17Express MessagingExpress Messaging is a fast way to send a message to another mailbox without logging into your own mailbox to compose and send the message. Ask your system administratorfor the Express Messaging number.To send a message without logging in1 Dial the Express Messaging number.2 Enter the mailbox number of the person for whom you are leaving the message,then press #.4 To address your message by name, see Addressing by name, page 14.3 Wait for the tone, then record your message.4 To review your message, see Checking and editing your message, page 14.4 To add options, see Adding message options, page 15.4 Hang up.Thru-DialingWhile you are using Meridian Mail Voice Messaging, you can make a call without hangingup. Ask your system administrator if Thru-Dial is available to you.To place a call while logged inWhile logged in to your mailbox, press 0, followed immediately by the telephone numberyou want to call, then press #. Do not pause for more than two seconds while you areentering the number.To place a call while logged in using name dialingWhen you enter a name instead of a number with Thru-Dial, Meridian Mail VoiceMessaging places the call as soon as it finds a match for the name.1 While logged in to your mailbox, press 0, then enter the Name Dialing prefix.4 If you don’t know the number, press *.2 Enter the last name, then the first, until your call is placed.4 For instructions on entering the name, see Addressing by name, page 14.To reach your custom operator number while logged inYour custom operator number is the number of the person your callers reach when theypress zero.While logged in to your mailbox, press 0, then wait for the call to be answered.