12 GETTING S TARTEDSetting Up YourVoice MailPick up the handset on your telephone and follow the voice prompts toset up these voice mail features: Your Password — When your telephone is first installed, your voicemailbox has no password. To prevent anyone else from listening toyour messages, you must set a password. Your Name Announcement — Your name announcement identifiesyour mailbox to callers who use the internal telephone directory. Your Personal Greeting — Your personal greeting is heard by allcallers when they reach your voice mail. Change your greeting asoften as necessary to let callers know that you are away from yourdesk for an extended period of time, to say that you are on vacation,and so on.To set up voice mail:1 Pick up the handset and press MSG (Message) button. You are promptedto enter a personal password.2 Enter a 4-digit to 10-digit password, and press #.3 Press 1 to save the password or 2 to change the password. You areprompted to record your name announcement.4 Speak your name and extension number clearly into the handset’sreceiver, and press #.Example: John Smith, extension 200.5 Press 1 to save your name announcement or press 2 to re-record yourname announcement. You are prompted to record your greeting.6 Record your greeting after the tone, and press #.Example: Hello, you have reached __________(name)___________of ___________(organization)__________ at ___(extension)____.I am unavailable to take your call at the moment.Please leave your name, number, and a brief message after thetone, and I will return your call as soon as possible.7 Press 1 to save your greeting or 2 to re-record your greeting. The voiceprompt verifies that you have set up your voice mail successfully:Your account is active and ready to receive messages.See Chapter 4 for information about changing your password and fordetails about voice mail features.