your system
manager to set up TeLANophy on your
desktop.
To set up your mailbox
1Access your mailbox (see inside front
cover).
2Answer the system questions. Enter 1
for Yes, 2 for No. If you are not sure,
enter 2. You can always change the
option later.
3When the system tells you that your
mailbox is set up, enter 1 to confirm
your settings.
TIP
To exit the system quickly, enter ✱three
or more times. Or hang up and the system
will exit automatically after a few seconds.
* This feature may not be available at your site.

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Depending on the options installed on
your system, you can use a phone or
computer to:
•Check new messages
•Leave a message to one or more
subscribers or guests
•Leave a message to a group
•Review messages
•Redirect a message
•Modify or cancel a message after
leaving it
•Archive a message
•Record a conversation
Checking and leaving messages

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Checking new messages
Checking new messages
by phone
New messages are messages that you
have not yet heard. The system notifies
you when you have new messages.
The system plays all urgent messages
first, then all regular messages. It also
sorts your messages by sender. If the
system does not know who left a mes-
sage, it says that the message is “from
your message box.”
After you listen to a message from a
subscriber, you can reply immediately;
you don’t have to dial the subscriber’s
extension.
To check new messages
by phone
1Access your mailbox (see inside front
cover).
2Enter 1 for Yes to check new
messages.
Optional playback features*
The system manager can set up special
options for your mailbox. The system
can:
• Play your new messages automatically
each time you call the system.
• Provide additional security by always
requiring both a personal ID and a
security code to play messages.
• Identify you automatically when you
are using your assigned extension.
• Tell you how long it will take to play
your messages.
* One or more of these features may not be available
at your site.
SEE ALSO
Modifying a message ................................... 14
Canceling a message .................................... 16
Shortcuts ....................................................... 70

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Checking new messages
by computer
If your system uses ViewMail, ViewMail
for Microsoft Messaging, or the Novell
GroupWise integration, you can check
messages visually by your computer.
Information about each message is
provided on the screen. When available,
names, phone numbers, and a subject
are included with messages. ViewMail
also provides the length of the message
and the time it was sent.
You can listen to messages either with
a computer sound device or a phone.
To check new messages
1Double-click the message to open it.
2Use the VCR-style buttons to play
and respond to the message.
Urgent voice message
Fax message
Voice message
VCR-style buttons

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Leaving a message by phone
The system lets you leave voice messages
for subscribers, groups, or guests. If you
call a subscriber’s extension and the call
is unanswered, your call is automatically
routed to the subscriber’s mailbox, where
you can leave a message. You can also
leave messages directly in a subscriber’s
mailbox.
If your phone system uses identified
subscriber messaging, the system
automatically tags a message from your
assigned extension with your name.
If your phone system does not use
identified subscriber messaging, or you
are calling from another subscriber’s
extension, you need to identify yourself
as a subscriber by entering your personal
ID and security code.
SEE ALSO
Shortcuts ....................................................... 70Modifying a message ................................... 14
Canceling a message .................................... 16
Directory assistance
Your system may use automatic directory
assistance, numeric directory assistance,
or both, to help callers find subscribers’
extension numbers.
Callers with letters on their phones
can use automatic directory assistance,
which identifies subscribers by their
last names. All callers can use numeric
directory assistance, which groups
subscribers by department, location,
or some other category.
Special delivery options
When you leave an identified subscriber
message, you can mark it with one or
more of these special delivery options:
Urgent
The message is played first, before
regular messages.
Private
The message cannot be redirected.
Return receipt
The system tells you when a subscriber
has heard the message.
Future delivery
The message is left at the time and day
you specify.

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1Access your mailbox (see inside front
cover).
2When asked to hear your new
messages, press 2. When asked to
leave any messages, press 1.
3On the phone, spell the subscriber’s
name. Otherwise, enter the extension
number.
When spelling a subscriber’s last
name, use a “wildcard” number
(typically 0 or 1) for any letter in
the last name you do not know.
To leave a message directly in a subscriber’s mailbox
4Enter 2 until you hear the name of the
subscriber you want, then enter 1.
5Record your message at the beep.
6Enter ##
##
#to start over or ✱to stop
recording.
To leave an identified
subscriber message
1Call another subscriber.
2Follow the system’s instructions to
leave a personal message. If the sub-
scriber left you any new messages, the
system asks if you want to hear them
before you record your message.

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Sending a message by computer
Depending on the optional TeLANophy
applications on your system, you can
use ViewMail, ViewMail for Microsoft
Messaging, or GroupWise integration
to send voice messages by computer.
To send a message
by computer
1If you are using ViewMail, click
“Send.” If you are using ViewMail for
Microsoft Messaging, click “New
voice message.”
2Click “To” and then use the address
book to select recipients’ names.
3Type in a subject and set delivery
options as needed.
4Use the VCR-style buttons and your
phone or a sound device to record the
message. You can also add sounds
from the clipboard or from a .wav file.
5To send the message, choose “Send.”
For composing and
sending a message
For selecting
special delivery options

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With ViewMail for Microsoft Messaging,
you can send a ViewMail message to
another subscriber by using the ViewMail
address book.
You also can send a ViewMail message
to someone outside the voice messaging
system. When you use the Microsoft
Messaging address book, the ViewMail
message is sent as an e-mail message
with an attached .wav file.
With the E-mail Integration for
GroupWise, you can leave a voice
message as an attachment to an
e-mail message.
For composing
and sending a
message
For addressing a message
to multiple subscribers or
message groups
For selecting
an address

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Leaving a group message
You can leave a message for more than
one subscriber. There are two ways to
do this:
• Leave the message for a message
group.
• Add names to the address list.
A message group is a mailing list of
subscribers and guests. Your system
manager can create message groups or
you can create your own message groups.
To leave a group message
by phone
1Access your mailbox (see inside front
cover).
2When asked to leave any messages,
enter 1.
3Spell the group name, or enter the
special group ID and group number.
Enter 2 until you hear the name of the
group you want, then enter 1.
4After the beep, record your message.
To leave a message to several
subscribers by phone
1Leave a message for the first
subscriber.
2When asked about message options,
enter 1.
3Follow the system instructions. When
asked to leave this message for
anyone else, enter 1.
4Follow the system instructions to add
a subscriber as a message recipient.
5Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each
subscriber you want to receive the
message.
6When you are finished, enter 2.
The system tells you when everyone in a
group has received your message. If you
do not get this confirmation, you can ask
the system who in the group has not yet
heard the message.
To find out who has not heard
a group message by phone
1Start to leave a new message to the
group.
2The system says that some members
have not heard your last message.
Enter 1 to review the message.
3Listen to the message or enter 2 to
interrupt it.
4Enter 2 to avoid canceling the
message.
5Enter 1 to list who has not heard the
message. Enter ✱to stop the list.

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Sending group messages
by computer*
With ViewMail and ViewMail for
Microsoft Messaging, you can either
choose more subscriber names or a
group name from the ViewMail address
book. Create your groups by phone or
ask the system manager to create your
groups for you.
For addressing a message to multiple
subscribers or message groups
* This feature may not be available at your site.

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Reviewing messages
To review messages by phone
1Access your mailbox (see inside front
cover).
2When asked to review old messages,
enter 1.
3Follow the system instructions.
TIP
Enter 3 5 to skip to the next message or
enter ✱to skip all messages. Enter 3 7
to archive a message.
SEE ALSO
Online Help:
ViewMail, Opening messages
ViewMail for Microsoft Messaging, To set
preferences for saving sent voice messages
You can review old messages and
archived messages by phone or by
computer.
Reviewing messages by phone
After you have heard a new message, the
system saves it for a set amount of time
(for example, until midnight).

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Reviewing messages
by computer*
ViewMail and ViewMail for Microsoft
Messaging list all of your opened (old)
messages in your mailbox until the
system deletes them at the set time,
usually at midnight every night.
To review an old message
by computer
1Double-click the message.
2Use the VCR-style buttons to play
the message.
Old message
Opened message
* This feature may not be available at your site.
New message
New message

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Redirecting a message
The system lets you:
• Redirect a message to another
subscriber.
• Record an introduction to the
message.
• Use special delivery options.
The system does not let you redirect
messages that are designated as private
by the original sender.
To redirect a message
by phone
1While listening to a message, enter 2
to interrupt it.
2Enter 1 to confirm that you want to
redirect the message.
3Follow the system instructions.
Redirecting a message
by computer*
You can redirect a message to other
subscribers using ViewMail and ViewMail
for Microsoft Messaging. When you re-
direct a voice message, the New Message
form opens with the following:
• The subject field contains “FW:”
to indicate the message is being
redirected.
• The original voice message is
included.
SEE ALSO
* This feature may not be available at your site.
Online Help:
ViewMail, Redirecting messages
ViewMail for Microsoft Messaging,
Forwarding a voice message
Leaving a message by phone:
Special delivery options ................................ 5