Add a New Mailbox by Phone

To Add a Mailbox by Phone

The following sequence shows the prompts and responses necessary to add a mailbox by phone. This procedure can only be performed from the administrator’s mailbox.

  1. Access the Telephone Administration Menu.

  2. Press A (the 2 key) to Add a mailbox.

  3. When prompted, enter:

  1. The system responds: "Mailbox <number> added." and then returns to the Administration Menu.

Note:  To confirm that the values entered are correct, press M (the 6 key) to modify the mailbox you just added. Press the # key (pound) in response to each prompt to leave all values unchanged.

Console versus Phone

There are important differences between creating a mailbox on the Text/Web console and adding a new mailbox by phone.