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Cisco Unity Express Voice-Mail and Auto-Attendant CLI Administrator Guide for 3.0 and Later Versions
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Chapter 7 Configuring Voice Mail
Planning Mailbox Configuration
SUMMARY STEPS
1. config t
2. voice mailbox owner name [size seconds]
3. description “text”
4. enable
5. expiration time days
6. greeting {alternate | standard}
7. mailboxsize seconds
8. messagesize seconds
9. tutorial
10. zerooutnumber “number”
11. end
12. exit
13. show voicemail {detail {mailbox | user} name | limits | mailboxes [idle days] | usage | users}
14. copy running-config startup-config
DETAILED STEPS
Command or Action Purpose
Step 1
config t
Example:
se-10-0-0-0# config t
Enters configuration mode.
Step 2
voice mailbox owner name [size seconds]
Example:
se-10-0-0-0(config)# voice mailbox owner user3
se-10-0-0-0(config)# voice mailbox owner sales
Creates a mailbox for the name value and with 
storage size seconds value, and enters mailbox 
configuration mode.
This command maps the subscriber’s name and 
extension (configured using the username command) 
to the voice mailbox. 
Step 3
description “text”
Example:
se-10-0-0-0(config-mailbox)# description “User 3 
mailbox”
(Optional) Enters a description of the mailbox. Use 
double quotes around the text.
Step 4
enable 
Example:
se-10-0-0-0(config-mailbox)# enable
Activates the new mailbox or reactivates the disabled 
mailbox.
Step 5
expiration time days
Example:
se-10-0-0-0(config-mailbox)# expiration time 10
Sets the number of days for which messages are 
stored in the mailbox. The default is 30 days.
This value takes precedence over the system-wide 
expiration time.










