User guide

Glossary G-5
Glossary
N
name-only system.
A PhoneMail system in which subscribers access
their mailboxes and address messages by keying in their names on the
telephone keypad, last name first. The number 7 is used for Q and the
number 9 for Z.
new message.
A message (including urgent messages) received but not
listened to by the subscriber.
normal message delivery.
A feature of the PhoneMail network that lets
a subscriber send a network message to a subscriber at a remote site at a
time defined by the system.
O
old message.
A message listened to and saved by the subscriber.
outcalling.
A feature designed to notify subscribers who are away from
their telephones that new voice messages exist in their PhoneMail mailbox.
The system does this by calling the subscriber at a predetermined telephone
number.
outgoing message.
A message that a subscriber records during the
current PhoneMail session but that is not sent until the subscriber ends the
PhoneMail session.
P
password.
A sequence of alphanumeric characters that must be entered
to gain access to PhoneMail features. See
system administrator password
and
subscriber password
.
personal distribution list.
A list of extensions set up and maintained by
a PhoneMail subscriber
for their personal use
and used to send the same
message to the mailbox of each subscriber on the list simultaneously.
personal greeting.
A greeting recorded by the subscriber that conveys
helpful information to callers and replaces the system greeting. Callers hear
this greeting when they are forwarded to the subscriber’s mailbox.
personal mailbox.
See
mailbox
.